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• 2021 Activity Report ENG Read on Issuu in Korean: https://issuu.com/womenandwar.kc/docs/220516_ The below is a selected English translation, thanks to our volunteers Son, Yeonwoo and Linny Ng! Once again, thank you so much for your works! P. 10 The Korean Council’s path and its future plans We strive to be united. We will partner with national and international civic organizations. In solidarity, we will reveal the truth 2022년 9월 30일
• 2020 Activity Report ENG Read on Issuu in Korean: https://issuu.com/womenandwar.kc/docs/___2020______210414___ The below is a selected English translation, thanks to our volunteers Hwang Yunji and anonymous! Once again, thank you so much for your works! Page number and heading in bold, matched with the PDF. 10-11 Message from Chair of Board It’s all thanks to you. 2020 was a year of hardship. The Korean Council’s movement for just resolution of the Japanese military sexual slavery issue faced its greatest crisis in the 30th year of its official establishment. 2021년 11월 16일
• [Citizens’ Coalition for Democratic Media] Conservative media uses victims to backtrack on the resolution of the Japanese military “comfort women” issue Original Korean version published by Citizens’ Coalition for Democratic Media on May 14, 2020: https://www.ccdm.or.kr/xe/watch/295187 On May 7, Japanese military “comfort women” victim-survivor Lee Yong-soo held a press conference and strongly criticized Yoon Mee-hyang, a Democratic Party-elect (former chair of the board at The Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance 2021년 6월 1일
• [Citizens’ Coalition for Democratic Media] Media that politicizes and ignores victims prevents resolution of the Japanese military "comfort women" issue Original Korean version published by Citizens’ Coalition for Democratic Media on August 14, 2020: https://www.ccdm.or.kr/xe/watch/297201 On May 7, 2020, Lee Yong-soo, a Japanese military “comfort women” victim-survivor and women’s rights activist, held a press conference. The press primarily reported that “the 2021년 6월 1일
• 4.21 서울중앙지방법원의 일본군‘위안부’ 피해자 소송 각하 판결을 규탄하는 세계시민성명(ENG/日) 지난 4월 21일 서울중앙지방법원 제15민사부(재판장 민성철)는 일본군‘위안부’ 피해자들이 일본국을 상대로 제기한 손해배상청구 소송에서 국가면제를 이유 2021년 5월 12일
• International Joint Statement Condemning 4/21 Seoul Central District Court Ruling (KOR/JPN) International Joint Statement Condemning 4/21 Seoul Central District Court Ruling (KOR/JPN) - https://mailchi.mp/d24c660da56b/20210512 239 citizens and 34 organizations from 12 countries condemn the 4/21 ruling to dismiss Japanese military “comfort women” lawsuit! #comfortwomen #japanesemilitarysexualslavery #endrapeinwar #koreancouncil *|MC:SUBJECT|* p{ margin:10px 0; padding:0; } table{ border-collapse:collapse; } h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6{ display:block; margin:0; padding:0; } img,a img{ border:0; height:auto; outline:none; text-decoration:none; } body,#bodyTable,#bodyCell{ height:100%; margin:0; padding:0; width:100%; } .mcnPreviewText{ display:none !important; } #outlook a{ padding:0; 2021년 5월 12일
• [Obituary] Yoon halmoni [Obituary] Yoon halmoni Yoon halmoni, who lived in Seoul, passed away around 10 p.m. last night. Yoon halmoni was born in North Chungcheong Province in 1929. In 1941, when she was 13 years old (in Korean age), she saw her grandfather being assaulted by Japanese soldiers who came to her house on a truck. She resisted, but was put on the truck with her youngest aunt, who was over 20 years old and was staying home after her fiancé was taken for forced labor after receiving the wedding day. 2021년 5월 3일
• [Co-statement] We condemn the Seoul Central District Court ruling to abandon its responsibilities as the last bastion of human rights! We condemn the Seoul Central District Court ruling to abandon its responsibilities as the last bastion of human rights! Today, the Seoul Central District Court (Civil Chamber 15, presiding judge Min Seong-cheol) dismissed the lawsuit filed by the victims of Japanese military sexual slavery (“comfort women”) against the Japanese government. The court had ignored the voices 2021년 4월 23일
• [Statement] We Condemn the 4.21 Ruling against Human Rights, Peace, and Historical Justice! We Condemn the 4.21 Ruling against Human Rights, Peace, and Historical Justice! On April 21, 2021, the Seoul Central District Court (Civil Chamber 15, presiding judge Min Seong-cheol; 2nd lawsuit) dismissed the lawsuit filed by the victims of Japanese military sexual slavery (“comfort women”) against the Japanese government, on the basis of state immunity. The ruling 2021년 4월 23일
• [Co-statement] Statement of Condemnation from the Historical Society and Civic Organizations of the Republic of Korea on Ramseyer (한/Eng/日) Statement of Condemnation from the Historical Society and Civic Organizations of the Republic of Korea Demanding Professor John Mark Ramseyer Stop Denying the Existence of Korean Comfort Women violated by the Japanese Troops In December 2020, an article entitled “Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War,” authored by one Professor John Mark Ramseyer of the 2021년 3월 18일
• [Co-statement] We support the courageous resistance and struggle of Myanmar women! Myanmar's military should stop violence and killing and hand over the regime to a democratic government! March 17, 2021 Solidarity Statement of South Korean Women’s Organizations We support the courageous resistance and struggle of Myanmar women! Myanmar’s military should stop violence and killing and hand over the regime to a democratic government! On February 1, Myanmar’s military launched a coup that disrupted the emergence of a democratic government. The military has so far suppressed the people’s resistance and struggle to 2021년 3월 18일
• [Co-press release] Feminist Open Letter Regarding Harvard Law School Mitsubishi Professor John Mark Ramseyer’s Scholarship on Japanese Military “Comfort Women” [Co-press release] Feminist Open Letter Regarding Harvard Law School Mitsubishi Professor John Mark Ramseyer’s Scholarship on Japanese Military “Comfort Women” Harvard Law School Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies John Mark Ramseyer’s recent publication in the International Review of Law 2021년 2월 17일