The Mass wishing for recovery of Baek Namgi Emanuel and democracy in South Korea 가톨릭 농민회, 백남기 엠마누엘과 한국 민주주의의 회복을 기원하는 미사 On November 20, 2015 at 4:00 PM members from the Corea Catholic Farmers Movement held a ‘mass wishing for recovery of Baek Namgi Emanuel and democracy in South Korea’ in front of ...

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 ...

논평] 백남기 씨의 쾌유를 기원하며 – 백 씨의 아픔, 개발독재 미몽에 사로잡힌 결과 Wycliff Luke 기자 출처 : 김상호(신비) 페이스북 한반도는 대륙과 해양을 잇는 지정학적 위치와 어정쩡한 크기 때문에 늘 주변 강대국들의 이해다툼의 희생양 신세를 감수해야 했다. 이런 질곡은 근현대로 이어지면서 더욱 깊어져 이 땅의 민초들은 기구한 인생을 살아야 했다. 하근찬은 단편소설 <수난 이대>를 통해 ...

The 10th Anniversary of H.Res.121 -Demand to issue an “official and unequivocal apology” to the victims Phyllis Kim (KAFC) On July 27th in Washington DC, at the Rayburn House of Representatives Office Building, the members of Representatives, organizations, scholars and supporters got together to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of H.Res.121.  This event was hosted by ...

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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 ...

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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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 ...