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동북아 정세의 변화와 우리의 과제
The Changing Situations of Northeast Asia and Our Challenges It is thought that the move of the Northeast Asian History Foundation, launched with the aim of effectively coping with China's Northeast Project and Japan's distortion of history and claims to Dokdo, in making different policy recommendations to keep up with the changing situations of Northeast Asia has been very proper, because the historical issue is closely connected with the new order to be established in Northeast Asia. The external changes, e.g. China's economic growth and Japan's rearmament, which is tacitly approved by the U.S., combined with the inter-Korean tensions, are weighing down on us.
Written by Choe Chin-kyu, Professor at Chosun University
켜켜이 쌓인 슬픔을 위로하는 "겹겹"의 카메라
The 'Layer by Layer' Camera Offering Consolation to Those with the Layers of Sorrow Editor's Note: In June 2012, when the Nikon Salon in Tokyo had suddenly canceled his photo exhibition, 'layer by layer,' scheduled to be held there, and refused to give him any explanation, Ahn Se-hong, a Korean photographer based in Japan, filed an court injunction ordering the Salon to allow his exhibition to be held. Although the Tokyo District Court granted the injunction and the exhibition was eventually opened, the Nikon Salon had a lawyer present in the premises and went so far as to have the visitors' bodies searched in the name of the protection of the photographer, his works, and the facility from the right wing. Mr. Ahn brought a lawsuit against the Nikon Salon for interfering with the normal course of the exhibition and infringing on freedom of expression. Two years have passed, but the case is still pending in the court of first instance. On June 13, 2014, during his recent visit to Korea to meet former 'comfort women,' Mr. Ahn took time for an interview with NAHF PR Manager Kang Jeong-mi in front of the 'comfort woman' statue in front of the Japanese Embassy to Korea.
Interviewed and Transcribed by Kang Jeong-mi, Team Manager of the Public Relations Team
2014 역사NGO활동가대회 동북아 평화를 위한 한·일 시민들의 연대
2014 Coordinating Committee Meeting for the International NGOs Conference on History and Peace The Solidarity of Korean and Japanese Citizens for Peace in Northeast Asia Japan is threatening peace within the region with its recent move to reinterpret its pacifist constitution to allow itself to participate in wars, Against this backdrop, the Korean and Japanese NGOs hosted the 2014 Coordinating Committee Meeting for the International NGOs Conference on History and Peace in Tokyo, Japan. Organized jointly by International NGO History Forum and Korea-Japan Civic Action Council (Korea) and Korea-Japan Reconstruction Campaign 2015 Executive Committee (Japan), this meeting was held from the 20th to the 23rd of June 2014 under the theme "The Overcoming of the 1965 Korea-Japan Treaty System and Peace in East Asia" and aimed at exploring action plans to resolve historical conflicts between Korea and Japan and establish peace in East Asia, on the occasion of the approaching 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
Written by Lee Dong-Ho, Administrator of the Department of Public Relations
『중국 랴오둥·산둥반도 국제전 유적과 동북아 평화』 동아시아 평화를 위한 여정
International War Sites in the Liadong and Shandong Peninsulas of China and Peace in Northeast Asia A Journey for Peace in East Asia While there has been cooperation through various exchanges among the three Northeast Asian countries of Korea, China, and Japan due to their proximity to one another, there have been also conflicts and confrontations caused by conflicts of interests or certain international situations. Despite their wish to 'establish an East Asian Community,' their specific efforts to overcome conflict and confrontation have been minimal. To facilitate the kind of exchange and communication in East Asia that is not restricted by the concept of nation or people, the Northeast Asian History Foundation carried out the "Northeast Asian Maritime Peace Belt Project" from 2008 to 2012, in which experts in relevant fields conducted intensive local investigations and studied the related literature, in an effort to explore new directions. Specifically, the modern historical sites of international wars fought in the Liadong and Shandong Peninsulas in China were studied to analyze how wars were remembered and commemorated and to find ways to use them for peace purposes. And the result has been published into a book titled International War Sites in the Liadong and Shandong Peninsulas of China and Peace in Northeast Asia.
