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Culture [We Met, and Now We Are Healing Together] Interview with Ahn Hae-ryong and Ito Takashi

The photo exhibition , in which the victims of the Japanese Military ‘Comfort Women’ (called ‘Comfort Women’) from South Korea and North Korea join together, was held from March 6 to 11 at Exhibition Hall 2 of the Insa Art Center.

Ahn Hae-ryong

Activism For “Comfort Women” Litigation with Global Citizens and Future Generations!

Reflecting on and exploring how to record, remember, and carry forward the history of the “Comfort Women” beyond the framework of legal remedies.

Editorial Team of Webzine <Kyeol>

Culture Meeting “Comfort Women” Victims’ First “Art Teacher” - Interview with Artist Kyung-Shin Lee, Author of “Flowers Unbloomed”

The first “art teacher” of the “Comfort Women” survivors who live in the House of Sharing. I met and listened to the story of artist Kyung-Shin Lee, the author of “Flowers Unbloomed,” which contains the behind story of the painting class she conducted for five years from 1993.

Purplay Kang Purm

Current Issue What is the extent of the legal binding force of the Korea-Japan Agreement of December 28, 2015 on the “comfort women” issue? <Part 2>

Nam Kijeong (Institute for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University)/ Cho Yanghyeon (Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security)/ Cho Sihyeon (The Center of Historical Truth and Justice)

Editorial Team of Webzine <Kyeol>

Other To build responsible dialogue between the two countries to clarify the truth

Panel: Nam Kijeong (Institute for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University)/ Cho Yanghyeon (Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security)/ Cho Sihyeon (The Center of Historical Truth and Justice)

Editorial Team of Webzine <Kyeol>

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Current Issue The Strength to Traverse an Era of Violence

An interview with peace activist Haecho on the torture and sexual violence Palestinians endure during the war and the power of solidarity.

Haecho

Making Conflict-Related Sexual Violence a Peace Agenda: Revisiting the Structures of Sexual Violence and Transitional Justice through the 2026 UN Report

Current Issue Making Conflict-Related Sexual Violence a Peace Agenda

The surge in sexual violence documented by the 2026 UN report, Conflict-related sexual violence: Report of the Secretary-General and the recommendations for advancing universal human rights and peace.

Elli Kim

Current Issue The Japanese Military “Comfort Women” and the Multilayeredness of Coercion

How has our understanding of “coercion” in forced labor and the Japanese military “Comfort Women” system changed over time? This essay examines the multilayered nature of these issues, moving beyond nationalist narratives and historical denialism toward a broader understanding through the lens of universal human rights.

Jie-Hyun Lim

Current Issue Reflecting on the “Comfort Women” Issue Through the Framework of Women’s Human Rights

This article examines the Japanese military “comfort women” issue through the lens of women’s human rights, extending the discussion to structural violence against women, social exclusion, and economic inequality. It further calls for victim-centered social restructuring and redistribution.

Joohee Kim

Current Issue Law, Myth, and the Long Work of Reform

Drawing on legal reforms across different countries and cultural contexts, the author, a legal scholar, examines how rape myths continue to shape sexual assault laws and legal outcomes and proposes measures for reform.

Ramona Albin

Culture An Answer Possible Only in This Moment

Exploring the “Comfort Women” through Miji Ih’s three-part project Münder and the exhibition Mangshitori

Miji Ih

Historical Memory How Can Perpetrators Bear Responsibility?

Testimony and publishing activities concerning wartime sexual violence and “Comfort Women” carried out by the Association of Returnees from China (Chukiren), which atoned for their perpetrators’ actions in postwar Japanese society.

Kim Su-yong

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