Does WSSD Stand for the 밯orld Summit on $hameful Deals?? Lee, Yujin (leeyj@greenkorea.org) International Cooperation, Green Korea United The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) is over--not just over, it is dead. The huge world summit, which was held in Johannesburg, South Africa with 40,000 participants from...
2003/11/08 00:00 2003/11/08 00:00
In response to President Roh Moo Hyun's June 5 decision to continue the Saemangeum reclamation project, civil groups have organized several actions. Following the completion of the 65-day, 305 km Sam-bo-il-bae (three steps, one big bow) campaign, there have been demonstrations near the presidential house in Seoul and at the Saemangeum dike construction si...
2003/06/26 00:00 2003/06/26 00:00
Building a Movement of Movements On January 21, 2003, the third party of the South Korean Delegation-nine members including myself representing NGOs and social movement-were on a plane headed to Porte Alegre, Brazil, without knowing what to expect and what awaits us. We had to endure 36 hours of plane ride that took us to Tokyo for transit connecti...
2003/01/31 00:00 2003/01/31 00:00
The presidential election of 2002 is over. President Roh Moo-Hyun of the Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) is expected to contribute significantly to the consolidation of democracy in Korea and bring about a more just society. During the presidential election, civic groups in Korea concentrated on campaigns to recommend progressive policies to the candida...
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Editor's Note

Archives/ASQ : 2001/10/31 00:00
The Asia Solidarity Quarterly has dealt with various topics and fields of NGO activities in Asian countries since the foundation of the journal, Summer in 2000. The topics that we dealt with include watch power, human rights, anti-corruption, the South and North Korea summit meeting and so forth. This issue focuses on environmental issues which w...
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Launching the Peace and Life Network Protesting the Saemangeum Project The Peace and Life Network Protesting the Saemangeum Project was launched last year by environmental groups and four religious groups. This network aims to stop the environmentally destructive Saemangeum project, to save marine life, and to sustain the environment for future gen...
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