tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51559237449849711192023-11-16T01:05:22.357-05:00Comfort Women Project - Asia Trip 2008This project, supported by THE ASIAN CULTURAL COUNCIL and THE LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL, honors the memory of 200,000 young women known as "Comfort Women" who were systematically exploited as sex slaves in asia during WWII, and increases awareness of sexual violence against women during wartime. The event was organized on an industrial scale, not seen before in modern history, and is the largest instance of human trafficking in the 20th century, yet it has gone largely unacknowledged.Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-80093689020948721472008-09-19T20:03:00.010-04:002008-10-12T02:19:42.384-04:0068. Summary: Research 2008<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I traveled this summer to Asia including Korea, Taiwan, and Japan to meet "Comfort Women" survivors, and to interview a former Japanese Imperial Army soldier who served during W.W.II and witnessed the "Comfort Women" system first hand. I plan to continue research in Asia next year, to meet Chinese, Dutch, Filipino, and Indonesian survivors.<br /><br />Subsequently, I will create artworks based on the research, and attempt to bring to light this instance of organized violence against women and to help restore the honor of those who lived through so much.<br /><br />It has been a great honor to meet these courageous and outspoken "Comfort Women" in Korea and Taiwan, who are helping to keep this important history alive. I look forward to my continued research in Asia.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpq7GCfSMp3-_q7lV69UbeCiRdXTkeQJKS5Zwi3_Oxcr5gOVs4cyO9lTrW4MHbi2hysmdyBr4tNNgTEV1IdTKecRdWxQfZ6XAkUbso5_HQBz8m7xJhkcdk2W2hdt6CmJDAg-PykDvSHsY/s1600-h/last_wed_demo-01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpq7GCfSMp3-_q7lV69UbeCiRdXTkeQJKS5Zwi3_Oxcr5gOVs4cyO9lTrW4MHbi2hysmdyBr4tNNgTEV1IdTKecRdWxQfZ6XAkUbso5_HQBz8m7xJhkcdk2W2hdt6CmJDAg-PykDvSHsY/s320/last_wed_demo-01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247894609723431426" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-26486586017417265602008-09-19T19:59:00.014-04:002008-09-20T21:19:58.296-04:0067. Summary: Korea Research<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I interviewed 9 Korean "Comfort Women" at Nanumeh-Jip ("The House of Sharing"), and at Shim Toh ("A resting place"). A majority of all "Comfort Women" were Korean, and most did not survive the war and harsh treatment. Of those who did survive, most kept the events a secret because it would be considered shameful and reflect badly on their families. Despite this, over 250 Korean "Comfort Women" came out in the 1990's. Now aged in their 80's and 90's, most of them are in poor health and only 99 surviving women remain.<br /><br />In order to understand this complicated issue better, I had meetings with many activists, sociologists, historians, and scholars. Among those I interviewed were Professor Jung Oak Yun, and Professor Hyo Chae Lee who are founding and central figures working to bring the "Comfort Women" issue to international attention, and Won Soon Park, Social Designer and Executive Director of The Hope Institute, working for institutional change and social justice in Korea.<br /><br />I attended a Symposium for the 10th Anniversary of the Comfort Women Museum at Nanumeh-Jip. Historians and activists from Korea, Japan, and U.S.A. gathered to discuss strategies on the "Comfort Women" issue now that United States House of Representatives House Resolution 121 has been passed.<br /><br />I also visited "The Museum of Japanese Imperial Army's Sexual Slavery" and "The Center for Peace and Human Rights," "The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Sexual Slavery by Japan," and "War & Women's Rights Museum."<br /><br />To know more about the Korean art scene I met with Yu Yeon Kim curator, Yoon-kyung Kwon curator at Seoul Auction, Min Seok Seo curator at Seoul Arts Center, and Bowon Chung Public Art sculptor.<br /><br />http://www.nanum.org/eng/<br />www.makehope.org<br />http://www.womenandwar.net/english/index.php</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2rv5_trWSsOfyLlF0xUB5FQrwCiESJo9nCp0rggPnkzgQ8kcixRfffnLGPG9aBqSq2s1WjkhSJS0Eft9ciy8VDWVPMXHQgbfvCx2AnvMlZ_a0UX-nqpuaphfHMReVcJ03znrX8fcBlk/s1600-h/korea-01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2rv5_trWSsOfyLlF0xUB5FQrwCiESJo9nCp0rggPnkzgQ8kcixRfffnLGPG9aBqSq2s1WjkhSJS0Eft9ciy8VDWVPMXHQgbfvCx2AnvMlZ_a0UX-nqpuaphfHMReVcJ03znrX8fcBlk/s320/korea-01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247886653123548178" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Korea - from Google Maps</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRpbVcvMrAPpPgmlW5QKzTQDUmb5oYK2nPYYvC1fx57VF_sWdXmaDxjG5Dxgg4KlPITbv1E7_GO19yioZ7Q3YnLpOyI3oiO3hXjCjAY5QlLZgY8mmpGeuimHCfcoNQA2YxnhfZVE5MMg/s1600-h/korea-02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRpbVcvMrAPpPgmlW5QKzTQDUmb5oYK2nPYYvC1fx57VF_sWdXmaDxjG5Dxgg4KlPITbv1E7_GO19yioZ7Q3YnLpOyI3oiO3hXjCjAY5QlLZgY8mmpGeuimHCfcoNQA2YxnhfZVE5MMg/s320/korea-02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247886660322808978" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> Every Wednesday people, including Korean "comfort women," have gathered since 1992 to protest for justice for these women.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6_JgOo1oo-STssekLAkbkBlp-H-ljAPA8I7D1ap5TXEFPH3HxjszYn29y2atUE4TLRElmE9NbunreipPOf9gfGumtVwvR6e8Q-kIC6K3_VXO7sy98Q-rpHqW9a_JkfNs_vDx8zwkzxA/s1600-h/korea-03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6_JgOo1oo-STssekLAkbkBlp-H-ljAPA8I7D1ap5TXEFPH3HxjszYn29y2atUE4TLRElmE9NbunreipPOf9gfGumtVwvR6e8Q-kIC6K3_VXO7sy98Q-rpHqW9a_JkfNs_vDx8zwkzxA/s320/korea-03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247886661611507954" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Interviewing Korean "Comfort Women"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-61980455272568099892008-09-19T19:57:00.012-04:002008-09-20T21:23:51.551-04:0066. Summary: Taiwan Research<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I interviewed 6 Taiwanese "Comfort Women" with diverse backgrounds including Taiwanese, Hakanese, and Aboriginal Taiwanese through valuable help and support from Graceia Lai, Director of International Affairs, Shu-Hue Kang, Deputy Executive Director, and Huiling Wu, Associate Supervisor at The Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation(TWRF). There were by some estimates 2,000 Taiwanese "Comfort Women". 58 women came out in the 1990's. Now, 21 remain.<br /><br />I stayed as a resident artist at The Bamboo Curtain Studio during my visit to Taipei, and got lots of support from Margaret Tan, the Director, and Ann Yao, the Programme Director who are particularly interested in art focusing on social and environmental concerns.