박근혜 부패스캔들의 핵심 최순실 형량 감형 -서울고법 지난해 일부 혐의 ‘유죄 어렵다’ 파기환송 -2년 감형된 징역 18년, 벌금 200억 추징금 63억 선고 스트레이츠 타임스는 2월 14일자 보도( Confidante of ousted South Korean leader gets shorter jail term : 퇴출된 한국 대통령의 친구 최순실 형량 감형)이라는 보도에서 전 정권 국정농단의 핵심 실세였던 최순실의 감형에 대해 보도했다. ...

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더 네이션, “기생충”의 오스카 싹쓸이는 한국 문화의 커다란 승리 -영어 아닌 언어로 만들어진 영화로 헐리우드 최고권위 주요상 최초 수상 쾌거 -독재 탄압받던 봉준호, 송광호에게 두 배로 통쾌한 수상 -봉준호 감독, 세계적인 갈채와 열광에 “really fucking crazy“ 수상소감 밝혀 -21세기 인간의 실태를 들여다 볼 수 있게 연기한 훌륭한 배우들의 승리 -음악 영화 통한 한국 소프트 파워의 ...

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AFP 나경원 아들, 논문 제 1저자 의혹 보도 -스트레이츠 타임스, 검찰 나경원 수사 개시 -지도교수 ‘고등학생이 이해할 수준 넘어’ 외신들도 나경원 아들 논문 제 1저자 의혹 논란에 대해 보도하고 나섰다. 싱가포르의 유력 언론인 스트레이츠 타임스는 18일 프랑스 최대 통신사 AFP의 보도를 받아 나경원 자유한국당 원내대표 아들 대학 입학 비리 의혹을 집중 조명했다. 스트레이츠 타임스는 “South ...

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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 ...

Cruel, deadly repression by south Korean riot police Dear friend, Og Lim Over 150K workers, farmers, students and ordinary citizens, some with children and family members, joined a peaceful and massive rally in Seoul on November 14. The rally has been prepared by the Korean Confederation of Trade Union for more than 1 year. It ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

인도-태평양 전략에서 한국의 역할 -세계 10대 국가로서의 한국의 위상 제고 -세계 시민, 인권, 자유에 대해 목소리 높여야 -인도-태평양 전략에서 미국과 보조 맞춰야 브루클린 연구소가 발행하는 브루클린 인스티튜트 프레스는 지난 21일자 ‘카불 공수에서 UN에서 방탄소년단까지: 한국의 중간 권력 역할’(From the Kabul airlift to BTS at the UN: South Korea’s middle power role)이라는 기사를 통해 개편되는 세계 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...