Famous movie actress, Mrs. Kim Boo-sun (52), was sued for defamation after her statement in a TV program. She was asked, “Have you ever received an offer for a sponsorship by high-profile figures in exchange of a sexual relationship?” She replied, “Yes, the former CEO of The Contents Entertainment Company asked if I wanted a… Continue Reading »
A group of three public interest lawyers has for the past one year assisted refugees in gaining recognition of their refugee status through filing administrative litigation as well as providing legal assistance to those who escaped persecution in their home countries. The group was also responsible in building the foundation to the first ever Korean Migration Act… Continue Reading »
Comfort Women Memorial in front of Japanese Embassy in Seoul In a parliamentary session last Friday, Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan stated his ministry was “willing to consider” dropping the term “comfort women” and changing it to “sex slaves” in official English-language documents. The issue of “comfort women”, a particularly sensitive subject in Korean-Japanese history, was… Continue Reading »
On July 6th, the government announced plans to develop support policies for people with developmental disabilities. In Korea, developmental disabilities refer to lifelong mental disabilities that develop in childhood and which inhibit intellectual and communicative skills. Examples include autism and down’s syndrome. The new policies focus on support for persons with developmental disabilities after they… Continue Reading »
A museum, ‘The House of Memory, Commemoration, and Healing: REVISION’ in Sungsandong, Seoul opened for everyone on May 5th. The museum is constructed for Korean Comfort Women who were enslaved for sexual purposes by Japanese soldiers during World War II. The museum was originally planned to be built at Independence Park in the Seodaemoon,district in… Continue Reading »
In amidst the recent South Korean Constitutional Court ruling that the failure to act by the South Korean government regarding comfort women, over 200,000 Asian women, majority Korean, who were forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, was deemed unconstitutional the South Korean ministry released that the Foreign Minister, Kim Sung-hwan,… Continue Reading »
Canada Gives Asylum to South Korean Gay Conscientious Objector Dec 15, 2011 Woong Shik CHOI Canada granted a South Korean man refugee status because of the serious possibility that he might be persecuted in the military in South Korea for reasons of his sexual orientation and refusal to his military service. According to the Center… Continue Reading »
Moonhee Kim Being exhausted both physically and mentally, because of the escape from North Korea, hanging between life and death. “The hardest part of the escape from the North is the fact that human rights as a woman are not guaranteed at all. Although we don’t want to sleep with strangers, there is no choice… Continue Reading »
July 25, 2010 By Mirae Kang On July 8 Thach Thi Hoang Ngoc, a young 20-year-old bride, was killed by her husband in the port city of Busan. Since being united with her husband, she was beaten and stabbed in the stomach after a quarrel. Ngoc’s 47-year-old husband, Kim turned himself in while confessing of… Continue Reading »
By Hyoyeol Chong In Korea, those who want to become celebrities must make a contract with an agency due to the entertainment industry being run by big companies and their powers. As such, the contract is usually unfair for the entertainers such as new singers and actors or actresses. Actress Jang Ja-yeon’s suicide, which was… Continue Reading »