Formation 2004 Headquarters None Membership around 9,000 | Type NGO, NPO (De facto) Location South Korea | |
Purpose Youth rights, Student rights | ||
The ASUNARO: Action for Youth Rights of Korea (Korean: 청소년인권행동 아수나로), also known as Asunaro is a youth rights organization based in South Korea. The Asunaro was established in 2004 a small forum of the name of Asunaro: Research Forum for Youth Rights, the name was changed to ASUNARO: Action for Youth Rights of Korea in February 2006.
As Asunaro aims to build an equal, democratic society, there are no central departments or representatives. Usually many teams work on a national scale for specific needs, but people in the teams does not represent Asunaro workers and anyone can work in the teams. If needed, a few people will be elected and be in charge for the job.
Every local branches are at the equal terms. Currently, there are 6 local branches, 4 local semi-branches, and several other local communities.
The name Asunaro originated from the imaginary youth organization in the novel Kibō no Kuni no Exodus by Ryū Murakami.
Book
The Asunaro published a book entitled the Meo-Pi-In (ISBN 9788991402317) about youth rights in 2009.