For the first time in the 53-year-old history of the Korean military, a woman was promoted to general. Colonel Yang Seung Sook, the nursing officer of the ROK Army Headquarters. Upon hearing of her promotion to general (to take effect from January 2, 2002), the commissioned officers in the nursing c

As the world closely watches how the US retaliation war unfolds, President Bush announced on October 2, "war against terrorism will be launched in our own time."In fact, the US is "ready" for war, as it completed deployment of armed forces, weapons and warships near Afghanistan and Iraq. However, wo

The US administration demanded, through President Bush, that the world stand either "with the US or with the terrorists," and countries are moving to taking part in war in any form, based on calculation of national interests.While women, children, and the disabled remain stranded in fear in Afghanis

How do youths in Korea feel about the world situation since the terrorist attacks on September 11? The Women's News met up with 18-year-old Kang Jinkyung (JK), Baek Sumin (SM), Lee Sukyung (SK) and Kang Jinyoung (JY) from Daeil Foreign Language High School to hear their thoughts on America's

"The most fruitful outcome of this symposium was our visit to Miari district. We were able to compare the situation of prostitution in Korea and Hong Kong."This was how participants from Hong Kong organizations dealing with prostitution issues looked back on the International Symposium aimed at esta

The Women's News - founded in 1988 by women who created and owned the stocks to an alternative press for women, the disabled and socially weak - turned 13 years old this year.The Women's News is regarded as having widened the horizons for feminist journalism in Korea by discovering and putti

The voices of Han Young Ae, Lee Eun Mi, Lee Sang Eun and Park Hye Kyung will be blending with the Kang Eun Mi-led Imagine 21's Korean traditional musical instruments and with Kwak Jeong's harp to create fervent energy on stage.The occasion has been named the Gala Concert 2001 'Four Strin

WAW (Women Against War), the organization gathering voices of Korean women opposed to war, has expanded its organization and gotten its campaign in full swing.Besides organizing women to send out the anti-war message from the viewpoint of women and the socially marginalized in Korea, the launching o

"All the resources have been organized in one book." That is how Lee Ok Ji, who co-authored "Women workers led the labor movement until the mid-1980's, and became the foundation of the labor movement today."However, the women were overshadowed by male workers in conglomerates and heavy industrie

Documentary (directed by Lim In Ae, produced by Lanet) was set to be screened at the Ulsan Human Rights Film Festival, which was postponed indefinitely due to the controversy over censorship. The film is about the life of women working as cooks in the Hyundai Motors union restaurant as they struggle

With one year to go to the Johannesburg Summit 2002, women from Korea, China and Japan gathered to share experiences in their respective environmental movements and to evaluate post-Rio Summit accomplishments. During the 'Northeast Asia Women's Environment Congress for Rio+10' held from

Congresswoman Lee Mi Kyung, who is married to an oldest son and living with his parents, has been changing holiday customs little by little for the past 8 years through family meetings. Lee's family has established some family rules, such as "taking turns hosting family events such as birthdays,

More and more people in Korea are voicing their worries and opposition regarding the impending American war of retaliation against Afghanistan.Immediately following the terror attack on the US, the Korean government ordered the military to be on special guard, and decided to hang out the mourning fl

The 16 standing committees in the National Assembly are currently in the midst of administration inspection of 402 government agencies. As of September 19, women-related issues on the inspectors' agenda are as follows:▲ Legislation and Judiciary Committee = On September 13, legislator Cho Sun Hy

Recently, improvements have been made to the system of medical assistance for victims of sexual violence, and the government and political parties agreed to better protect the human rights of such victims in the process of police investigations. The government also came up with a comprehensive plan

The Korean Women's Trade Union (KWTU, headed by Choi Sang Lim) celebrated its second birthday on August 29. Established with the goal of "organizing women workers by overcoming the limitations of existing labor unions," the KWTU held a forum on its second birthday entitled "Methods of Women-Frie

Ask any ordinary citizen, "Is prostitution a desirable social phenomenon?" or any woman involved in prostitution, "Do you want to choose prostitution as your life-time career?" How many would answer yes?Kim Kang Ja, the celebrated woman police chief who declared her intentions to "completely eradica

"They said that if we are trained from the beginning with the men, we will soon have equal opportunities as them when it comes to assignments and promotions, and better prospects as well. But those of us who know how things work in reality are skeptical about military co-education. The military is b

"Whenever I see newspaper or magazine reports in China of Korean comfort women demonstrating in front of the Japanese Embassy or of the International Tribunal on war crimes, I scrutinize them in the hopes of spotting my mother."Yun Young Shik (aged 58, living in Heilongjiang, China) came to Korea in

University students longing for new times and the realization of the June 15th North-South Korea Joint Declaration wave the flag of the Korean Peninsula as they take part in the 2001 Grand Reunification Festival held in Yeouido to commemorate the 56th anniversary of liberation from Japanese colonial