The history of the Rohingya genocide in the world’s largest refugee camp and the hope nurtured by women amid an ongoing struggle for survival.
Lee Yu Kyung
Historian Harrison C. Kim traces how discourse on “Comfort Women” in North Korea has evolved—at times in dialogue with the outside world—while developing distinct advocacy practices and perspectives.
Cheehyung Harrison Kim
The “Comfort Women” system was not only a violation of women’s rights, but also a grave infringement of children’s rights. In this article, Professor Ñusta Carranza Ko examines how imperial Japanese authorities systematically violated the rights of underage girls, in direct contravention of international conventions of the time, reframing the issue as a case of child rights violations.
Ñusta Carranza Ko
The Contested Histories Initiative (CHI) is a Europe-based NGO dedicated to studying disputes over historical memorials in public spaces and promoting critical engagement with them. CHI’s Program Director, Paula O’Donohoe, spoke with Kyeol about the organization’s work and its engagement with the “Comfort Women” issue.
Paula O’Donohoe
The suffering of the Japanese Military “Comfort Women,” one of the most tragic human rights abuses of the 20th century, should be preserved and managed as historical documentary heritage. This is crucial to prevent such atrocities from recurring and provide a lesson to future generations.
Hye-in Han
This victory is just the beginning, not the end. (…) I hope that this verdict will inspire more survivors to find the courage to testify about their experiences, allowing Korean society to empathize with them and reflect on past violence and injustice and move forward into a new future.
Jeong Mi Park
In the era of “One Left” illustrated in a novel written by author Kim Soom, what we have to do now is not count the number of government-registered survivors, but call out the names of “the drowned” between 240 and 200,000 victims and “save” those who are still drowning.
Hunmi Lee
More than 10 years after the publication of the picture book “Flower Granny,” which tells the story of Sim Dalyeon, a victim of the Japanese Military “Comfort Women,” author Kwon Yoon-duk released “Yong, Maeng Ho,” the main character of the Vietnam War veteran. What is the story left by the author who has pointed out violence in Korean history through her works?
Purplay Kang Purm
What kind of everyday life do the surviving “Comfort Women” victims residing in the leads? the Webzine has arranged an essay series to look at daily life of those who live at the , centering upon the space of the “room.” The fourth protagonist is Kang Il-chul.
Kim Dae-wol
From April 21 to 22, 2018, the ‘People's Tribunal on War Crimes by South Korean Troops during the Vietnam War’ (hereinafter the ‘People’s Peace Tribunal’) was held at the Oil Tank Culture Park in Mapo-gu, Seoul.
Jang Won-ah
The Women's International War Crimes Tribunal on the Trial of Japan's Military Sexual Slavery in 2000 (hereinafter the ‘Women's International War Crimes Tribunal 2000’), which was hosted in Tokyo, Japan from December 8 to 12, 2000, was a people’s tribunal[1] that held the Japanese government – the perpetrating state - and Emperor Hirohito responsible for war crimes. It was viewed as the most appropriate alternative plan devised at a time when it was no longer feasible to hold a legally effective international court with any cooperation from the Japanese government.
Sim A-jeong
Written by Totsuka Etsuro (戶塚悅朗)
Totsuka Etsuro (戶塚悅朗)
