SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean human rights organization has strongly condemned the Japanese government’s recent assertion in its annual diplomatic report that the issue of Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery for Japanese troops during World War II has been resolved. In a statement, the Korea Council for Justice and [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Approximately 1,700 South Korean religious people were massacred by North Korean military and other hostile forces around the time of the 1950-53 Korean War, a state truth panel said Wednesday. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission said it has identified a list of about 1,700 religious figures massacred across the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – As controversy swirled over the global circulation of an online slot machine game featuring the revered Korean naval commander Admiral Yi Sun-sin, the Korea Communications Standards Commission vowed to actively monitor and review such offerings to prevent their proliferation. The commission first requested that platform operators like YouTube enforce self-regulation [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to repatriate the remains of two independence activists laid to rest in Brazil next year on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule, the veterans ministry said Thursday. The remains of Kim Ki-ju and Han Ung-kyu — members of [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S. State Department has officially referred to the Jeju April 3rd Incident, a dark chapter in South Korea’s history, as a “tragic event” that “should not be forgotten.” This statement marks a significant shift as the United States, which governed the southern part of the Korean Peninsula from September [...]
TOKYO, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – In a defiant move, families of victims of forced labor during World War II, who have rejected South Korea’s proposed solution of third-party compensation, visited Japanese companies on March 25 to demand a direct apology and payment from the firms involved. However, their efforts were met with a [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jogye Order, South Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, is expected to reclaim next month the remains of Buddhist monks from the country’s 14th-century Goryeo Dynasty after their stay for 85 years in the United States. The “sarira” relics, believed to have been taken illegally out of South Korea, are [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Three late Australian missionaries have been named independence activists of the month for their involvement in the movement against Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea, the veterans ministry said Tuesday. Margaret Sandeman Davies, Isabella Menzies and Daisy Hocking were selected for the ministry’s monthly award for their role in [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – An 18th century Dutch map depicting the East Sea as the “Sea of Korea” will be put on public display, offering a window into how Western cartographers viewed the waters off the Korean Peninsula centuries ago. The Northeast Asian History Foundation announced on Sunday that it will exhibit an East [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea began an annual project Monday to recover the remains of soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, the defense ministry said. The Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification said it will mobilize service members to excavate war remains in 36 former battle sites across the country until [...]