<br /><br />http://www.bambooculture.com/BCS%20Eng/index.html<br /><br />I met with Yaohua Su, Director of Taipei Artist Village; Rita Chang, Representative and Melissa Chan, Program Associate at The Asian Cultural Council in Taipei; and artists such as Lulu Shur-tzy Hou, Mali Wu, and Betsy Lan to talk about the art world in Taiwan.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAi6FdXxFVpbxqWuaf4SZKojnpOpxJCwOp1NfcKHOosQyhq7MZOSHn-mgpQPt71dHYOXK1KIP7t1q8kgsh5S1nEvtmWoyOptm3aCdW4HC_ZO9SZ2qAhv8dJe7p1ghWQVaKcwN-G4fduI/s1600-h/taiwan-01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAi6FdXxFVpbxqWuaf4SZKojnpOpxJCwOp1NfcKHOosQyhq7MZOSHn-mgpQPt71dHYOXK1KIP7t1q8kgsh5S1nEvtmWoyOptm3aCdW4HC_ZO9SZ2qAhv8dJe7p1ghWQVaKcwN-G4fduI/s320/taiwan-01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247886259510337250" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Taiwan - from Google Maps</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiughJrKWTWfX1vpyerSfvkzfm_aAG7JuhJ4Z-1Q4AHuyLK0ZR6wDgMyzMvzSMd4ivxYiY617dinu8Jd9hZshRRu-BDNtsQysE62UgHXtSSLdLz62qcYSSxNfdKMOdsGBftZl-cMddlMzE/s1600-h/taiwan-02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiughJrKWTWfX1vpyerSfvkzfm_aAG7JuhJ4Z-1Q4AHuyLK0ZR6wDgMyzMvzSMd4ivxYiY617dinu8Jd9hZshRRu-BDNtsQysE62UgHXtSSLdLz62qcYSSxNfdKMOdsGBftZl-cMddlMzE/s320/taiwan-02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247886263966950850" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Interviewing two Hakanese "Comfort Women"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYFYQ8ZdKeAvzF_VaPHz-wEzYMO8I_mEWTavCZJxqlFaU5BpSEjEc1C-cIJouEDLxbdqZiWEEpq7IN1oWAoz19HOBXPYxkChzqnK9lMfGKi1LQNLDZr8MJI9UCDhdCSpb6IqocQyOjVc/s1600-h/taiwan-03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYFYQ8ZdKeAvzF_VaPHz-wEzYMO8I_mEWTavCZJxqlFaU5BpSEjEc1C-cIJouEDLxbdqZiWEEpq7IN1oWAoz19HOBXPYxkChzqnK9lMfGKi1LQNLDZr8MJI9UCDhdCSpb6IqocQyOjVc/s320/taiwan-03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247886263187864802" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">With Graceia Lai and Shu-Hue Kang at The Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation (TWRF)</span></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-10912878361287100302008-09-17T17:30:00.012-04:002008-09-20T21:30:03.752-04:0065. Summary: Japan Research<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I had an opportunity to interview Mr. Kaneko, a former Japanese soldier - through Mina Watanabe, Secretary General/Curator, and Alison Scott, a Dutch Canadian assistant at Women's Active Museum (WAM) on War and Peace in Tokyo.<br /><br />http://www.wam-peace.org/eng/<br /><br />With the help of Georg Kochi, Representative at The Asian Cultural Council in Japan, I stayed at Youkobo Art Space and met Hiroko Murata and Tatsuhiko Murata, Directors.<br /><br />http://www.youkobo.co.jp/<br /><br />To help me further understand the art scene in Japan Mr. Kochi also arranged a meeting with Mami Kataoka, Senior Curator at Mori Art Museum in Ropponggi Hills Mori Tower.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7LxPtI6D3jLsHNfmk-nj9yYpjUQkz0izyTwU7APm6IsI9vSsikoZTG8UgEKhkPA3UEJbTheskIA8JsSiPtU6CiR85q50YAcUlSC4XSLG5eiOCQDhegW4RLaRjKP_PLyrpZBtpn-g6mU/s1600-h/Japan-01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7LxPtI6D3jLsHNfmk-nj9yYpjUQkz0izyTwU7APm6IsI9vSsikoZTG8UgEKhkPA3UEJbTheskIA8JsSiPtU6CiR85q50YAcUlSC4XSLG5eiOCQDhegW4RLaRjKP_PLyrpZBtpn-g6mU/s320/Japan-01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247885859404310130" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Japan - from Google Maps</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEY5y3OrA5hQ_w5Lr95Bj5i2fGnbX2NBQ0s6IB7FE0FdLmxHlBFhosSlcxi9F_Ww8H5EXp3xgFRdpSVD4UskjrmPi43cLNm89z0Yf5m87SCFbKtJY0-r8OVxjm4s3mWACPY670KbM8uUg/s1600-h/Japan-02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEY5y3OrA5hQ_w5Lr95Bj5i2fGnbX2NBQ0s6IB7FE0FdLmxHlBFhosSlcxi9F_Ww8H5EXp3xgFRdpSVD4UskjrmPi43cLNm89z0Yf5m87SCFbKtJY0-r8OVxjm4s3mWACPY670KbM8uUg/s320/Japan-02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247885862080528818" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">At Women's Active Museum (WAM) on War and Peace in Tokyo</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-45616748786880713812008-09-13T21:12:00.008-04:002008-09-20T21:36:19.287-04:0064. Former Japanese soldier<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Friday September 5, 2008</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Alison Scott, a Dutch Canadian assistant at Women's Active Museum on War and Peace, took me to the home of Mr. Yasuji Kaneko, a former Japanese soldier. Alison's grandmother survived a Japanese concentration camp in Indonesia. (It is estimated that 400 Dutch women were taken as sex slaves during WWII.) </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Mr. Kaneko was a soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army during WWII, and came forward in the 90's to speak about war crimes. He had a strong sense of duty to tell what he experienced and witnessed. "So, this kind of violence against women doesn't happen again. War is not good for anybody," he said.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ04gU_60FsZ2A3SH-DekAwNhpPlsCeNGs3yn5iRQ_qZsZWNPTLgQcscCPob1mah60n48c-3OZR66ASkipw_eb1zDgpq4ndv9okGlVX-kJrHO3J26DyHYYmLRzN-8KIt62sJ-cJ3kLHkQ/s1600-h/IMG_2475.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ04gU_60FsZ2A3SH-DekAwNhpPlsCeNGs3yn5iRQ_qZsZWNPTLgQcscCPob1mah60n48c-3OZR66ASkipw_eb1zDgpq4ndv9okGlVX-kJrHO3J26DyHYYmLRzN-8KIt62sJ-cJ3kLHkQ/s320/IMG_2475.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245678987017142562" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Traveling with Alison</span> </div><div> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNQ9DSwA4yN4edHLy7tDNGVvIoK1K2YgWst9YnxPceOVzIMagCsqqsCS9zlkAqVfgliZUbdOd36mMUaFJq2x8Yg-QL2m2E5uqL0PuHDYKZVtDj05aQ52YkuDINBJrDwGAm9b8zuHOHojY/s1600-h/IMG_2484.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNQ9DSwA4yN4edHLy7tDNGVvIoK1K2YgWst9YnxPceOVzIMagCsqqsCS9zlkAqVfgliZUbdOd36mMUaFJq2x8Yg-QL2m2E5uqL0PuHDYKZVtDj05aQ52YkuDINBJrDwGAm9b8zuHOHojY/s320/IMG_2484.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245678989754199666" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">At Mr. Kaneko's home</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKN6Re9szVkXslZaUPlFGbsMzjRWI2MNwtKTnPMlk6H18SxJwwqaVV3ziDdIkN-EqJaqpfHxYoPNsWfGcx8WGX9KVvLR-pzaSNshNuSa891qIlVgkPxYcBXH4H_DNwH1ydFL0a_Pl9BE/s1600-h/IMG_2486.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKN6Re9szVkXslZaUPlFGbsMzjRWI2MNwtKTnPMlk6H18SxJwwqaVV3ziDdIkN-EqJaqpfHxYoPNsWfGcx8WGX9KVvLR-pzaSNshNuSa891qIlVgkPxYcBXH4H_DNwH1ydFL0a_Pl9BE/s320/IMG_2486.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245678989353549234" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Alison translating</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEAqYLTv-9Dun7biUABqmacQVNd5707L0md3poK_iAAfuLAY0JDQM06Rl9Rc5cH1MdJY1Y-cI13y2bALrNzZAQP5trpTfcZOKswE3fJy5WBuhyydcnRgwrplrkEJWnWhZGkahyC9enrYA/s1600-h/IMG_2502.