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Women in the United States and Asian countries hosting US army bases have launched an active alliance in order to 'create a society without armed forces.' The conditions in each country may be different, but the cases and situations arising from the presence of American troops have made such
Society
reported by Lee Jung-joo jena21@womennews.co.kr
2002.08.28 00:00
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There is rising domestic and international concern regarding North Korean women defectors in China who live in the shadows of human rights. The Chinese government, however, is cracking down severely on groups that support North Korean refugees, blocking ways to actually help these people.Amnesty Int
Society
Reported by Lee jung-joo jena21@womennews.co.kr
2002.07.18 00:00
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The 'Equal Media Award of the Year,' founded by the 21st Century Women Media Network in 2000 to realize gender equality in the media and to protect the rights of women media workers, awarded the first prize to The Women's News. The Network announced that it had chosen The Women's New
Society
Reported by Kim Kyong-hae musou21@womennews.co.kr
2002.07.18 00:00
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There has been a rise in cases where victims of sexual violence who refuse to hush up the matter are sued by the perpetrator for 'defamation of character.' Women groups, regarding such moves as "another form of violence meant to force victims to shut up," are planning to put up a forceful, u
Society
Reported by Cho Lee Yeu-wool cognate@womennews.co.
2002.06.27 00:00
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Activists and victims from North and South Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan and China, as well as Korean activists living in the US and Japan and American lawyers gathered in Pyongyang on May 3 and 4 to participate in the 'Asian Regional Conference for the Redress of Japan's War Cri
Society
Reported by Lee Jung-joo jena21@womennews.co.kr
2002.05.22 00:00
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Ms. Lee Seon Woo, who had been denied a professorship because of her physical disability, had finally become a university professor. Lee Seong Jae, representative of the Institute for the Rights of the Disabled, had petitioned her case at the National Human Rights Commission. Thus on April 30, the C
Society
Reported by Song Ahn Eun-a sea@womennews.co.kr
2002.05.07 00:00
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A considerable number of foreign visitors to Korea experience discrimination from Koreans, but the Koreans are not even fully aware of this. This calls for changes in the Korean peoples awareness. With the World Cup just around the corner, the Korean government is busy preparing to accommodate touri
Society
Reported by Cho Lee Yeu-wool cognate@womennews.co.
2002.05.07 00:00
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The women policies implemented by the People's Government in the past four years have turned from 'slogans to practice.' Now the remaining task is to come up with concrete measures that will make these policies 'touch lives.'During the 'Women Policies Seminar' organized b
Society
Reported by Chung Hee-kyung chkyung@womennews.co.k
2002.04.18 00:00
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