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South Koreans Seek to Recommend Austrian Nuns for Nobel Prize for Lifetime Service to Leprosy Patients

South Koreans Seek to Recommend Austrian Nuns for Nobel Prize for Lifetime Service to Leprosy Patients

SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s provincial government is moving to launch a committee to recommend two Austrian nuns who worked for local leprosy patients for 40 years for the Nobel Peace Prize, officials said Monday. The envisioned committee will campaign for Marianne Stoeger, 82, and Margareta Pissar, 81, who devoted their life [...]

“Sorok Island”: The Tragedy of Leper Colony Tragedy Revealed

“Sorok Island”: The Tragedy of Leper Colony Tragedy Revealed

SEOUL, August 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The SBS TV show ‘The True Thing That We Wanna Know’ revealed in an episode aired on July 30 the tragedy of the Sorok Island colony, where patients were abused by Japanese officials, as well as their own government. The SBS show presented significant evidence of the government’s abuse of power, [...]