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEAqYLTv-9Dun7biUABqmacQVNd5707L0md3poK_iAAfuLAY0JDQM06Rl9Rc5cH1MdJY1Y-cI13y2bALrNzZAQP5trpTfcZOKswE3fJy5WBuhyydcnRgwrplrkEJWnWhZGkahyC9enrYA/s320/IMG_2502.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245678988160058226" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-68903396384962613752008-09-13T21:11:00.005-04:002008-10-15T06:39:59.116-04:0063. Mami Kataoka curator<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Thursday September 4, 2008</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I had a meeting with Mami Kataoka, a curator at Mori Art Museum in the Ropponggi Hills Mori Tower. We talked about my projects, and issues involving "comfort women" and human trafficking. </span></div><div><br /></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-60723287368479458242008-09-13T20:52:00.004-04:002008-09-20T19:35:02.035-04:0062. WAM Displays<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Wednesday September 3, 2008</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Displays at Women's Active Museum(WAM) on War and Peace(WAM).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDibJLNC2Q3-RPWpQ6bT64wvA58F0FGJ1RGKyunc4pAj6rYSMK5fFELZhNV0mwZynHXMhqvLI9MO2KO-UOxw0aOmUwlKFifk6Wc3Wg9Ik9Hn3vwEkOqVqEN8hu4HMT_r_ylgqSBB8rZZY/s1600-h/IMG_2429.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDibJLNC2Q3-RPWpQ6bT64wvA58F0FGJ1RGKyunc4pAj6rYSMK5fFELZhNV0mwZynHXMhqvLI9MO2KO-UOxw0aOmUwlKFifk6Wc3Wg9Ik9Hn3vwEkOqVqEN8hu4HMT_r_ylgqSBB8rZZY/s320/IMG_2429.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245673689890617794" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Locations of the "Comfort Stations" in Asia</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCO7DPzW7Ro0U0zFDlqumRyo_8ZG27vDDMIRsh8vWF8ePt3qeK2jHs-Mh7ClbU1sK1cTmIsP-hQHlww3Zl8S-H4P2X66lnZ6uk77KYBlysqyOWyECjT9KwypFNLMPvlhctC_MjyxPtd0/s1600-h/IMG_2430.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCO7DPzW7Ro0U0zFDlqumRyo_8ZG27vDDMIRsh8vWF8ePt3qeK2jHs-Mh7ClbU1sK1cTmIsP-hQHlww3Zl8S-H4P2X66lnZ6uk77KYBlysqyOWyECjT9KwypFNLMPvlhctC_MjyxPtd0/s320/IMG_2430.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245673687435644002" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">History of the "Comfort Women"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJDgr4asjCf02q5xcxKDML-iR3Oqa2oHukkXKM3qTKDsT2w_2jC4IPYRXiHLP91Kl7Z9MesYcvUf2scBiiPhRTbFgSo1FejcZRdGFvwm3aaX9Q6wOSCLpggLr6wC3phhawT1LNlR7IJw/s1600-h/IMG_2435.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJDgr4asjCf02q5xcxKDML-iR3Oqa2oHukkXKM3qTKDsT2w_2jC4IPYRXiHLP91Kl7Z9MesYcvUf2scBiiPhRTbFgSo1FejcZRdGFvwm3aaX9Q6wOSCLpggLr6wC3phhawT1LNlR7IJw/s320/IMG_2435.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245673692979124066" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Pictures of high-ranking Japanese officials accused of war crimes, and of "The Women's International War Crimes Tribunal for the Trial of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery" in Tokyo, Japan on December 2000. </span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJafzDo1tBVR11vGT5AP2hWLutjYNKN2zlNl_SlpVZOC3JGOn3jG5DCm2fSHETDpLfljCnEIYxvA3dgVnGzHg5itoa1DDRYmgAlOHTAq0cKrpajiM7aDw3z4uUyLTBB6LD7Y0CYPzblIk/s1600-h/IMG_2437.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJafzDo1tBVR11vGT5AP2hWLutjYNKN2zlNl_SlpVZOC3JGOn3jG5DCm2fSHETDpLfljCnEIYxvA3dgVnGzHg5itoa1DDRYmgAlOHTAq0cKrpajiM7aDw3z4uUyLTBB6LD7Y0CYPzblIk/s320/IMG_2437.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245673694147799074" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Pictures of "comfort women" at the entra</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">nce to WAM</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-3226120758171017242008-09-13T20:49:00.011-04:002008-09-21T15:09:03.649-04:0061. WAM on War and Peace<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Wednesday September 3, 2008</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I had a meeting with Mina Watanabe, Secretary General/Curator, and Alison Scott, a Dutch Canadian assistant, at Women's Active Museum(WAM)on War and Peace. We discussed the purpose of my project and the difficulties associated with the "comfort women" issue in Japan. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">http://www.wam-peace.org/eng/</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br />On the aims of Women's Active Museum on War and Peace:<br />"Why don't we found a strategic basis to record and bear in mind the facts of what military forces did against women and how cruelly they were damaged during wartime, and let a peaceful future without violence come true?"<br /><br />"Wam started with five action targets to bring this dream into reality: Focus on wartime violence, declaring that justice free from any gender bias shall be universally applied; Gather and exhibit data on individual victims, clarifying who is to take responsibility for such victimization; Create an action basis to realize a peaceful and non-violence future; Produce a people's movement without depending on any state power; Take action to enable cross-border solidarity."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidpcPGSzx8oRZ2938RI0DClt4URTSlXBJ9L0ySr4aEV9HVu80Wm3d3_GohzrecVbabxcuzna-qS0ShZsh3yv_v29gjPYnu64kpAqMgvffngPhcZ5suv9xKb6cmXujG4O9lEHUNliRcxEU/s1600-h/IMG_2419.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidpcPGSzx8oRZ2938RI0DClt4URTSlXBJ9L0ySr4aEV9HVu80Wm3d3_GohzrecVbabxcuzna-qS0ShZsh3yv_v29gjPYnu64kpAqMgvffngPhcZ5suv9xKb6cmXujG4O9lEHUNliRcxEU/s320/IMG_2419.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245673177486658514" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Entering WAM</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4HKVgnMx9TFmvV_iZuL2ZJtQXv4xP4VfpkzaG-WXMyrlifmlkj4Wq_64SCW1dYBZ-Mg5X8G8eMn8ykHiZi52TsS_K3pk8jQ04yTLUfNKXFZAGMZ6lYi0KwxSCE2o2OgpBu6Szmr82V3o/s1600-h/IMG_2420.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4HKVgnMx9TFmvV_iZuL2ZJtQXv4xP4VfpkzaG-WXMyrlifmlkj4Wq_64SCW1dYBZ-Mg5X8G8eMn8ykHiZi52TsS_K3pk8jQ04yTLUfNKXFZAGMZ6lYi0KwxSCE2o2OgpBu6Szmr82V3o/s320/IMG_2420.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245673184634000578" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">With Mina Watanabe</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0VyTST8pL8VJ3ejko3LK5j_GZ8mRTyvXjp6ZnihSq40rjAguFAP4_r0bXjH7hUlAupB8LHVfqNOihffTTja5YKwEM1miZw0ns4gY8ReNs1oQlhBefTKDMxcy0btCpN4PFYjAgSxGoQY/s1600-h/IMG_2423.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0VyTST8pL8VJ3ejko3LK5j_GZ8mRTyvXjp6ZnihSq40rjAguFAP4_r0bXjH7hUlAupB8LHVfqNOihffTTja5YKwEM1miZw0ns4gY8ReNs1oQlhBefTKDMxcy0btCpN4PFYjAgSxGoQY/s320/IMG_2423.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245673183111570146" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">With Mina Watanabe, Secretary General/Curator, and Alison Scott, a Dutch Canadian assistant</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9iflb_mDq2LrniSQ0b6L3T2dBUIRVMXH0MFC6AcSCGiFSaxTgY7Zm0_KjHXZcvuM0kd0pAwEsTTtlyfS86ffgMtbK8q1mnR4Zu6UKm5HRiDrLOQRUXl3sjbrBEyeI36DaIJv7t5ZtkE/s1600-h/IMG_2434.