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동양의 평화를 위해 독립을 외친 안중근 의사
Patriotic Marty Ahn Jung-geun who shouted for independence in order to achieve Oriental peace Patriotic Marty Ahn Jung-geun, who assassinated Ito Hirobumi in Harbin on Oct. 26 1909, says his deed was an act done in the name of “Oriental peace.” What he said about “Oriental peace” is included in the “Theory of Oriental Peace” he authored in prison in March 1910. Ahn’s theory of Oriental peace was not extremist nationalism imbued with anti-Japan sentiment but rather a means of achieving world peace. He thought that Korea, China, and Japan should achieve harmony through independence and unity, and then defend world peace as well as peace in the Orient.
안중근의 삶과 동양 평화의 꿈
The life of Ahn Jung-geun and his dream of Oriental peace Ahn Jung-geun (9/2/1879-3/26/1910) worked as an activist for enlightenment and education for national salvation and as a Korean righteous army leader. But, among all his numerous heroic deeds, what made him shine most brilliantly was his assassination of Ito Hirobumi. This is not merely because he killed Ito but because the ideological values he held that led to the assassination were based on his theory of Oriental peace. He shouted his rationale for his heroic deed in the Japanese court elucidate why it is important to consider Ahn Jung-geun.
Hong Seon-pyo, president of Nara History Research Institute
안중근 의사 연구에 진력한 재일사학자 김정명 교수를 기리다
Remembering Prof. Kim Jeong-myeong, historian in Japan who devoted himself to researching the Patriotic Marty Ahn Jung-geun When I heard the news that Professor Kim Jeong-myeong passed away at the age of 87 in July, the joys and sorrows I had shared with him over the course of our friendship occurred to me like a short movie. Forty-one years have passed since I first met him at an academic conference in the summer of 1978.
Kim Hak-joon, Chair professor at Dankook University, third president of the Northeast Asian History Foundation
둥닝 요새 위안소, 일본군'위안부'의 아물지 못한 상처
Dongning Fortress Comfort Station: the unhealed scars of the Imperial Japanese Army Comfort Women More than 70 years have passed since World War II ended. However, the war’s scars still exist. Even the resolution for the issue of the Japanese military comfort women system—the name given to the cruel systemic capture and rape of women at the hands of the Japanese government and soldiers—has yet to be found. There are victims’ testimonies and clear records, but Japan has been busy shifting and evading responsibility for the comfort women issue. Under these circumstances, however, there has been a continuous push towards looking back on the core of the comfort women issue and resolving it. China is no exception to this. We discussed the comfort station built in the Japanese Kwantung Army’s fortress in Dongning and the human rights violations committed there with Wang Zhongren, researcher at the Dongning Fortress Museum in Heilongjiang Province.
Kim Jeong-hyun, researcher of the Research Center on Japanese Military Comfort Women, Northeast Asian History Foundation
한·중·일 전문가, 일본군'위안부' 문제의 해결과제를 논하다
Experts from Korea, China, and Japan discuss how to solve the Japanese military comfort women issue The Research Center on Japanese Military Comfort Women within the Northeast Asian History Foundation hosted an international academic conference under the theme of “Historical Tasks for Resolving Comfort Women Issue” at the conference of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Aug. 14. The conference, held on the eve of the 74th anniversary of National Liberation Day, was planned out of necessity to commemorate, academically, Comfort Women Memorial Day, which was celebrated for the second time this year. Those attending the conference to deliver welcome and congratulatory speeches were the foundation president, Kim Do-hyung; Deputy Premier for Social Affairs and Education Minister, Yoo Eun-hae; Kang Chang-il, president of the Democratic Party of Korea’s special committee on historical justice; Choi Jae-sung, head of the DPK’s special committee on Japanese economic regulations; and Cho Kwang, president of the National Institute of Korean History. Senior historian Lee Man-yeol, emeritus professor of Sookmyung Women’s University, opened the conference with his keynote lecture stating that it is essential to pay due honor to the humiliating history of colonialism left behind from the era of imperialism by maintaining the Japanese military comfort women issue as a common issue for the public and an important issue of human rights.
Do See-hwan, head of the Research Center on Japanese Military Comfort Women, Northeast Asian History Foundation
고교생들, 북방 대륙에서 평화·통일의 희망을 찾다
High schoolers find hope for peace and unification in the northern reaches of the continent July 22-28, I went around Primorsky Krai and China’s northeastern region, including Manchuria, with 44 people, including 35 high school students and teachers and officials from the foundation, the Education Ministry, and education offices. This project, part of the “Northeast Asian peace and unification experience projects,” was planned by the Education Ministry and funded by the Chungcheongbuk-do Office of Education.
Chang Se-yun, researcher of the Institute on Korea-Japan Historical Issues, Northeast Asian History Foundation
정창원의 성립과 한반도 유물
Establishment of Shosoin and relics on Korean Peninsula The Shosoin repository located at Todaiji Temple, in Japan’s Nara Prefecture, is an annex containing the temple and surrounding houses’ ancient relics, largely from the Nara period (710-794). The creation of Shosoin began with a donation of articles belonging to Emperor Shomu to the huge statue of Buddha in Todaiji by Empress Komyo 49th days after the emperor passed away in 756. At present, nearly 9,000 articles of treasure, including more than 600 pieces of jewelry, are accounted for in the State Treasure Book. This includes items donated by the royal court, objects for Buddhist services in Todaiji, and old documents, which are all preserved at Todaiji. Included also are luxury items which belonged to the royal court, household items, musical instruments, handicrafts, the “Four Treasures of the Study,” scripts like Buddhist scriptures and objects from Korea, China, and countries on China’s Western borders, which have all become priceless artifacts and historical data that allow us to catch a glimpse of the state of international relations at the time.
Yeon Min-soo, honorary researcher of Northeast Asian History Foundation
발해 황후의 묘지는 언제 공개될까
When will the empress’ tomb be uncovered? How much do we know about the ancient kingdom Balhae which existed for 200 years from the late 7th century to the early 10th century as the state connecting the northern and southern states alongside Silla? Let us begin our historical journey, centered on primary historical sources related to Balhae and newly discovered evidence. This will be a fun opportunity to feel as though you are excavating hidden stories from Balhae history while also coming to understand diverse interpretation of data and the importance of evidence.
Lim Sang-sun, researcher of the Institute on Pre-Modern Korean History, Northeast Asian History Foundation
재단 뉴스
The Foundation's News On September 17, 31 people, who, in 2019, completed the Northeast Asian History Foundation’s first-term education course for giving Dokdo exhibition presentations, received certificates of completion in the Foundation’s conference room. The education course was conducted for officials of regional Dokdo exhibition centers and ordinary citizens, who wanted to learn about Dokdo’s geography, history, and international law every Tuesday for five weeks starting from August 20. A field trip to Ulleungdo and Dokdo is scheduled for the 31 potential presenters in October; ordinary citizens who complete the field curriculum will work as exhibition presenters for the Dokdo Exhibition Center after going through intensive courses in the future.
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