78 Civil Society Organizations Launch ‘Yellow Ribbon’ hanging campaignToday (August 7) 78 civil society organizations focusing on peace, gender, environment, religion and culture gathered to pray for the safe return of the Korean hostages in Afghanistan by releasing a statement urging civil participation in the ‘yellow ribbon’ hanging event...
2007/08/07 19:39 2007/08/07 19:39
[Press Conference Statement] We express great concerns over all the tensions and conflicts surrounding the relocation of the U.S. military base to Pyeongtaek. Therefore, we urge the government and civil society to solve this conflict in a rational and constructive way. It was a shame that the disputes over the U.S. base relocation was led u...
2006/05/10 00:00 2006/05/10 00:00
Civil Society’s Call on the Six-Party TalksJuly 22, 2005 NGO leaders from Northeast Asia, namely South Korea, Japan, China, Russia and Mongolia, and the US, have jointly issued a statement at the Untied Nations to call on the governments of the region for a peaceful resolution to the nuclear crisis over North Korea prior to the resumed Six-Party Talk sch...
2005/07/23 17:49 2005/07/23 17:49
A summit meeting of the presidents of the Republic of Korea and the United States of America is scheduled to be held on June 11, 2005 (Korean time), focusing mainly on the topics of the “North Korean Nuclear Weapons Development Program” and the “ROK-US alliance”. The upcoming summit meeting, dealing with various issues directly impacting on the desti...
2005/06/10 15:00 2005/06/10 15:00
Joint Declaration by Korean civil society organizations supporting the democratization movement in Burma - Celebrating the 6th anniversary of the founding of the Committee Representing the People's Parliament in Burma Burma, which attained independence after the British and Japanese colonial rules, has been under dictatorship for over 40 years s...
2004/09/10 00:00 2004/09/10 00:00
The Korean Civil Society' Statement On the passage of "North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004" in the House of Representative By MINBYUN(Lawyers for a Democratic Society), SARANGBANG Group for Human Rights, Good Friends, Center for Peace and Disarmament of the PSPD (People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy), Catholic Human Rights Committe...
2004/08/05 00:00 2004/08/05 00:00
The Korean Civil Society Statement in Response to The May 4, 2004 Report of the Committee on International Relations of the U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 4011, the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 May 19, 2004 We are members of the Korean civil society who work to promote peace and human rights in the Korean peninsula. This st...
2004/05/19 00:00 2004/05/19 00:00
Statement of Korean Civil Society To Indonesian Government 19 May 2004, First anniversary of Indonesia's crackdown on Aceh "Immediately stop the military operations and civilian-killings in Aceh province!" The Korean civil society calls upon to do an objective investigation on human rights violations in Aceh, and to bring a pe...
2004/05/19 00:00 2004/05/19 00:00
"People's Action Against 3/12 Impeachment and Political Corruption" Invites the Foreign Press Corps to a Press Conference on 'Impeachment, Democracy and the Response of the Civil Society' When: March 20, 2004 (Saturday) 11:30 Where: Cafe Neutinamu (Anguk Station Exit No. Opposite the Jongno Police Station) Contact : Ms. Kim, Hye-Ae (M...
2004/03/20 00:00 2004/03/20 00:00
- Dismiss the Impeachment, End the political corruption![Press Release] Statement on the Current Impeachment Crisis by the Korean civil society - Dismiss the Impeachment, End the political corruption! March 12, 2004 will be remembered as a disgrace in the history of democratic transition in South Korea. The Korean civil society condemn t...
2004/03/13 00:00 2004/03/13 00:00