The class action suit against Japan by Koreans who had been forced to join the military or work as comfort women that is taking place in the US will be able to expand its scope now that it is getting regular funding.The funding for the lawsuit comes from representative Son Ju Eun of Megastudy (www.m

The Women's News had a meaningful meeting with Ms., a pioneer of feminist journalism.At the 'Breakfast Meeting with Gloria Steinem' organized by The Women's News at 8 am on October 2, Ms. Steinem had an in-depth, 90-minute discussion on feminist journalism with over 40 Korean women l

Most people are aware that sexual assault victims suffer mental aftereffects, but few realize that the victims also experience physical rejection symptoms such as breaking out in rashes. It became known only recently, as victims began exchanging information, that most of them face severe physical pa

Why must women participate more actively in the reunification movement? The answer can be found in the German situation. After reunification, the lives of German women changed rapidly. Looking at the lowered social status and other bad influences suffered by women from East Germany after unification

With the presidential election slated for December only a few months away, women groups have launched a national campaign tour aimed at revising the Civil Code to abolish the Hojusystem. Starting from Busan on September 9, the Korea Association of Women United (KWAU) will tour 10 cities around the c

Amidst rising concern at home and abroad over the trafficking of migrant women, the Korean government has come up against criticism for having tolerated and even aggravated the problem with its poor management of visas.On August 29, there was a 'roundtable discussion to review the situation of p

"For whose protection does the army exist if it destroys the environment and tramples on the human rights of women and children?"Machiko Matsumura (photograph), who visited Korea for the international conference organized by the Women's Network against Militarism, is a peace activist who lives a

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

An International Conference will be held for three days from August 16 in Seoul and Anseong to look at the problems caused by militarism and the stationing of US troops in regions outside the US.This is the fourth such international conference organized by the 'Women's Network against Milita

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

"People say that what I'm doing is like throwing eggs at a rock. But I believe that if you throw enough eggs, we can break the rock. We started out with the conviction that if we keep crying out, we will make at least a slight difference, make right at least a small wrong. The Army wants us to t

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

The Women's News and 4th Women Film Festival Committee has been selecting recipients every year for The Women's News Award, given to deserving individuals or groups that have put feminism into practice through film. This year, the award went to director Park Ok Soon, head of the filmmaking g