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9iflb_mDq2LrniSQ0b6L3T2dBUIRVMXH0MFC6AcSCGiFSaxTgY7Zm0_KjHXZcvuM0kd0pAwEsTTtlyfS86ffgMtbK8q1mnR4Zu6UKm5HRiDrLOQRUXl3sjbrBEyeI36DaIJv7t5ZtkE/s320/IMG_2434.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245672973601487682" /></a></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5yyOTzAyWBzHAWIn4lZnakM5jBD8bDt0Eul88QiZ2p4CwD0odDEpyEtzWnxxRME-eCbjM2zluHry2eAiDqcsTuwzAUglQZoW_9lapjfKZxHJIgr71cZ0TSrAHBPRcMpeFpj7pRV3Yd8/s1600-h/IMG_2439.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5yyOTzAyWBzHAWIn4lZnakM5jBD8bDt0Eul88QiZ2p4CwD0odDEpyEtzWnxxRME-eCbjM2zluHry2eAiDqcsTuwzAUglQZoW_9lapjfKZxHJIgr71cZ0TSrAHBPRcMpeFpj7pRV3Yd8/s320/IMG_2439.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245672971272436866" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-46904303679739948052008-09-13T20:49:00.007-04:002008-09-20T19:33:21.999-04:0060. ACC in Japan<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Monday September 1, 2008</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">At The Asian Cultural Council(ACC)/Japan-US Arts Program, I met with Georg Kochi, Representative, and Misuzu Yamamoto, Program Associate. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Georg and Misuzu arranged accomodation for me, and suggested museums and galleries in Tokyo. He also offered to try to arrange some meetings with curators during my visit in Japan. Later he contacted me and set up a meeting with Mami Kataoka of the Mori Art Museum.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div></div></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-67552366874492297602008-09-13T20:47:00.003-04:002008-09-20T19:32:22.775-04:0059. Arriving in Japan<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Sunday August 31, 2008</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I arrived at Youkobo Art Space in Japan. Youkobo is run by Tatsuhiko Murata and Hiroko Murata. Its Artist-In-Residence Program (AIR), provides a place for both international and Japanese artists. I had a nice Japanese style living space. We also met a number of interesting artists and curators there.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">http://www.youkobo.co.jp/</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjromw1Q5MhA9vw-9cvdpOWfO0jkd21nWMCtXxh9tWh5ig_9Bps6vFfCy3kSrkZT7sVhMYiUYKKuQCPIRSwPr-l5vuMvQ8CTa0HAtawbTqYh4FS7zhbfmpsFqYS1xiI3gRWyTSFj45Xz8/s1600-h/IMG_2407.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjromw1Q5MhA9vw-9cvdpOWfO0jkd21nWMCtXxh9tWh5ig_9Bps6vFfCy3kSrkZT7sVhMYiUYKKuQCPIRSwPr-l5vuMvQ8CTa0HAtawbTqYh4FS7zhbfmpsFqYS1xiI3gRWyTSFj45Xz8/s320/IMG_2407.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245672431113892354" /></a><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQiZh-uOCUCQ1zooxYo2-Ic2rhHNE34ufEKqiM9jmY1CwN93wyGrnAwXxhmMu89pdAtzrG6pYa4QI3oVPQeEZ9LThtkj9sEzdCMlYoUMOR9ToF3w0sApXY5Lda74ryOzyfpyZk6DhoT8/s1600-h/IMG_2410.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQiZh-uOCUCQ1zooxYo2-Ic2rhHNE34ufEKqiM9jmY1CwN93wyGrnAwXxhmMu89pdAtzrG6pYa4QI3oVPQeEZ9LThtkj9sEzdCMlYoUMOR9ToF3w0sApXY5Lda74ryOzyfpyZk6DhoT8/s320/IMG_2410.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245672434890574722" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">With Tatsuh</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">iko Murata and Hiroko Murata </span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Z0j44KoyfHalxLgJzlfQGWCIkzP9MjTSvTKGTgVOWteqMfmclK_Q0SpmRdxlsy848JHdU6mWeNfQGvBjOS7EGgwNUb15iw_ZcKEapLxhSz4C3GA-pz8qlEAf5-hU2TnRH9FFs6VVRCA/s1600-h/IMG_2412.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Z0j44KoyfHalxLgJzlfQGWCIkzP9MjTSvTKGTgVOWteqMfmclK_Q0SpmRdxlsy848JHdU6mWeNfQGvBjOS7EGgwNUb15iw_ZcKEapLxhSz4C3GA-pz8qlEAf5-hU2TnRH9FFs6VVRCA/s320/IMG_2412.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245672434736330642" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-46395745062109879392008-09-13T20:43:00.009-04:002008-10-05T05:28:56.551-04:0058. Wednesday Protest<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Wednesday August 27, 2008</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I went to a Wednesday Protest before my departure to Japan. Many Koreans and Japanese, and Korean "comfort women" *halmunis were protesting in front of the Japanese Embassy. I wished the halmunis good health and long life as I said good-bye to them.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">* "halmunis" in Korean, or "ahmas" in Taiwanese means "grandmas". (In Asia, elders are commonly referred to as grandmother or grandfather, whether you are related to them or not, as a way of showing respect.)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-nCDAhEUFjjKbaBPVzt41cVQvLun-ABa7ObJ7mIsO98YQLa_q-acBSjV6GoE4VcrPcadH7QX0iC0aC70VKkfLDDadG61tOY4kID58QkneE4Y1gV9nArf71r9hed5duM39uWTNbESPfw/s1600-h/last_wed_demo-02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-nCDAhEUFjjKbaBPVzt41cVQvLun-ABa7ObJ7mIsO98YQLa_q-acBSjV6GoE4VcrPcadH7QX0iC0aC70VKkfLDDadG61tOY4kID58QkneE4Y1gV9nArf71r9hed5duM39uWTNbESPfw/s320/last_wed_demo-02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245671951667484402" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">With Soni Kum who works at Nanumeh-Jip(The House of Sharing)</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORFP7rqV9e_4A8_vKGOCNzjmHIJ658oLqo0wA8toaxH-SBVW2sWlbzMcwxjNUVTujv2fDTxUAEW30bVP_7r_SVOXQ0IVZuythIfS1NKM1hu_-QhqQ59PTc-X_x88wx2udU90ANhXvsBw/s1600-h/last_wed_demo-03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORFP7rqV9e_4A8_vKGOCNzjmHIJ658oLqo0wA8toaxH-SBVW2sWlbzMcwxjNUVTujv2fDTxUAEW30bVP_7r_SVOXQ0IVZuythIfS1NKM1hu_-QhqQ59PTc-X_x88wx2udU90ANhXvsBw/s320/last_wed_demo-03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245671949122839826" /></a></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG30LKEEGz5AC1FJpeO_tcDRGld0f9hf5mkxQhyphenhyphenyghPlbCXFtutDsJ97TBo0yn_-ikruxvOXJ6oJUOdnw_GDuQZ12wuhyphenhyphen2vwqJBUMD-2nG5jmeufQbdXLQ-t-rwgjJp3RkhCXM-6J88Wc/s1600-h/last_wed_demo-04.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG30LKEEGz5AC1FJpeO_tcDRGld0f9hf5mkxQhyphenhyphenyghPlbCXFtutDsJ97TBo0yn_-ikruxvOXJ6oJUOdnw_GDuQZ12wuhyphenhyphen2vwqJBUMD-2nG5jmeufQbdXLQ-t-rwgjJp3RkhCXM-6J88Wc/s320/last_wed_demo-04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245671953366483586" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Korean "comfort women" halmunis </span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuABkYyaQXkEn7ksGpqfrTE9gSna0VQKbBjNx6PUKRopxbIuMTvvddHZRJ3vNvSmA19PwIMkQIS7AN2jjZzDCNqyg1_mhEU626Z2OdR1vXZGv_e5GuYu7KhH9c4qDaetmndoiyJ8_iQJw/s1600-h/last_wed_demo-05.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuABkYyaQXkEn7ksGpqfrTE9gSna0VQKbBjNx6PUKRopxbIuMTvvddHZRJ3vNvSmA19PwIMkQIS7AN2jjZzDCNqyg1_mhEU626Z2OdR1vXZGv_e5GuYu7KhH9c4qDaetmndoiyJ8_iQJw/s320/last_wed_demo-05.