Resource Speaker Ambassador Ma. Theresa B. Dizon- De Vega with some members of the Filipino Community in Korea who joined the Embassy’s first ever Know Your Rights and Responsibilities Seminar on 30 January 2022.

SEOUL, 4 February 2022 — The Philippine Embassy in Seoul hosted the first of its Know Your Rights and Responsibilities (KYRR) Seminar Series on 30 January 2022.  A recurring project in 2022, the KYYR Series is being launched this year as a platform for overseas Filipinos in Korea to learn more about their rights and responsibilities under both Philippine and Korean laws and regulations. Future sessions will cover other topics such as property matters in the Philippines, land titling, relevant Korean laws, and important procedures and processes for Filipinos currently living in Korea.

With the theme “Family Matters: An Introduction to Philippine Family Law for Overseas Filipinos”, Ambassador Ma. Theresa B. Dizon-De Vega, as the seminar’s first resource speaker, gave a presentation on some basic concepts under Philippine Family Law and discussed common legal concerns faced by Filipinos overseas pertaining to marriage, legal separation, rights and obligations of spouses, annulment, and recognition of foreign-obtained divorce.  The two-hour seminar attended by around eighty (80) members of the Filipino community in Korea included a question and answer portion, where the Ambassador responded to queries from the participants. END