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UNHCR Refugee Convention → Korea Refugee Act → Ministry of Justice

법무부 (Ministry of Justice), 출입국·외국인정책본부 (Korea Immigration Service)

CSuggestive similarity
Evidence tier

Echo patterns are similarity-based hypotheses, not proof of causation. Open the sources and evaluate the linkage yourself.

Evidence Scorecard

Three lenses — wording, timing, documented link. Not a single proof score.

Suggestive similarity
Semantic
Strong semantic alignment
Temporal
Global precedent precedes Korea
Linkage
No recorded linkage
Multilingual semantic similarity
cosine similarity (method detail)0.756

Computed with intfloat/multilingual-e5-small multilingual embeddings. Display score is a calibrated mapping of the raw cross-lingual cosine (0.756); higher means closer meaning. Reflects semantic similarity, not proof of causation.

Could also be…show
  • •Parallel domestic policy development is possible.
  • •Industry or market pressure may have driven similar language.
  • •A common external shock (e.g., financial crisis, pandemic) could explain parallel adoption.

Timeline of the echo

74 year lag
  1. Global

    1951

    UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees)

    unhcr.org

  2. then Korea
  3. Korea

    2025

    난민법 제3조 (강제송환의 금지)

    law.go.kr

From date field: 1951 Refugee Convention → 1967 Protocol → 1992 Korea accession → 2013 Refugee Act · 1951–2025

Interrogate the Evidence

Answers are rendered directly from this record’s own curated fields — nothing is generated.

Csuggestive similarity · 67%

  • SemanticStrong semantic alignment
  • TemporalGlobal precedent precedes Korea
  • LinkageNo recorded linkage

Matched concepts: 1951 Refugee Convention ↔ 난민법 (2013년 아시아 최초 제정); principle of non-refoulement ↔ 강제송환 금지; refugee status determination ↔ 난민 인정 절차 (연간 약 2만 건)

Cross-lingual similarity 16/100 (multilingual e5 embedding) — a computed signal, not proof.

Similarity type: UNHCR Refugee Convention → Korea Refugee Act | 1951 Refugee Convention → 난민법 (2013년 아시아 최초 제정)

Caveat: semantic similarity only — this tier records a hypothesis, not proof of causal influence.

Matched Concepts

3 pairs
1951 Refugee Convention
↓
난민법 (2013년 아시아 최초 제정)
principle of non-refoulement
↓
강제송환 금지
refugee status determination
↓
난민 인정 절차 (연간 약 2만 건)

Agenda Arc

Curated

Global purpose, Korean purpose, and precursor stages. Reasoning echo is discourse observation — not proof of coordination.

Global purpose

Carry UNHCR rules into domestic effect: align Korea Refugee Act under UNHCR Refugee Convention.

Korean purpose

대한민국은 2013년 '난민법'을 아시아 최초로 제정하여 UN 난민 협약을 국내 이행하고 있다. 동법은 난민 인정 절차, 난민신청자의 권리, 강제송환 금지, 난민지원시설 운영을 규정한다.

국가법령정보센터 - 난민법 — 대한민국은 2013년 '난민법'을 아시아 최초로 제정하여 UN 난민 협약을 국내 이행하고 있다. 동법은 난민 인정 절차, 난민신청자의 권리, 강제송환 금지, 난민지원시설 운영을 규정한다.

Reasoning echo

Observed framing link: UNHCR Refugee Convention → Korea Refugee Act | 1951 Refugee Convention → 난민법 (2013년 아시아 최초 제정). Not a claim of coordination.

Started where

UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) · UN (United Nations)

Started how

1951 Refugee Convention → 1992 Korea accession → 2013 Refugee Act (Asia's first)

  1. Soft lawGlobal1951UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees)
    Refugee Convention

    1951 Refugee Convention

    Primary source
  2. StageKorea1992법무부 (Ministry of Justice)
    Korea accession

    1992 Korea accession

    Primary source
  3. LegislationGlobal2013UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees)
    Refugee Act (Asia's first)

    2013 Refugee Act (Asia's first)

Original (Global)

The UN Refugee Convention① defines refugee rights and the principle of non-refoulement②.

Echo (Korea)

대한민국은 2013년 아시아 최초로 난민법①을 제정하여 UN 난민 협약을 이행하고, 난민 인정 절차와 강제송환 금지②를 규정한다.

Echo Strength

sourceVerified
hasKoreanSource
hasGlobalSource
hasDate
keywordDiversity
agendaTags

Influence Mechanism

policy learning
Origin
UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees)UN (United Nations)
Timeline

1951–2025

UNHCR Refugee Convention → Korea Refugee Act | 1951 Refugee Convention → 난민법 (2013년 아시아 최초 제정)

Sources

🌍Global source
🌍국가법령정보센터 - 난민법

Related Patterns

1951 Refugee Convention → Korea Refugee Act (난민법)

UNUNHCR
P(B|A) = 55%agenda
50%

Immigration Detention / GCR

UNUNHCR
P(B|A) = 61%category
42%

UNHCR Asylum Procedures → Korea Refugee Status Determination

UNHCR
P(B|A) = 51%category
32%

UNHCR #IBelong Campaign → Korea Statelessness Prevention

UNHCR
P(B|A) = 48%category
25%

UNHCR Resettlement Program → Korea Refugee Resettlement Pilot

UNHCR
P(B|A) = 47%category
23%

ESG / Climate Disclosure

UN
20%

Soft Power & Cultural Export (K-content)

UN
20%

Judicial Independence Under Pressure

UN
20%

Semantically Related

Closest patterns by multilingual embedding (e5) — conceptual similarity beyond shared keywords. A computed signal, not a sourced claim.

UNHCR Asylum Procedures → Korea Refugee Status Determination

Immigration

cos 0.94

1951 Refugee Convention → Korea Refugee Act (난민법)

Rights & Anti-corruption

cos 0.93

UNHCR Resettlement Program → Korea Refugee Resettlement Pilot

Immigration

cos 0.93

UNHCR #IBelong Campaign → Korea Statelessness Prevention

Immigration

cos 0.89

Immigration Detention / GCR

Immigration

cos 0.89

UN Anti-Corruption Convention (UNCAC) → Korea Conflict-of-Interest Act

Rights & Anti-corruption

cos 0.88
Keywords
UNHCRRefugee Convention난민협약난민법Refugee Actnon-refoulement강제송환금지난민신청asylumrefugee status난민지위인도적체류humanitarian stay제주예멘난민Jeju Yemeni refugees
Score Guide
Confidence — Editorial A–D tier from semantic, temporal, and linkage evidence.
Echo Strength — Metadata completeness score. Rewards verified sources, paired links, explicit dates, keyword diversity, and origin tags.
Vocabulary Overlap — Heuristic score measuring shared tokens between global and Korean texts. Reflects loanwords and repeated terms, not meaning across languages.
PATTERN #unhcr-refugee-convention-1