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245671736657125074" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">With Halmunis</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRP34O15UbDQBk3RizBBoN_hV7aXdbd1PAf1dt0hmtTbqRrVBEPluZz5Toa2fwVKuL_ub89d9E3F94ip_34owRRepV1ElvsFAAyDrY1A7yAY6_3ZANlxP5MHKzlEptZcwBZ1xUGsSmUh8/s1600-h/last_wed_demo-06.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRP34O15UbDQBk3RizBBoN_hV7aXdbd1PAf1dt0hmtTbqRrVBEPluZz5Toa2fwVKuL_ub89d9E3F94ip_34owRRepV1ElvsFAAyDrY1A7yAY6_3ZANlxP5MHKzlEptZcwBZ1xUGsSmUh8/s320/last_wed_demo-06.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245671739131876978" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">With Young Mee Son who takes care of the halmunis at Shim Toh</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-60285827274009638492008-09-13T20:17:00.003-04:002008-09-20T19:28:51.040-04:0057. Min Seok Seo curator<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Tuesday August 26, 2008</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I had a meeting with Min Seok Seo, a curator at Seoul Arts Center. We talked about my projects and later, he showed me around the arts center.<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-47184480624672080172008-09-13T20:12:00.007-04:002008-10-22T10:22:09.633-04:0056. Dawn Korean art center<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Monday August 25, 2008<br /><br />I was invited by Seongmin Ahn, artist, to an informal Korean tea at Dawn Korean art center. Hee Suk Jung is a Korean traditional dress (Hanbok) designer and can also perform the formal Korean Tea Ceremony. She also gives historical walking tours of the local neighborhood. Her studio was filled with Buddhist's chanting music and very peaceful, yet full of energy. I also met Dae Bong Sunim who is a Zen Buddhist Monk at Mu Sang Sa, Gye Ryong Sahn Int'l Zen Center.<br /><br />Later, Hee Suk took me to some galleries in Seoul including Gana Gallery, Arario Gallery and Hyundai Gallery. She also introduced me to Joon Eui Noh, Director at Total Museum of Contemporary Art.</span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrN6wkTRHwfAQ5Am9JtN2bgleZM2N6UKJbvqY82i1w15gcKU8HgwWe0LTqWJjr8bPKCVE-wq0e5Cj0tM9EQdTzbAyfy5_ObXwXBKScOCbJY89E6HBqUAwEzk7PQqOjRw9N_5KcX8kUdWk/s1600-h/01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrN6wkTRHwfAQ5Am9JtN2bgleZM2N6UKJbvqY82i1w15gcKU8HgwWe0LTqWJjr8bPKCVE-wq0e5Cj0tM9EQdTzbAyfy5_ObXwXBKScOCbJY89E6HBqUAwEzk7PQqOjRw9N_5KcX8kUdWk/s320/01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259981931168125074" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">Hee Suk Jung and Seongmin Ahn</span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdTfjmtkLtk376nWCPQL00kni0oWNeUnU_uStZo-l6FGimFsMnPEkPHKK-0hR3dgKd7qUGw9cpj1OygtDUUyxD0pB7ha8ASCjI7TsCyccIOppyTHbTJWjIdB5n6A5uMJUz_DsqyGjurs/s1600-h/IMG_2131.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdTfjmtkLtk376nWCPQL00kni0oWNeUnU_uStZo-l6FGimFsMnPEkPHKK-0hR3dgKd7qUGw9cpj1OygtDUUyxD0pB7ha8ASCjI7TsCyccIOppyTHbTJWjIdB5n6A5uMJUz_DsqyGjurs/s320/IMG_2131.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245664031350950386" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> Hee </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Suk Jung performing an informal tea ceremony</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFBuncPgguP-EbP7TSUUKFnK-nO3g8APvBYx-Js2O1nl_FKIaoJNc68feyvgWoptJtz1J1iA7121POkik-C0zrIq_QBanZjfvnwoDVYwTJMwkrSpQNSnXtzsvpADEf9QjWtTDpBe8CVA/s1600-h/IMG_2315.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFBuncPgguP-EbP7TSUUKFnK-nO3g8APvBYx-Js2O1nl_FKIaoJNc68feyvgWoptJtz1J1iA7121POkik-C0zrIq_QBanZjfvnwoDVYwTJMwkrSpQNSnXtzsvpADEf9QjWtTDpBe8CVA/s320/IMG_2315.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245664028867352290" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">With Joon Eui Noh and Hee Suk Jung at Total Museum of Contemporary Art.</span></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-12831563704930032642008-09-13T20:10:00.003-04:002008-09-20T19:26:17.136-04:0055. Yoon-Kyung Kwon curator<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Saturday August 23, 2008</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I had lunch with Yoon-kyung Kwon and her parents. Yoon-kyung is a curator at Seoul Auction. We talked about my projects and the art scene in Korea.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNioZ7ShbzhI8ys580F-3fsNA-3xYFtadBZj0ch03L7Erfk-dQCo6sJiYAU4BoMM2rS_zzMn5iJDcYCeqEy5x2CJOcnu5PLhDTVX8zmqjLh6Y4eR36C_TtSoInLdvDC3_MNkvgXW262s/s1600-h/IMG_2010.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNioZ7ShbzhI8ys580F-3fsNA-3xYFtadBZj0ch03L7Erfk-dQCo6sJiYAU4BoMM2rS_zzMn5iJDcYCeqEy5x2CJOcnu5PLhDTVX8zmqjLh6Y4eR36C_TtSoInLdvDC3_MNkvgXW262s/s320/IMG_2010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245663012598283330" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-60598014179416406552008-09-13T20:06:00.002-04:002008-09-20T19:21:26.153-04:0054. Professor Chung Oak Yun<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Friday August 22, 2008</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I had a meeting with Professor Chung Oak Yun at a quiet cafe near Ewha Women's University on a very rainy day. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Professor Yun is a founding and central figure among the South Korean women working to bring the comfort women issue to international attention. We had a three-hour long meeting about the history of the Korean "comfort women."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ItI96VFFuGo79OhC1GXIOtNjQWzsfwpJzqd5maM2ALhK-qCNAC9P3Q652UWsxrKtqirxGxZbm31UzEwIx68QuAv_DCCMxuWzrJwG0Bb342xASGK9n4Jklp6TlKv2i2qtnkkWEGlrYA0/s1600-h/prof_yun_j_oak-01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ItI96VFFuGo79OhC1GXIOtNjQWzsfwpJzqd5maM2ALhK-qCNAC9P3Q652UWsxrKtqirxGxZbm31UzEwIx68QuAv_DCCMxuWzrJwG0Bb342xASGK9n4Jklp6TlKv2i2qtnkkWEGlrYA0/s320/prof_yun_j_oak-01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245662403614895074" /></a><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8DeAWHny4urF-H1ofz42EJIPdiYKdBw138Hr_7yhtljTNWKXtbZGdDQCJ8Hpm1WWzImUGt4N5CkewfsiuiUT-Pa-UnGKjj7mX5U3g81N_byN87JSiDyzc0cTvsXVIuDs1EvjNUbJuN7A/s1600-h/prof_yun_j_oak-02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8DeAWHny4urF-H1ofz42EJIPdiYKdBw138Hr_7yhtljTNWKXtbZGdDQCJ8Hpm1WWzImUGt4N5CkewfsiuiUT-Pa-UnGKjj7mX5U3g81N_byN87JSiDyzc0cTvsXVIuDs1EvjNUbJuN7A/s320/prof_yun_j_oak-02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245662404655216690" /></a></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wxwHTHmgCaUvCT9jBJij2elNqIA6DUFXw3iJhgfMaG_0BfqIr912-qrkxrrjJzAcGAU76yAwIiilTZnGvL6RZgQjOpTDE-YRHc3jhEA8RJoCLInGb1wGE9Q2CTzBi-gqIFJKXr6mTXg/s1600-h/prof_yun_j_oak-03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wxwHTHmgCaUvCT9jBJij2elNqIA6DUFXw3iJhgfMaG_0BfqIr912-qrkxrrjJzAcGAU76yAwIiilTZnGvL6RZgQjOpTDE-YRHc3jhEA8RJoCLInGb1wGE9Q2CTzBi-gqIFJKXr6mTXg/s320/prof_yun_j_oak-03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245662408260878322" /></a></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF42u30sLvHfb62Vl2S8UoXTa-A50jcw-VgCii0QHiswxJoAu7eMInvBzPPTz6dTMS_hb9YHMFZLHaFhOsudhKnXUHr2wCpyDiw9qoVknFZlF2meGJKzRHDALGuUpqBS0PSLfQP40E1Q0/s1600-h/prof_yun_j_oak-04.