|
Archive
The Beautiful Foundation
2003-11-08
|
|
Background
The level of philanthropyin a country is considered an important standard of measuring the level of its culture. The more advanced a country is, the more developed its philanthropic culture. Since the act of giving is not derive...
|
|
Archive
East Asia-U.S.-Puerto Rico Women's Network against Militarism
2003-11-08
|
|
The East Asia-U.S.-Puerto Rico Women's Network Against Militarism was formed in 1997 when forty women activists, teachers, and students from South Korea, Okinawa, mainland Japan, the Philippines, and the United States gathered in Okinawa. Ou...
|
|
Archive
Editor's Note: The North Korean Nuclear Crisis and Search for Peace
2003-07-15
|
|
Clouds are hanging over the prospect of lasting peace on the Korean peninsula once again. In an apparent repeat of the Nuclear Crisis in 1994, the current crisis arose out of Pyongyang's admission of having developed nuclear weapons programs...
|
|
Archive
Keynote Speech: Perspectives on the Iraq War and the Dispatch of Korean Troops
2003-07-15
|
|
Keynote Speech: Rhee Yueng-hui
Urgent Public Forum: The Passage of the Government Resolution to Dispatch Troops in Support of the U.S. War Against Iraq
and the Anti-War Movement for Peace
Organised by:
Korean Political Studies Assoc...
|
|
Archive
SOLUTIONS TO KOREAN NUCLEAR CRISIS II AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS
2003-07-15
|
|
SOLUTIONS TO KOREAN NUCLEAR CRISIS II AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS
Peter Sylvestre (Pssylve@hotmail.com)
Institute of Foreign Language Studies
Korea University
INTRODUCTION
Like a sequel to a bad B-Grade movie, a rerun of the 1994 Korean...
|
|
Archive
Launching the Civil Network for Political Reform (CNPR)
2003-07-15
|
|
Launching the Civil Network for Political Reform (CNPR)
Hong, Seok-In(sihong@pspd.org)
Coordinator, Center for National Assembly Watch, PSPD
On January 17, 2003, thirteen civic social organizations formed the Civil Network for Polit...
|
|
Archive
Voices from the 3rd World Water Forum
2003-07-15
|
|
Water is water. Water is not just for making Coca-Cola.
Voices from the 3rd World Water Forum
Water is water.
Water is not just for making Coca-Cola.
Lee Yujin (leeyj@greenkorea.org)
International Cooperation Coordinator, Green...
|
|
Archive
THE JAPAN COUNCIL AGAINST ATOMIC AND HYDROGEN BOMBS (JAPAN GENSUIKYO)
2003-07-15
|
|
THE JAPAN COUNCIL AGAINST ATOMIC AND HYDROGEN BOMBS (JAPAN GENSUIKYO)
Yayoi Tsuchida(antiatom@topaz.plala.or.jp)
International Staff, Japan Gensuikyo
Background
The Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Japan Gensuikyo) wa...
|
|
Archive
THE INTERNET FAILURE AND COLLAPSE OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
2003-07-15
|
|
THE INTERNET FAILURE AND COLLAPSE OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
Han Jae-kak
Chief Coordinator, Campaign for Citizen's Rights, PSPD
1. The Internet Failure in Korea on January 25, 2003
The Internet connection was suddenly severed in Ko...
|
|
Archive
PSPD launch the Center for Peace and Disarmament
2003-07-15
|
|
PSPD launch the Center for Peace and Disarmament
Editor:
The Center for Peace and Disarmament (Peace Center) of the People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) was launched in 2003 after a one-year preparation. The following a...
|
|
Archive
Editor's Note
2003-01-31
|
|
Let me first send my greetings to all the readers of Asia Solidarity Quarterly. It is a great honor as well as a challenge to serve as the new Editor-in-Chief of a journal that is a leader in the field. The journal will continue to cover the...
|
|
Archive
2002 Witnesses Dynamic Koreans
2003-01-31
|
|
Koreans&' Anger and Empowerment Reflected in Candlelight Rallies
Prologue
As a social affairs reporter, I use about two notebooks a month for my news reporting. In last December, however, I used up five notebooks. This implies that I was...
|
|
Archive
The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) in Korea
2003-01-31
|
|
Reasons for Revision
I. Preface
After the Status of Forces Agreement was concluded in 1966, it long remained unnoticed until it became mired in one controversy after another. The candlelight rallies demanding a revision of SOFA swept the...
|
|
Archive
Understanding the United States through the Crimes Committed by its Troops in Korea
2003-01-31
|
|
From ‘liberator,’ ‘ally,’ and ‘blood brother’ to ‘occupying force’ and ‘source of all evil’―could Korean public opinion be split so differently on the issue of the United States? This inevitably means that there must be a concealed and disto...
|
|
Archive
Forbidden Rights to Pollute the Korean Peninsula
2003-01-31
|
|
U.S Military Activities and Environmental Disaster
Introduction and Background
The presence of U.S. forces in South Korea has recently become a burning issue. Candlelight rallies have spread from Seoul to other major cities. Every week d...
|
|
Archive
South Korean NGO's Recommendations for a Peaceful Solution of the North Korean Nuclear Issue
2003-01-31
|
|
On October 17, 2002, the U.S. announced that during its contacts with Pyongyang, North Korea admitted to having a nuclear weapons development program. Since then tension has been mounting between Washington and Pyongyang. Under the circumsta...
|
|
Archive
2003, the Year of Independence and Peace
2003-01-31
|
|
New Year Statement by the Korean Civil Society
January 13, 2003
New year has dawned on the Korean Peninsula amidst tension and hope. It has already been a half-century since the end of the Korean War, but Korea remains the only divided l...
|
|
Archive
Hope for a New Beginning
2003-01-31
|
|
A Retrospective Look at the 2002 Presidential Election in Korea
1. What Happened?
Surely, something astonishing occurred which all progressive-oriented Koreans have yearned for more than a half-century since the liberation of their coun...
|
|
Archive
Documentation for Action Groups in Asia (DAGA)
2003-01-31
|
|
In 1973 the Christian Conference of Asia-Urban Rural Mission (CCA-URM) established DAGA as a place where information on economic, political, and social issues in Asia could be collected and systematically stored. This information was crucial...
|
|
Archive
Asia Civil Society Forum 2002
2003-01-31
|
|
The Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Status with the Untied Nations (CONGO), which facilitates participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and decisions on various issues, recently organized the Asia Civil Soc...
|
