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 [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) –Nobuyuki Suzuki, a 59-year-old Japanese citizen, once again failed to appear for a court hearing in Seoul related to charges of defamation stemming from an act of vandalism against the ‘Statue of Peace’. The statue symbolizes the victims of Japanese military sexual slavery during World War II. The hearing, presided [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Seo Kyoung-duk, a professor at Sungshin Women’s University known for his global campaign against the Rising Sun Flag, has reported facing attacks from Japan’s far-right factions. Seo shared on his Facebook page that after protesting a rickshaw adorned with the Rising Sun Flag in New York City last week, a [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 1 (Korea Bizwire) –The International Labor Organization (ILO) has voiced its concern over the absence of concrete actions by the Japanese government to resolve the issues surrounding ‘comfort women’ and forced labor during the Japanese military’s occupation. This statement was highlighted during a joint memorial service held by the Korean Confederation of Trade [...]
GWANGJU, Feb. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of survivors of forced labor during Japan’s colonial rule over Korea is dwindling rapidly. Recent reports reveal a stark decrease in the number of survivors, with the figure falling below 1,000 for the first time. According to the Civic Group for the Mobilization of Forced Labor under Japanese [...]
TOKYO, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – On February 22, a significant controversy resurfaced as the Japanese government, local municipalities, and certain conservative media outlets reiterated their contentious claim over Dokdo, an islet Korea asserts sovereignty over, but Japan refers to as “Takeshima.” This assertion was made during the observance of what is known as “Takeshima Day,” [...]