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF42u30sLvHfb62Vl2S8UoXTa-A50jcw-VgCii0QHiswxJoAu7eMInvBzPPTz6dTMS_hb9YHMFZLHaFhOsudhKnXUHr2wCpyDiw9qoVknFZlF2meGJKzRHDALGuUpqBS0PSLfQP40E1Q0/s320/prof_yun_j_oak-04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245662410002369506" /></a></div><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-78341267369466347902008-09-13T15:29:00.003-04:002008-09-20T19:20:41.986-04:0053. Ssamzie Space<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Friday August 22, 2008</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I met with Hyunjin Shin, a curator at Ssamzie Space. We spoke about the art scene in Korea and Ssamzie's programs.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-34749375727099920982008-09-13T15:28:00.003-04:002008-09-20T19:19:24.017-04:0052. Jin Hwan Kim's Dance<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Thursday August 21, 2008</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I was invited to a party at Jin Hwan Kim's Korean traditional dance company. They had performed "A flower is blossomed and smiling" which was dedicated to Korean "comfort women" at the Korean Independence Day at Nanumeh-Jip.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUA4yjbaSkFXqiHiT4uvpj6xaWuWqmwwDcaCjUsDsZy_1Ij7QnjIBIgyP9_i8tN1AZIU4fyWN8JrBZB2yo3svUKHQNlI56pvAMWxo3jG8GDQlb43A0mpsENgxsgFDm6F7Miy4jdrRdZvU/s1600-h/theater_people-01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUA4yjbaSkFXqiHiT4uvpj6xaWuWqmwwDcaCjUsDsZy_1Ij7QnjIBIgyP9_i8tN1AZIU4fyWN8JrBZB2yo3svUKHQNlI56pvAMWxo3jG8GDQlb43A0mpsENgxsgFDm6F7Miy4jdrRdZvU/s320/theater_people-01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245590180628243778" /></a><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMlVvpJ9DSeWdkvfowcpgnqxvOyj8YBsgOyi8k_Gx9AWXIePTAbgPrUTpn-7g6H-5u03c7dfGwUE1otzAEcxKsy4WW_ERLVR10LGq2b0KOsWypDw_4VBvMgzlLkmrGC1916CgQSiM9YY/s1600-h/theater_people-02.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMlVvpJ9DSeWdkvfowcpgnqxvOyj8YBsgOyi8k_Gx9AWXIePTAbgPrUTpn-7g6H-5u03c7dfGwUE1otzAEcxKsy4WW_ERLVR10LGq2b0KOsWypDw_4VBvMgzlLkmrGC1916CgQSiM9YY/s320/theater_people-02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245590182320007730" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Jin Hwan Kim, Director</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_G6K70tOtPayeVCFU7-9lhkovlvk4RXKkCzeip688pKDSMZujKWWfeM5qZ8pJqHkv-NsxLZCYL2wXD10N8uCrOPy3fn61HGm5di-0drUcxX3Csv2Wu5dphdPsPWOA0QIpmmu0zrstSE0/s1600-h/theater_people-03.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_G6K70tOtPayeVCFU7-9lhkovlvk4RXKkCzeip688pKDSMZujKWWfeM5qZ8pJqHkv-NsxLZCYL2wXD10N8uCrOPy3fn61HGm5di-0drUcxX3Csv2Wu5dphdPsPWOA0QIpmmu0zrstSE0/s320/theater_people-03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245590188767566658" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The performers dancing at the party</span> </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDbbCcjpwvRCNbq31qvm5uT0SqUxsoKGl7uAakkEfrvrUe3whKNTpuaqpETxwtIccED7AlCri32aQnENnsMnMRVBLrzHGHAKHBoq4pJ1udE5SHFduPDmLR7XcHn3B7waTrmYmn0Ld6oA/s1600-h/theater_people-04.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDbbCcjpwvRCNbq31qvm5uT0SqUxsoKGl7uAakkEfrvrUe3whKNTpuaqpETxwtIccED7AlCri32aQnENnsMnMRVBLrzHGHAKHBoq4pJ1udE5SHFduPDmLR7XcHn3B7waTrmYmn0Ld6oA/s320/theater_people-04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245590190529691922" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-7784724135751485672008-09-13T15:26:00.007-04:002008-09-20T19:17:31.258-04:0051. Korean Halmunis<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Monday August 18, 2008</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Young-Soo Lee *halmuni invited me to "Shim Toh" ("The Resting Place") in Seoul. It was a house where Young Soo Lee halmuni and Soon-Duk Lee halmuni have lived. Young-Mee Son takes care of the halmunis. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">We all sat together and had a long and fruitful conversation. Young-Soo Lee halmuni is strong-willed and always the life of the party. Soon-Duk Lee halmuni sang for us, performing the Korean traditional "Changka" beautifully as she danced.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Afterwards, we went for a little walk outside in the courtyard.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">* "halmunis" in Korean, or "ahmas" in Taiwanese means "grandmas". (In Asia, elders are commonly referred to as grandmother or grandfather, whether you are related to them or not, as a way of showing respect.)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif168-NMR3ceNRAgfGw3QC__S6c5h6vgF7ydekP1MHoNcboI5lviyYjSSvbjsYu1bSFxWYLKWYgn8ajM315ainZOa0XLqxgfLKgZP-Wg1NOlAA4eiCaIKYPY5nhTA4bh0UxskZ2pdyGRI/s1600-h/IMG_1749.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif168-NMR3ceNRAgfGw3QC__S6c5h6vgF7ydekP1MHoNcboI5lviyYjSSvbjsYu1bSFxWYLKWYgn8ajM315ainZOa0XLqxgfLKgZP-Wg1NOlAA4eiCaIKYPY5nhTA4bh0UxskZ2pdyGRI/s320/IMG_1749.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245589736616355794" /></a><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31Cs2lzkWu_3gVseFdJbbI_qEeDqOL4STeWYkVhsRhsFKNu8gAqZotPMOvtz7rNzb88W4GVv5436Tqn5fPQdbnwcpF3tv4HxrrOk96pGSuxk8FOlMt2Q5YnoHFS9iCBBibjiHg_JORUw/s1600-h/IMG_1756.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31Cs2lzkWu_3gVseFdJbbI_qEeDqOL4STeWYkVhsRhsFKNu8gAqZotPMOvtz7rNzb88W4GVv5436Tqn5fPQdbnwcpF3tv4HxrrOk96pGSuxk8FOlMt2Q5YnoHFS9iCBBibjiHg_JORUw/s320/IMG_1756.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245589741895051026" /></a></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgas7ktj-5uJ_UznXFpQW29lCPjwmA7b-2RMsHlQ_15kQCnz6MhUrELFubfPE0DvAP83Uv4IZij7NpqwNxFMWugusLMFni6YahOr6EfbqBlY0J7Ni2Vy1yppg_dLeNGwbxMjDIZzAAh2hA/s1600-h/IMG_1770.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgas7ktj-5uJ_UznXFpQW29lCPjwmA7b-2RMsHlQ_15kQCnz6MhUrELFubfPE0DvAP83Uv4IZij7NpqwNxFMWugusLMFni6YahOr6EfbqBlY0J7Ni2Vy1yppg_dLeNGwbxMjDIZzAAh2hA/s320/IMG_1770.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245589738597519986" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-46238636696807427842008-09-13T15:24:00.005-04:002008-09-21T18:31:24.036-04:0050. Traveling to Shim Toh<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Monday August 18, 2008</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I left Nanumeh-Jip with Young-Soo Lee *halmuni to go to "Shimtoh" in Seoul. It was raining hard early morning when I said good-bye to all the halmunis. They were worried about our departure in the harsh weather. A nurse who takes good care of the halmunis gave us a ride to the bus station.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">* "halmunis" in Korean, or "ahmas" in Taiwanese means "grandmas". (In Asia, elders are commonly referred to as grandmother or grandfather, whether you are related to them or not, as a way of showing respect.)