Bread, Roses, and Community: A Gwangju Bakery Rises Beyond Business
By Yousra Feriel Drioua In a small Gwangju bakery, flour and activism ferment side by side. Bread and Roses is redefining what it means to be a local bakery. Aiming … Read More
Category: Human Rights
AJAR Awarded the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights: An Interview with Patrick Burgess
The May 18 Memorial Foundation initiated the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights in the year 2000 to honor individuals, groups, or institutions that have contributed to the promotion and advancement … Read More
Peace and Solidarity: Human Rights Cities Acting for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
By the WHRCF Secretariat Gwangju Hosts WHRCF 2025 The 2025 World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF 2025) will be held on May 15 to 17 at the Kim Daejung Convention … Read More
Survivor of South Korea’s Gulag: Interview with Suh Sung – May 2025
By Shin Gyeonggu I first met Suh Sung nearly 20 years ago, expecting to encounter a man marked by anger and resolution after enduring nearly two decades of imprisonment and … Read More
Navigating Tradition, Change, and Legal Boundaries: Student Activism in South Korea – April 2025
By Yousra Feriel Drioua South Korea’s history is deeply intertwined with student activism, a force that has repeatedly challenged societal norms and governmental policies. From the resistance against Japanese colonial … Read More
Descendants of the March 1st Movement: Generation MZ with Light Sticks – March 2025
“Can the past help the present?” and “Can the dead save the living?” These questions, central to Han Kang’s exploration of the 1980 Gwangju Uprising, resonate deeply in modern South … Read More
The 2022 Human Rights Education Training Program for Sustainable and Inclusive Communities
Following the successful completion of the 2021 Online Human Rights Education Training Program for Sustainable and Inclusive Communities in November last year, this year Gwangju Metropolitan City, represented through the Gwangju International Center (GIC), conducted another KOICA Fellowship Program: the CIAT (Capacity Improvement and Advancement for Tomorrow).
The 12th World Human Right Cities Forum: Views from Participants
The 12th World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) was held at the Kimdaejung Convention Center for four days, October 10–13, 2022. During this year’s Forum, 38 programs were organized with 320 domestic and foreign speakers and around 1,800 participants in total. Under this year’s theme, “Climate Crisis and Human Rights,” we concluded that it was important to recognize that the climate crisis could also impact human rights, not just the environment.