‘Open the Jail Gate’ 열려라. 감옥문! On September 29th during the Chuseok holiday about 500 people participated in a Chuseok cultural festival held in front of the Suwon Correctional Center to show support for the release of Lee Seok Ki, an imprisoned former South Korean lawmaker of the now-defunct United Progressive Party. Lee was convicted ...

S. Korean Government Continues to Delay Funding Support for Sewol Disaster Og Lim Photo : Newsis In January of this year an independent investigative panel to probe into the Sewol ferry disaster was opened under a special law passed last November, but it has barely initiated its work, since South Korean government has not given ...

On September 27th, the Chuseok holiday, bereaved parents of the Sewol ferry disaster held a memorial service in Gwanghwamun Square, in the heart of Seoul, South Korea.

Inquiry Weighs If NIS Aided the North Korean Group Defection Young Yoon South Korea’s NIS Over the course of years, the doubt and suspicion had faded away, and a man’s presence now encouraged a surprising openness for these North Korean waitresses in China. In his steady and good-natured voice, he sympathetically depicts their shut-away life. ...

The Trio’s Biking Through History Young Yoon Rio de Janeiro closed the 2016 Summer Olympics last week. It celebrated triumphs over clinched medals, tears and anguish in swallowed defeat, and the plain tenacity of athletes. However, it is not the end of a ride for some. Three Korean students, Han-kyul Kim, 24, Hyun-gu Kim, 24, ...

Seongnam City Mayor Lee Jae-Myung: A Can-do Politician for a Can-do Korea? Simone Chun “It would be a colossal tragedy if the next generation had a lower standard of living than their parents, but that is where we’re headed”. Bernie Sanders In June 2016, Mayor Lee Jae-Myung of Seongnam, a city of 900,000 southeast of ...

No discussion with the victims, no settlement! We never begged for money! Koeun Lee The 12.28 KOR-JPN Agreement on the “Comfort Women” issue, made victims’ 25-year efforts for a resolution useless. Japanese military sexual slavery victim-survivor Bok-dong Kim, and the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, attended the 32nd ...

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Korean government deported a Korean-German and German citizen Simone Chun Dear friend, An update on the deeply regretful deportation of a Korean-German and a German citizen by the Korean government. Yesterday the South Korean government under President Park Geun-hye denied the entry of a Korean-German (80), Lee Jong-hyun, to his mother land.  Mr. Lee was ...

South Korea NIS’ Surveillance of Phone and Online Networks Koeun Lee The National Intelligence Service (NIS) of South Korea The National Intelligence Service (NIS) of South Korea is embroiled in a controversy over warrantless and potentially illegal interception of telecommunication information of private citizens, including members of minority opposition parties, families of the Sewol Ferry ...

Boston to Feature S. Korean Ferry Disaster Documentary Og Lim March 31, 2016 A South Korean documentary film based on the Sewol disaster from April 16, 2014 including the heartbreaking stories of the families of the victims will be featured at the Boston International Film Festival (BIFF) next month. The movie ‘Upside Down’, directed by ...

A 4th General People’s Uprising Held in Seoul 서울에서 열린 제 4차 민중 총궐기 Wycliff Luke 기자 NP Photo/Wycliff Luke On February 27 a fourth “general people’s uprising” rally was held on a City Hall plaza in Seoul, South Korea. Wishing for the recovery of farmer Baek Nam-gi, who has remained unconscious since the first ...

“We want a sincere apology more than anything” “우리는 진정한 사과를 원한다” On Wednesday, January 6th at 12 PM, the 1212th ‘Wednesday’s protest rally to resolve ‘comfort women’ issues’ was held in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. Wednesday’s protest rally, which was first held on January 8th, 1992, marked the 24th anniversary. Having ...

Wednesday’s Protest Rally Continues 수요집회는 계속된다 South Korean students and civic groups gathered in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul early Wednesday, denouncing the agreement that South Korea and Japan had reached on Monday to settle their dispute over the ‘comfort women’ issue. They particularly condemned the government for having accepted the terms Japan ...

2015 Human Rights Concert  Contact:      (04537) Seoul Jung-gu Myongdong-gil 80, 2nd floor Catholic Human Rights Committee                                                     Date:             2015. 11. 30 Email:           [email protected] Facebook:     www.facebookk.com/HumanrightsAct   2015 Human Rights Concert ‘Human Rights, Sing for Hope Again’ 107 Human Rights Groups and Civil Society Organizations Hold Human Rights Concert Featuring Lee Eun-mi and Kingston ...