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The Korean Peninsula before and after September 11
2002-01-31
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I. American Unilateralism
A South Korean poet who makes a living on the south side of the peninsula reflects on the repercussions of September 11 for the Korean peninsula. He writes:
I am horribly scared. I eagerly hoped that North Kore...
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Chronicle of the Korean Movement against War and for Peace
2002-01-31
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Chronicle of Anti-War Peace Movement in Korea
NGOs in Korea, including civil-social, labor, religious, law, student, and women’s organizations have raised their voices against war since Oct. 8, 2001, when the United States' retaliation war...
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Editor's Note
2002-01-31
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The shadow of the 11 September terrorist attack last year is still hanging over us all. The war in Afghanistan is drawing to its close but it will take a long time before the Afghan people can return to normal lives, let alone sort out their...
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Coexistence with Islamic Fundamentalism?
2002-01-31
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George Katsiaficas (Wentworth Institute of Technology)
To my great fortune, I am not now in the US. I am fortunate not because I fear anthrax or other terrors but rather because my mind and soul are not being inalterably soaked by the patr...
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Women Making Peace
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2002-01-31
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I. WHO ARE WE?
Women Making Peace is a specialized movement organization formed to realize reunification and peace on the Korean peninsula and to make peace in Asia and the world. Women Making Peace was founded on March 28 1997. Since its ...
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Civil Network for a Peaceful Korea
2002-01-31
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Background and Objective of CNPK
After a half century of division, reunification of the two Koreas still seems far away due to hostility and conflict on the Korean peninsula. Although many Koreans regard reunification a legitimate and emot...
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KongraS (The Commission for Disappearances and Victims of Violence)
2002-01-31
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Introducing KONTRAS (The Commission for Disappearances and Victims of Violence): Unite to Struggle for Human Rights and Democracy.
Poengky Indarti
(Fund Raising Bureau, KontraS)
BACKGROUND
In 1996 the hopes for developing a new socie...
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Naripokkho (Women Activists Group in Bangladesh)
2002-01-31
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Naripokkho (Women Activists Group in Bangladesh)
A leading women activists group in Bangladesh
1. BACKGROUND
Naripokkho is a membership-based women`s activist organisation founded in 1983, working for the advancement of women`s righ...
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National Human Rights Commission of Korea
2002-01-31
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National Human Rights Commission of Korea
What is the background to the National Human Rights Commission
Since the "Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action", which included a recommendation to establish a human rights orga...
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Editor's Note
2001-10-31
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The Asia Solidarity Quarterly has dealt with various topics and fields of NGO activities in Asian countries since the foundation of the journal, Summer in 2000. The topics that we dealt with include watch power, human rights, anti-corruption...
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Sediment Fauna, Fisheries Catches and Land Earning from the Korean Tidal Flat
2001-10-31
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Sediment Fauna, Fisheries Catches and Land Earning from the Korea and Tidal Flat
Koh Chul-Kwan(Professor, Department of Oceanography, Seoul National University)
ABSTRACT
This paper reports that the coastal use of the Korean we...
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State Violence in the 20th Century and Historical Clarification
2001-10-31
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State Violence in the 20th Century and Historical Clarification
Kim Dong-choon(Professor, College of Social Science, Sungkonghoe University)
1. Past as 'Present'
The whole country got very annoyed at Japan's textbook distortio...
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North-South Korean Reconciliation and Security on the Korean Peninsula
2001-10-31
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(Taik-young Hamm: Professor, Political Science, Kyungnam University)
*This article is reproduced with author's permission. Originally published in Asian Perspective, Vol.25, No.2 (2001), pp.123-51. by Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyu...
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Some Reflection on the World Conference Against Racism 2001
2001-10-31
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Some Reflection on the World Conference Against Racism 2001
Lee, Seonghoon: Secretary-General, Pax Romana, almolee@yahoo.com)
In retrospect, there seems to be many lessons to be learnt from the preparatory processes and main events...
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Report on Migrant Workers in South Korea
2001-10-31
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Modern Slaves, Migrant Workers in South Korea
Report on Migrant Workers in South Korea Lee, Yoon-ju
(Department of Equal Labor Union Migrant Workers, Seoul-Inchon District)
1. The History of Migrant Workers in Korea
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Race and Rights of Refugees in South Korea
2001-10-31
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Race and Rights of Refugees in South Korea
Chang, Bok-Hee & Kim, Gi-Youn
(Committee on Legal Aid for Refugees, MINBYUN-Lawyers for a Democratic Society)
After South Korea signed 'The 1951 Convention Relating the Status of...
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Focus on the Global South
2001-10-31
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Focus on the Global South
Chirawatana Charoonpatarapong
(Program Coordinator, Focus on the Global South)
Focus on the Global South is a program of development policy research, analysis and action. Focus engages in research, ...
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Towards Conserving our Shared Natural Heritage: Wetlands and Birds Korea
2001-10-31
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Towards Conserving our Shared Natural Heritage: Wetlands and Birds Korea and the Yellow Sea Ecoregion Initiative Nial Moores(Ecological Planner, Wetlands and Birds Korea, Busan, South Korea)
Introductory Preamble
The Yellow Sea...
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Details on the Genome Project Hearing
2001-09-15
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Details on the Genome Project Hearing
Four outside experts gathered together on August 1 to review the negative impacts of the controversial human genome project. The Center for Democracy in Science and Technology at the People's Sol...
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Asia Journal - Editor's Note
2001-07-31
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We are happy to release the first issue of the second year of the Asia Solidarity Quarterly to the readers. To our gratitude, the Resource Center for Asian NGOs (RCAN) has promised to fund the quarterly for another year. Also, the members of...
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