Chandra Kumari Gurung

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'''Chandra Kumari Gurung''' is a former Nepali migrant worker in South Korea who in November 1993 was mistaken to be mentally ill and incarcerated in a South Korean psychiatric hospital for six years and four months.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1) 종합 29면|date=2002-11-06|website=중앙일보|language=ko|access-date=2019-04-20}}</ref><ref></ref><ref> Inter Press Service|website=www.ipsnews.net|access-date=2019-04-20}}</ref> Due to police negligence and a series of professional misconduct, Gurung was wrongly diagnosed as schizophrenic and subjected to physical restraint and forced medication during her imprisonment.<ref></ref> She was finally recognized as a Nepali woman who was unable to speak Korean and released in April 2000 and returned to her home in Mt. Annapurna in Nepal.<ref></ref><ref></ref>

Gurung later filed a lawsuit to demand compensation for her unjust incarceration and a formal apology from the South Korean government. The court awarded her approximately US$23,500.<ref> Inter Press Service|website=www.ipsnews.net|access-date=2019-04-20}}</ref>

Her nightmarish story gained notoriety and news coverage and was the subject of a short film titled "Never Ending Peace and Love"<ref></ref> by Park Chan Wook as part of a 2003 omnibus film collection, ''Six Perspectives,'' produced by the Korean National Human Rights Commission.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref>

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