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLIJ4znhd6Z1IruzcgxIupY-a0riMdYcTX4sStBRzfp6t8qGU9ZmAyIvIi8CBWns-WNQbLMSpi5eCN4EVNVPmPA_h-hhVf6JocuXIxNRh9HdqDat-P4oWCOPbnFYdoD_lmgHmS7KknJ0/s1600-h/IMG_1724.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLIJ4znhd6Z1IruzcgxIupY-a0riMdYcTX4sStBRzfp6t8qGU9ZmAyIvIi8CBWns-WNQbLMSpi5eCN4EVNVPmPA_h-hhVf6JocuXIxNRh9HdqDat-P4oWCOPbnFYdoD_lmgHmS7KknJ0/s320/IMG_1724.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245589314301864226" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">With Young-Soo Lee halmuni</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZT6OY7esBMCZOfCcLS4_oruuGkJieoyEFroj8mUwodwt4t2LtB6tFfQJCPpoSXH7Ev22vW5wMR3n_HGLpf24l5J1o6iI34_iDMxlsHH7Z_dQ9IRIfjeHe3bTbSEHwhyphenhyphenh9rbL8z0ARi2I/s1600-h/IMG_1740.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZT6OY7esBMCZOfCcLS4_oruuGkJieoyEFroj8mUwodwt4t2LtB6tFfQJCPpoSXH7Ev22vW5wMR3n_HGLpf24l5J1o6iI34_iDMxlsHH7Z_dQ9IRIfjeHe3bTbSEHwhyphenhyphenh9rbL8z0ARi2I/s320/IMG_1740.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245589315385479602" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">At the bus station</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt97_MiLCdXhAxtAHqKyO3N2JcNI9ImgVx2_EFZHLAyOGz-jzpe_0K68d1VlomH2D4gKLRSy8EJ4uqqQklue3SBhVh8szUpkLmajKh3eUiJB83VCu1xIdm22W-svnfXik9nhElxWf9dBc/s1600-h/IMG_1746.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt97_MiLCdXhAxtAHqKyO3N2JcNI9ImgVx2_EFZHLAyOGz-jzpe_0K68d1VlomH2D4gKLRSy8EJ4uqqQklue3SBhVh8szUpkLmajKh3eUiJB83VCu1xIdm22W-svnfXik9nhElxWf9dBc/s320/IMG_1746.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245589319082174978" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Back in Seoul, on the way to Shimtoh</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-349445427836325502008-09-13T15:23:00.004-04:002008-09-20T19:15:37.218-04:0049. Duck barbecue dinner<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Sunday August 17, 2008</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Volunteer moms treated the halmunis and everyone at Nanumeh-Jip to a special duck barbecue dinner.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">* "halmunis" in Korean, or "ahmas" in Taiwanese means "grandmas". (In Asia, elders are commonly referred to as grandmother or grandfather, whether you are related to them or not, as a way of showing respect.)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVC3mITmRxck10QlrbBLmYNrg01dueCWwlvTo_Ab8P5ermSqO2kh72mOYLd-qAU0EwXmLpAeCHXtSFDY70-H-RCXo6y_JQYJZyMdOvEArTFovwRAkYI0-E6yZ28lRaToiYBgdHCIZKsCY/s1600-h/IMG_1710.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVC3mITmRxck10QlrbBLmYNrg01dueCWwlvTo_Ab8P5ermSqO2kh72mOYLd-qAU0EwXmLpAeCHXtSFDY70-H-RCXo6y_JQYJZyMdOvEArTFovwRAkYI0-E6yZ28lRaToiYBgdHCIZKsCY/s320/IMG_1710.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245588882353942274" /></a><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFV3KFHnMQtpsBVH-aLDJo0jMMgi1zDI293Osbn6ywrqSNmaNNk9ixzDLuzDIbeeewgUhxc8eApQ3w1IheRs3EHZpcKjxV0H85pvenyfOlZy9vFAJKFvLpuv1edoeibzw7680iBPyfhyphenhyphenc/s1600-h/IMG_1711.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFV3KFHnMQtpsBVH-aLDJo0jMMgi1zDI293Osbn6ywrqSNmaNNk9ixzDLuzDIbeeewgUhxc8eApQ3w1IheRs3EHZpcKjxV0H85pvenyfOlZy9vFAJKFvLpuv1edoeibzw7680iBPyfhyphenhyphenc/s320/IMG_1711.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245588886396693122" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-44305162445048509952008-09-13T15:21:00.004-04:002008-09-20T19:14:20.380-04:0048. Karaoke<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Saturday August 16, 2008</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Young-Soo Lee *halmuni suggested doing Karaoke with the Japanese University students, and other halmunis. They were all singing and dancing around. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">* "halmunis" in Korean, or "ahmas" in Taiwanese means "grandmas". (In Asia, elders are commonly referred to as grandmother or grandfather, whether you are related to them or not, as a way of showing respect.)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJqOSAnYlwxq9CQRB3BF6NcLcB8-TcDVK8nRopyiDY5345xZX2VrNcYjZym4YtTu6_fWWfacwuv4k6bI0teO8MVjO1fNUXrN3rc1R9ljh7fu4vmXWyu-aSRCMQZRnfUY2EI90LDn00yw/s1600-h/IMG_1625.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJqOSAnYlwxq9CQRB3BF6NcLcB8-TcDVK8nRopyiDY5345xZX2VrNcYjZym4YtTu6_fWWfacwuv4k6bI0teO8MVjO1fNUXrN3rc1R9ljh7fu4vmXWyu-aSRCMQZRnfUY2EI90LDn00yw/s320/IMG_1625.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245588463493230978" /></a><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5WVFl9TrdLVA-m2O1nuWP-WqwB8SWau-kB8cawEIoJPfjVOOgU1XTE88M5-Zwi8ZA43j5QrWEojjhLSmVWejcDi7ks8HHIj-JMk1SrF5R06EvvMWb8C8o2kDj_JtJdR2laAxvMjVjKk/s1600-h/IMG_1627.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5WVFl9TrdLVA-m2O1nuWP-WqwB8SWau-kB8cawEIoJPfjVOOgU1XTE88M5-Zwi8ZA43j5QrWEojjhLSmVWejcDi7ks8HHIj-JMk1SrF5R06EvvMWb8C8o2kDj_JtJdR2laAxvMjVjKk/s320/IMG_1627.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245588464314025874" /></a></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr2mmnqoUrVXgb8ITxSECdp8Wt9qACoj32TLteg0m31Sh0bzyn0BtrqyYHUWwI9qgIlJqF4BlZ10cN2yeiRUUoszS5u5qJSoxilSsD0-A8IfxZ6KBTLCYTaaQyAf8JJDMZXr8FIVlNZnE/s1600-h/IMG_1641.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr2mmnqoUrVXgb8ITxSECdp8Wt9qACoj32TLteg0m31Sh0bzyn0BtrqyYHUWwI9qgIlJqF4BlZ10cN2yeiRUUoszS5u5qJSoxilSsD0-A8IfxZ6KBTLCYTaaQyAf8JJDMZXr8FIVlNZnE/s320/IMG_1641.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245588467383450386" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-36953940964741427022008-09-13T15:19:00.004-04:002008-09-20T19:13:49.330-04:0047. With Japanese students<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Saturday August 16, 2008</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Dinner with Japanese University students who were visiting Nanumeh-Jip. They had been visiting places related to WWII victims in Asia, including China and Korea.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoI8GyTCJGUOq3x380WNN0Y9b6Vc7LQ-eLOftVml6qCPghoFZLVYjPKTUoxwFpaKrd8H3lHi3_ITAXojkoTKdCbclUoSphuhGWtEsvr0_WLelsAazbzrUf9nvb8T0VTB-XTxX41HWLJ7g/s1600-h/IMG_1614.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoI8GyTCJGUOq3x380WNN0Y9b6Vc7LQ-eLOftVml6qCPghoFZLVYjPKTUoxwFpaKrd8H3lHi3_ITAXojkoTKdCbclUoSphuhGWtEsvr0_WLelsAazbzrUf9nvb8T0VTB-XTxX41HWLJ7g/s320/IMG_1614.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245587993152864514" /></a><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixgbXQt6YhDVbAkyIcNw9x-A6CfVL21sb0pjwPXANjGnQqlfZu6cpUJXf2mXrizGI_u5AIdeDZSrKX2y6UZfUhHMD-sY6VfHxL0T2P2RYX-uJdiLFSBKgM46uaHVGasx_iI0Z2t-GJVAc/s1600-h/IMG_1617.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixgbXQt6YhDVbAkyIcNw9x-A6CfVL21sb0pjwPXANjGnQqlfZu6cpUJXf2mXrizGI_u5AIdeDZSrKX2y6UZfUhHMD-sY6VfHxL0T2P2RYX-uJdiLFSBKgM46uaHVGasx_iI0Z2t-GJVAc/s320/IMG_1617.