United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon should take an active role in dealing with US beef crisis in South Korea: Ban should not shun away from human rights violations occurred during anti-US beef rallies. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to make his first official visit to Korea on July 3rd since he took office. Ban is loade...
2008/07/03 17:43 2008/07/03 17:43
Press Conference: Urging China and UN to Support the Pro-democracy in Burma The Denunciation for Massacre of Burmese people and the Urgent Action for Pro-Democracy Support (abbreviation: Urgent Action for Burma) had the press conference on 9 October at noon in front of the Chinese embassy and urged the China about the pro-democracy for Burma....
2007/10/09 00:00 2007/10/09 00:00
[Joint Statement] The Prosecution Must Crack Down on Daewoo International's Suspicious Illegal Exports of Defense Industry Materials to Burma, and Daewoo Should Expose the Truth Press reports revealed recently that the prosecution has set into motion an investigation into Daewoo International Co. on the charge of exporting defense industry...
2006/09/19 00:00 2006/09/19 00:00
[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
Background The farming town of Daechuri, Korean for "Great Harvest Village", will never reap its famous rice harvest again, if the United States military continues with the planned expansion of its army base. This concentration of U.S. troops in the Pyeongtaek region of South Korea will destroy the farming communities. Over 500 households and tho...
2006/05/09 00:00 2006/05/09 00:00
- Daewoo International, KOGAS and the Korean government must establish measures to protect labor, human and environmental rights of Burmese people and pay attention to the voices of the international community.On April 14, 2006, Human rights activists from Thailand, India, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Japan, the USA, the Netherlands, France, England, Aust...
2006/04/18 15:15 2006/04/18 15:15
How long will the current government’s fraud involving negotiations on the Korea-US alliance re-coordination continue? Following the Jan. 20 announcement by president Noh Moo-hyun’s government to agree strategic flexibility of US forces in Korea, government disclosed yesterday that it had already decided to participate in the PSI(Prolife...
2006/02/01 21:53 2006/02/01 21:53
- For Korean companies pushing ahead with the Burma gas development project, measures to protect human rights needed While claims from Korean civil organizations and the international society concerning human rights of Burmese people through Burma gas pipeline project by Korean companies, a noteworthy compensation agreement for the victims of the p...
2005/12/20 00:00 2005/12/20 00:00
Movement against US Military Base Expansion for the Peace and Independence of The Korean peninsula You Young-Jae Head,Policy Subcommittee, PKC (Pan-Korean Committee against US Base Extension to Pyong-Taek) 1. US Military Hegemony and Strategic Transformations The US Armed Forces after the Cold War persue deterrence in Easte...
2005/09/09 00:00 2005/09/09 00:00
Building credible documentation This attached file was presented at Asian Regional Tragining Workshop. Date: August 5-11, 2005 Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand Organizer: : New Tactics in Human Rights Project - The Center for Victims of Torture & Forum-Asia Title: Building credible documentation with a focus on the how the documenta...
2005/08/07 00:00 2005/08/07 00:00