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South Korean Socialist Workers' Alliance
South Korean Socialist Workers' Alliance (SKSWA; Korean: 남한사회주의노동자동맹), or shortly Sanomaeng (Korean: 사노맹), was South Korean socialist political organisation. Officially launched on 12 November 1989, the organisation was led by Baik Tae-ung and a poet Park Roh-hae. The organisation didn't last long, as Park was detained on 10 March 1991, and after the other committee members were arrested by 29 April 1992, it was officially disbanded. The organisation was also one of the largest socialist organisations after the Korean War. Political aims * To abolish military dictatorship and build a democratic country * Transform the country into a socialist state * Build a left-wing pro-labour political party Notable figures * Baik Tae-ung *Park Nohae * Rhyu Si-min * Eun Soo-mi * Cho Kuk Cho Kuk (Korean: 조국, born 6 April 1965) is a South Korean jurist and politician. He was the Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs from 2017 to 2019 in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Language
Korean ( South Korean: , ''hangugeo''; North Korean: , ''chosŏnmal'') is the native language for about 80 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the official and national language of both North Korea and South Korea (geographically Korea), but over the past years of political division, the two Koreas have developed some noticeable vocabulary differences. Beyond Korea, the language is recognised as a minority language in parts of China, namely Jilin Province, and specifically Yanbian Prefecture and Changbai County. It is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin, the Russian island just north of Japan, and by the in parts of Central Asia. The language has a few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form the compact Koreanic language family. Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible with each other. The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has a Demographics of South Korea, population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the List of metropolitan areas by population, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialism In South Korea
This article deals with socialism () in South Korea or South Korean Left. Socialists in South Korea are under institutional and social oppression due to the National Security Act. Socialist and anti-capitalist forces have difficulty forming political parties, but there are organizations that operate as organizations, not political parties. In a broad sense, "South Korean Left" includes (non-socialist) left-wing nationalism and liberal-progressivism, but in a narrow sense, "South Korean Left" means only socialism and green politics. South Korean socialists tend to call themselves "progressives", but they do not recognize progressive-liberals as "progressives". However, "progressivism in South Korea" and "socialism in South Korea" are distinct concepts. Historically, socialist political parties have often secured seats in the National Assembly in South Korea, but no socialist political party is currently represented in the National Assembly. History Since 1945, socialism in Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baik Tae-ung
Baik Tae-Ung (born 1962) is Professor of Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law in Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. He is Director of the Center for Korean Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. A leading academic authority on transitional justice, social movement, and human rights in Asia, he specializes in international human rights law, comparative law, and Law of South Korea, Korean law. Baik is a well-known former South Korean prisoner of conscience. In 2015, he was appointed to the United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) as an independent expert representing the Asia-Pacific region. He is currently serving as Chair-Rapporteur of the WGEID after working as Vice-Chair for two years since 2018. He had conducted research on human rights issues as a visiting scholar at the East Asian Legal Studies program at Harvard Law School from 2002-2003, and, during his sabbatical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Roh-hae
Park Nohae ( ko, 박노해; born 1957) is South Korean poet, photographer and activist. His original name was Park Gi-pyeong ( ko, 박기평). Biography Park Nohae was born in 1957 in Hampyeong, South Jeolla Province, a southern province of South Korea, and grew up in a farming town, Beolgyo, Goheung. Both his father, a '' pansori'' singer, who had participated in Korea’s independence and progressive movements, and his mother who was a devout Catholic, greatly influenced him from his childhood. Later, his brother became a priest and headed the Catholic Priests Association for Justice that took a leading role in the democratization of South Korea, and his younger sister became a nun. At the age of seven when his father suddenly died, his fate began to get on a wild journey, as his family became poor, and the family members had to be separated from each other. Such misfortune and solitude at his early age made him get immersed in reading and writing. Park left his hometown and mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean War
, date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950) , place = Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, China–North Korea border , territory = Korean Demilitarized Zone established * North Korea gains the city of Kaesong, but loses a net total of {{Convert, 1506, sqmi, km2, abbr=on, order=flip, including the city of Sokcho, to South Korea. , result = Inconclusive , combatant1 = {{Flag, First Republic of Korea, name=South Korea, 1949, size=23px , combatant1a = {{Plainlist , * {{Flagicon, United Nations, size=23px United Nations Command, United Nations{{Refn , name = nbUNforces , group = lower-alpha , On 9 July 1951 troop constituents were: US: 70.4%, ROK: 23.3% other UNC: 6.3%{{Cite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Nohae