Written by Park Sun-young, Research at the Center for Asian Studies, Kyungpook National University
고 김학순, 삭제와 왜곡 사이에서 진실을 이야기하다
The Late Kim Hak-sun Speaks Up for the Erased and Distorted Truth The name 'Kim Hak-sun' is seared in the memory of those who remember the 1990s. The late Kim Hak-sun was the first Korean ever to give a testimony of her experience as a former 'comfort woman,' a sex slave for the Japanese military. On August 14, 1992, the day before the Korean Independence Day, the late Kim Hak-sun revealed herself to be a former 'comfort woman' for the first time. From that day on, the history of the military sexual slavery by Japan began to be rewritten in the context of Korean history, East Asian history, and even world history. That one of the victims of sexual exploitation, placed at the bottom of the perpetrator-victim pyramid of war and colonial rule, fully revealed herself and spoke about 'that business' came as a shock. Both Korea and Japan were utterly stunned by her testimony.
Written by Park Jung-ae, Research Professor, Korea Institute of Foreign Relations at Dongguk University
China's 'Frontier Research' Projects The rise of China is now an indisputable reality; since the global financial crisis in 2008, it has become natural to call China a G2 country. China's rapid economic development has had a profound effect on its academia as well. The sheer volume of publications produced in China attests to the dynamism of the country's academia. It should be noted that a majority of academic books published in China are the products of national research projects.
Written by Park Jang-Bae, Research Fellow of the Department of Policy Research
"독도가 말하게 하라"
"Let Dokdo Speak for Itself" Dokdo is an island that takes on a special meaning for us Koreans. Not only is it a painful reminder that we were once under Japan's colonial rule, it is also a proof of Korea's independence and a potential guide toward a peaceful future in Northeast Asia through historical reconciliation. But how familiar are we with the appearance of this lonely island on the East Sea? To capture the beauty of Dokdo in pictures and promote it to the world, the NAHF worked with photographer Kim Jung-man. Kim's works, produced from August 2012 to October 2013, feature Dokdo at different hours of the day and night and in different seasons, showing the breathtakingly beautiful and various faces of the island. They invite us to see the aspects of Dokdo that were unknown to us and will make a new history.
한일협정 50년사의 재조명 4년차 국제학술회의 역사 진실 토대 위에서 한·일 역사 갈등의 본질을 규명하다
International Conference on Review of the Fifty Years Since the Korea-Japan Treaty: Year 4 Finding What Lies at the Root of Historical Conflict Between Korea and Japan Based on Historical Truth On June 20, 2014, the Northeast Asian History Foundation hosted an international conference on "Legal Policy Challenges with Compensation for Victims of Japanese Colonial Rule" with resounding success. For the last three years, from 2011 to 2013, the NAHF had hosted conferences along the same line as this year's, reexamining 'colonial' responsibility for the crimes against humanity in which Japan's state authority had been involved, such as forcing Koreans into military sexual slavery or labor, and crimes directly related to colonial rule, and the Korea-Japan Treaty system, and reviewing the challenges left by the 2011 Constitutional Court's decision and the 2012 Supreme Court's decision.
Written by Doh See-hwan, Research Fellow of the Department of Policy Research
제2회 상하이사회과학원 학술회의 "한국, 3국 관계 정상화 가교 역할을"
The 2nd NAHF-SASS Conference "Korea Should Mediate in Normalizing Trilateral Relations" Last year, the NAHF and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS, Director WANG Zhan (王戰)) of China started co-hosting a regular conference. In its second year, this conference was held on June 25, 2014, under the theme "The Changing New Order of Northeast Asia and the New Situation." The conference was opened with the keynote speeches by NAHF Secretary General Seok Tong-Youn and SASS Vice President HUANG Ren Wei (黃仁偉). They stressed that "Korea and China should closely observe the reality faced by the Northeast Asian region, and play constructive roles in the common development of East Asia."
Written by Cha Jae-Bok, Research Fellow of the Department of Policy Research
'동아시아의 박물관과 역사교육' 전문가 워크숍 박물관은 평화와 역사교육의 장
Expert Workshop on 'Museums and History Education in East Asia' The Museum, a Venue for Peace and History Education On June 30, 2014, the Northeast Asia/Dokdo Education & Training Center hosted an expert workshop on 'Museums and History Education in East Asia.' By building many peace museums, Japan is spreading the misconception that Japan is a victim of war, although it was, in fact, a perpetrator. In dealing with conflict with Japan over historical issues, China is also using the museum as a base for patriotic education, expanding the contents and scale of the exhibition. Against this backdrop, the NAHF attempted to analyze this trend of China's and Japan's strengthening of museum history education, and find ways to cope with it.
Written by Kim Jeong-Hyun, Team Manager of the Center for Education on Northeast Asia and Dokdo
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