25th anniversary special issue of Women News was published with 25 blue roses. Women News, which was first published on December 2, 1988, is now known as “herstory of miracle.” The most prominent miracle is no doubt successfully surviving the years, firmly protecting “women’s values,” which are not

On a cold winter's day at the end of last year, a man knocked the door of the Beautiful Foundation. He looked a bit shy and nervous as he looked around the office but finally began to say what he had to say: "My production company is currently making a film to release around next September, and

It has been six months since the launch of the Park administration. In her inauguration speech, President Park opened “a new era of hope and happiness for all the people.” However, the administration already got itself mired in several scandals including a major personnel reshuffling of staff at the

In the preface of the 25th issue of Figures and Ideologies published in January, Kang Jun-man wrote that the biggest responsibility of the Roh administration is political reform, which is the call of the times. He is absolutely right, since the political climate in Korea is far from stable.Intellect

There are two characteristics of sexual violence cases that occur on university campuses.First of all, most of the sexual violence cases occur in a closed situation involving just the aggressor and victim. In other words, there is rarely a third party witness, and in most cases, no physical evidence

I enjoy going to the public bath in the winter. I like the refreshing feeling after a good bath, but equally enjoyable is sitting in a steamy, noisy and crowded bath observing human beings in their most natural state. On one such visit to the public bath, a notice at the counter had me laughing my h

I attended the working-level meeting for the Inter-Korean Joint Festivities, held in Pyongyang from January 21 to 25, as the women's committee chair of the Joint Festivities Steering Committee (made up of the Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation, seven religious organizations and th

With the presidential election just two weeks away, the incident of the two schoolgirls who were hit and killed by an armored vehicle of the US Army during the World Cup has become the 'hot topic' of the presidential campaign.The Korean public's outrage at US's obnoxious attitude has

In the midst of Japanese imperialist forces that are, together with the US, encroaching on global economy and culture, the following incident makes Korean feminists think again about what we are demanding of the Japanese government.It was during my second year as a novice of Maryknoll Convent. (The

What worries me is that deep within the westerner's favorable view of Asian Films may lie an anachronistic Orientalism that indulges in exotic spectacles and regards the East as an object of sexual fantasies. It was during my time in the US studying for a Masters in drama. A Caucasian classmate

Ask any ordinary citizen, "Is prostitution a desirable social phenomenon?" or any woman involved in prostitution, "Do you want to choose prostitution as your life-time career?" How many would answer yes?Kim Kang Ja, the celebrated woman police chief who declared her intentions to "completely eradica

On July 12, the US State Department submitted a report on human trafficking to the Congress, and in it, Korea was given the third grade (the lowest grade). The report was written based on the opinions given by 82 American embassies and consulates, NGOs, public officials, police, journalists and vict