Park Nohae ( ko, 박노해; born 1957) is South Korean poet, photographer and activist. His original name was Park Gi-pyeong ( ko, 박기평). Biography Park Nohae was born in 1957 in Hampyeong, South Jeolla Province, a southern province of South Korea, and grew up in a farming town, Beolgyo, Goheung. Both his father, a ''pansori'' singer, who had participated in Korea’s independence and progressive movements, and his mother who was a devout Catholic, greatly influenced him from his childhood. Later, his brother became a priest and headed the Catholic Priests Association for Justice that took a leading role in the democratization of South Korea, and his younger sister became a nun. At the age of seven when his father suddenly died, his fate began to get on a wild journey, as his family became poor, and the family members had to be separated from each other. Such misfortune and solitude at his early age made him get immersed in reading and writing. Park left his hometown and moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhyu Si-min
Rhyu Si-min (; born July 28, 1959) is a South Korean politician who served as the 44th Minister of Health and Welfare from February 2006 to May 2007. Before starting his political career since August 2002, he was a journalist of ''Dong-a Ilbo'' and ''The Hankyoreh'', with having his continuous progressive and liberal attitudes. He was in the UNDP as an Assembly member (representative) for Deogyang A district, and is a graduate of Seoul National University with a degree in Economics, and master's from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Economics. He resigned on May 22, 2007. He declared his presidential candidacy on August 18, 2007. He was selected by the liberal opposition parties to run for governor of Gyeonggi-do province on May 13, 2010 In December 2011, Rhyu merged his People's Participation Party into the Unified Progressive Party, of which he was one of the co-chairs. He announced his retirement from politics on February 19, 2013. Career After graduatinSh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eun Soo-mi
Eun Soo-mi (, born 6 December 1963) is a South Korean activist and politician who served as a member of National Assembly from 2012 to 2016. She was elected as the Mayor of Seongnam in 2018, made her as the first woman to hold the position. Early life Eun was born in Jeongeup, North Jeolla, but grew in Gwanak District of Seoul. Her father was a soldier. Later, in 2013, she recalled her childhood: "I used to live at Sillim-dong for around 20 years. At that time my family was likely rich, compared to most of my friends living at slums. I faced 2 impressive incidents, one was when I was a primary student. I pushed my friend as "playing", then her body involuntarily broke the wall and moved to the next door. For me it was quite shocking, because it was totally different from my home. Another incident was happened when I was a secondary student. During that time one of my friends lost her father, so I visited her house. I realised that her family rented a mud house." She earn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cho Kuk
Cho Kuk (Korean: 조국, born 6 April 1965) is a South Korean jurist and politician. He was the Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs from 2017 to 2019 in the Moon Jae-in Cabinet. On 9 September 2019, President Moon Jae-in appointed Cho as Minister of Justice, replacing the incumbent Park Sang-ki. In 2019, Cho Kuk was involved in a series of controversies, including allegations of illicit business activities and falsification of academic achievements of his daughter. On 14 October, Cho Kuk announced his resignation as Minister of Justice over corruption allegations. Early life and education Cho was born in West District of Busan in 1965, as the eldest son of the ex-Director of Institute of Ungdong, Cho Byun-hyun (died in 2013), and his wife and the current Director of the institute, Park Jung-sook. He attended Gudeok Elementary School in Busan, then moved to Seoul and studied at Daesin Middle School. After he returned to Busan, he finished his secondary educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 In South Korea
Events from the year 1990 in South Korea. Incumbents *President: Roh Tae-woo *Prime Minister: Kang Young-hoon (until December 27), Ro Jai-bong (starting December 27) Events *December Unknown date – A first convenience store retail GS25 (then LG25) open in downtown Seoul. Sport * 1990 K League * South Korea wins the 1990 Dynasty Cup * South Korea lose all their matches at the FIFA World Cup Films * List of South Korean films of 1990 Births * January 9 - Choi Su-min, handball player * January 15 - Dayen Zheng, Australian entertainer * January 25 - Lee Jun-ho, singer-songwriter, dancer, composer and actor * January 31 - Park Hae-mi, sport shooter * February 10 - Choi Sooyoung, singer and actress * February 14 - Park Ki-ju, field hockey player * February 19 - Lee Elijah, actress and model * February 24 - Ryu Eun-hee, handball player * March 20 - Jung Kyung-eun, badminton player * March 24 - Na Ah-reum, road cyclist * March 26 - Xiumin, singer and actor * March 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Movements In South Korea
Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. It may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and nonviolent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but also often carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or limitedly, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external force, including war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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