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245587995101464418" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-26200260683422355692008-09-12T22:34:00.004-04:002008-09-20T19:12:10.959-04:0046. Celebration - Finale<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Friday August 15, 2008</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The celebration ended with Won-Haeng's speech. He is a Buddhist priest and the Director at Nanumeh-Jip.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yFhD56bJX6QP4mFjUwJUc1IPte7kNPOq7j1VxwQBLrguRhyphenhyphenxslkTvS4l4fpkMq0R_OJ8TiNkgZA3fKFVmxZzIHTxvuts9MNa5f9cSrZwLPsG7EKuS4M7GnPkyJA1a4_sQPDcCaYjUkc/s1600-h/IMG_1592.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yFhD56bJX6QP4mFjUwJUc1IPte7kNPOq7j1VxwQBLrguRhyphenhyphenxslkTvS4l4fpkMq0R_OJ8TiNkgZA3fKFVmxZzIHTxvuts9MNa5f9cSrZwLPsG7EKuS4M7GnPkyJA1a4_sQPDcCaYjUkc/s320/IMG_1592.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245328885620200242" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Won-Haeng Snim("Buddhist priest") speaking </span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaa8KNkHeVGl1xhb4LrVh7-QDkvDg4pPZwude_4yXshgvW_ZIDL72b9tLrJElSfxzT2HtVjW4zfuUgwcRvUMj_vPGZP5JOzuD7fR1SsdSzH6hwt9Q3J9Wy1gSS5YXhlSMmUNKweP8ZJYo/s1600-h/IMG_1599.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaa8KNkHeVGl1xhb4LrVh7-QDkvDg4pPZwude_4yXshgvW_ZIDL72b9tLrJElSfxzT2HtVjW4zfuUgwcRvUMj_vPGZP5JOzuD7fR1SsdSzH6hwt9Q3J9Wy1gSS5YXhlSMmUNKweP8ZJYo/s320/IMG_1599.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245328916877718018" /></a></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDb5DpzcMaV3WdAbTQfVFVpiiebSgyCtuC3VgKCIPpe2bQj3bw9dmXNzy3Ej9SQ65WuHVMr_XRq0Xi59aj6VjxC-gfGNrFgC0pht9nUQ8mA_0Jo_cuP8h36HeOoUuwl4yUs96Wqq1rfc/s1600-h/IMG_1603.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDb5DpzcMaV3WdAbTQfVFVpiiebSgyCtuC3VgKCIPpe2bQj3bw9dmXNzy3Ej9SQ65WuHVMr_XRq0Xi59aj6VjxC-gfGNrFgC0pht9nUQ8mA_0Jo_cuP8h36HeOoUuwl4yUs96Wqq1rfc/s320/IMG_1603.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245328922588192178" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-32134770370639943502008-09-12T22:31:00.004-04:002008-09-20T19:11:43.214-04:0045. Celebration-Theater<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Friday August 15, 2008</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">"Jin Hwan Kim's Traditional Korean Dance" company performed "A flower is blossomed and smiling" which was dedicated to Korean "comfort women." This performance acted out the story of the suffering of the "Comfort Women". Some Korean "comfort women" *halmunies cried when, during the story, they sang "Arirang," one of the most beloved Korean traditional songs.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">* "halmunis" in Korean, or "ahmas" in Taiwanese means "grandmas". (In Asia, elders are commonly referred to as grandmother or grandfather, whether you are related to them or not, as a way of showing respect.)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhca5yYZqzyX-chQnPOPJUuoRDZakD3cMMK8oW40O39b5_o5P_ZFyI2I4mtyA-4l1VX7mi7ojEwSimHNMFLiKcW2BQkBRnrevQu4zdABHsyT_V0bQCy1Tak0q6taSdHlCAPFqgPoFEdbSo/s1600-h/IMG_1551.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhca5yYZqzyX-chQnPOPJUuoRDZakD3cMMK8oW40O39b5_o5P_ZFyI2I4mtyA-4l1VX7mi7ojEwSimHNMFLiKcW2BQkBRnrevQu4zdABHsyT_V0bQCy1Tak0q6taSdHlCAPFqgPoFEdbSo/s320/IMG_1551.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245328326340450850" /></a><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gtraA3gppwTWs5UsV2DKQU6OzrJZZ1kvjEjjj1FupvFuQtFBIn4i1IJAJI6BrnhUeBCImmjjDkQfyh80R-HSjRmpo0S0wAViS0s9_zBAqyEjbRjyapkezRQd1lrui0xzCNedVSP3j2A/s1600-h/IMG_1554.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gtraA3gppwTWs5UsV2DKQU6OzrJZZ1kvjEjjj1FupvFuQtFBIn4i1IJAJI6BrnhUeBCImmjjDkQfyh80R-HSjRmpo0S0wAViS0s9_zBAqyEjbRjyapkezRQd1lrui0xzCNedVSP3j2A/s320/IMG_1554.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245328331281645266" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Korean dancing</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-fi2B336axxyxbWv8a0oSfTqzAZVhmSb6P7SYxt02lreD-8aNrBzBs-MUJ0oKalhDsRELLO6NXgNaHet6IbmSsVw0Kk9v6kmZ23YJzcdV_hH64coMP2VkzPToRN97tTjNnvJNGl8RhA/s1600-h/IMG_1568.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-fi2B336axxyxbWv8a0oSfTqzAZVhmSb6P7SYxt02lreD-8aNrBzBs-MUJ0oKalhDsRELLO6NXgNaHet6IbmSsVw0Kk9v6kmZ23YJzcdV_hH64coMP2VkzPToRN97tTjNnvJNGl8RhA/s320/IMG_1568.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245328336456100466" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">A Korean bride entering</span></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5155923744984971119.post-75351831886546508232008-09-12T22:30:00.004-04:002008-09-20T19:11:14.602-04:0044. Celebration - Audience<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Friday August 15, 2008</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The weather was constantly changing all day - sometimes rainy, at other times humid, cloudy and hot - yet many people came and celebrated Korean Independence Day with the "comfort women" *halmunis.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">* "halmunis" in Korean, or "ahmas" in Taiwanese means "grandmas". (In Asia, elders are commonly referred to as grandmother or grandfather, whether you are related to them or not, as a way of showing respect.)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5IEqusZUPzeff5V5MDY_Ghwd6bhc0BO6M_ZP3kUkSoLc81jRnBzEskCEGTbNP-FJ2PPkEa2Oqq3k2YwHpLh2tSFGhWQ0VXCNd-Tww4Sx3xp4fNtXJSdBq7VYz1nYcjtq3KiPW1lbWyw/s1600-h/IMG_1460.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5IEqusZUPzeff5V5MDY_Ghwd6bhc0BO6M_ZP3kUkSoLc81jRnBzEskCEGTbNP-FJ2PPkEa2Oqq3k2YwHpLh2tSFGhWQ0VXCNd-Tww4Sx3xp4fNtXJSdBq7VYz1nYcjtq3KiPW1lbWyw/s320/IMG_1460.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245327841591754786" /></a><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oCoalfGc1B17hc18ZWw77LAoxMpx38wnv68q0Ceus2Ebq3N-itLEHBd4lZOKslR0kNMHPfF_tbZZIfxwhLR1jNQYOvZQ97x0N38uxRDBuXl5FRgr7jVdJSBYCO9Jc99tnkKdSSB1F4A/s1600-h/IMG_1537.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oCoalfGc1B17hc18ZWw77LAoxMpx38wnv68q0Ceus2Ebq3N-itLEHBd4lZOKslR0kNMHPfF_tbZZIfxwhLR1jNQYOvZQ97x0N38uxRDBuXl5FRgr7jVdJSBYCO9Jc99tnkKdSSB1F4A/s320/IMG_1537.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245327840307901218" /></a></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX5S6Mu8zOQEaYGniO1BWlSJTcOfCk7AFQvoIMBj-LKtbEWAxwW3bRpY6WviNKMAB18K7m7Wyj2rPP_GQ8wo0yCbC7sH7pb9yNuIKIndbTeTUpD7uZfk1CDKHoo_zq4jGnVrm3R7qEVSA/s1600-h/IMG_1540.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX5S6Mu8zOQEaYGniO1BWlSJTcOfCk7AFQvoIMBj-LKtbEWAxwW3bRpY6WviNKMAB18K7m7Wyj2rPP_GQ8wo0yCbC7sH7pb9yNuIKIndbTeTUpD7uZfk1CDKHoo_zq4jGnVrm3R7qEVSA/s320/IMG_1540.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245327844495169730" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">With the Korean halmunis</span></div><div><br /></div>Chang-Jin Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176677790391921376noreply@blogger.com0