research-and-education

• 2019 Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict Week Booklets & Resolutions 6/17 International Teachers’ Workshop Legacy to the Future Generation: How do we educate the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery Issue? - Focus on Korea, Japan, U.S., and Canada- Booklet / Resolution 6/18 International Symposium Endless Pain, for Prevention of the Crimes of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict -Focus on the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery Issue and Lord’s Resistance Army Insurgency in Uganda- Booklet / Resolution 2019년 6월 25일
• New Zealand Exhibition and Wednesday Demonstration -Opening: Saturday 12 January, 12pm https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=542512776257818&id=918699748261762 -Film Screening: Saturday 19 January, 11am -Public Talk/ First Wednesday Demonstration: Wednesday 23 January, 3:30pm On view until 29 January Women and War: Voices for Peace seeks to remember and honour the survivors of military sexual abuse during the Imperial Japanese colonisation of the Asia-Pacific, also known as ‘Comfort Women’. The 2019년 1월 10일
• Woolim Middle School students visited the Korean Council! Denial does not rewrite history. The Japanese Government must apologize to the Japanese military ‘comfort women’ halmonies as soon as possible. -Jung Eun-seon, student president of Woolim Middle School at the 1365th Wednesday Demonstration At the 1365th Wednesday Demonstration on December 12th, students and teachers of Woolim Middle School visited Seoul. Woolim Middle School donated 2,000,000 won from selling self-designed products at the Japanese military ‘comfort women’ memorial booth that they organized during a school bazaar with the local community on November 16th. 2018년 12월 12일
• Discussion-based instructor training program [gallery columns=“4” ids=“5673,5672,5671,5670”] The discussion-based women’s human rights and peace education instructor training program took place since September 3rd to December 7th, 2018. Last class shared ways to use the book <25 Years of Wednesday; 25년간의 수요일> for discussions, plans to continue the instructors’ meetings, and thoughts from the training program. In the past 3 months, the trainees learned about 2018년 12월 10일
• THE KOREAN COUNCIL IN SAN FRANCISCO! (5) [gallery ids=“4101,4102,4103”] On September 22nd, the Korean Council participated in the 4th Conference on World War II in the Philippines, which was organized by the Bataan Legacy Historical Society to educate the war crimes of the Japanese Imperial Military to the younger generation and to remember and restore the victims’ human rights. The Korean Council had the opportunity to listen to the experiences of teachers who educated the issues of war crimes, watched videos created by students on the Japanese military sexual slavery issue and Bataan Death March, and to discuss ways to educate the war crimes of the Japanese Imperial Military during the World War II. 2018년 9월 23일
• THE KOREAN COUNCIL IN SAN FRANCISCO! (4) [gallery columns=“2” ids=“4097,4095,4096,4098”] With the Bataan Legacy History Society, the Korean Council conducted a mini symposium on the war crimes during the World War II at the Golden Gate University School of Law on September 21st. Cecilia Gaerlan, founder and executive director of the Bataan Legacy History Society, explained the Japanese military’s war crimes of the Bataan Death March and the movement to have the California State Board of Education to include the history of World War II in the Philippines in the U. 2018년 9월 22일
• The Korean Council in San Francisco! (2) [gallery ids=“4043,4044,4062,4059,4061,4060,4078,4079,4080”] Truth and Justice : Remembering “Comfort Women” Exhibition was held at the International Hotel Manilatown Center in San Francisco since September 16th to September 22nd. The opening ceremony took place at 18:30pm on Sunday, September 16th and was attended by more than 50 people. Sung Sohn, representative of ESJF, and Eric Mar, professor at SFSU and a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, hosted the 2018년 9월 20일
• THE KOREAN COUNCIL IN SAN FRANCISCO! (3) [gallery ids=“5302,5303,5301,5304,5305”] On September 18th, Yoon Meehyang, representative of the Korean Council, gave a special speech at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors had passed a resolution to install a memorial to honor the Japanese military ‘comfort women’ victims on September 22nd, 2015, which led to the actual installation on September 22nd, 2017. SFSU profess Eric Mar, who served as a member of the board back in 2015, had proposed the resolution. 2018년 9월 20일
• The Korean Council in San Francisco! (1) [gallery columns=“2” ids=“4052,4053,4054,4055”] The Korean Council conducted a workshop with the teachers from San Francisco from 8am to 4pm on September 15th. The workshop was co-organized by the Education for Social Justice Foundation, Facing History and Ourselves, and Alliance for Preserving the Truth of Sino-Japanese War, on the topic of “The Nanjing Atrocities and “Comfort Women” Teaching World War II in East Asia”. During the morning session, the participants discussed 1) why war crimes need to be educated, 2) how Japan and established its national identity, and 3) how to educate the historical truth of the Nanjing Massacre. 2018년 9월 16일
• The Korean Council in Chicago! [gallery ids=“3895,3898,3899,3900,3901,3902,3903,3897,3906,3907”] On September 10th, the Korean Council held an opening ceremony and workshop for the Truth & Justice : Remembering “Comfort Women” Exhibition in 062 Gallery in Chicago. Prof. Elizabeth W. Son of Northwestern University hosted the event, thanking Japanese military sexual slavery victims including Kim Bok-dong and Gil Won-ok halmonis for the movement and emphasizing the importance of the resolution of the Japanese military sexual slavery issue and women’s human rights. 2018년 9월 12일
• Searching for the Records of the Pusan ‘Comfort Women’ and Women’s Labor Corps members vs. Japanese Government Lawsuit The Korean Council activists visited Fukuoka and Shimonoseki to record the Pusan ‘Comfort Women’ and Women’s Labor Corps members vs. Japanese Government Lawsuit that was held in 1992 (also called Kanbu Saiban (Trial); Kan for Shimonoseki and Bu for Pusan/Busan) . The Pusan ‘Comfort W 2018년 8월 30일