On 29 November at Sungnam High School, Human Asia attended UAEM Korea’s one hour lesson on ‘Essential Knowledge on Access to Medicines’. After introducing themselves, the students from UAEM Korea gave a brief lecture on the pricing of drugs in Korea, the national health insurance system in Korea, the concept of essential medicines, and the…
On 10 November, Human Asia visited the Lotus Lantern International Meditation Center in Incheon to deliver educational children’s rights kits from Human Asia Children’s School. Human Asia was also kindly invited to take part in and experience the first Kathina Chavara event being held that day for domestic Jumma residents. The educational children’s right’s kits made…
October 2019 / No.110BOOKKim Ji Young, Born 1982 Title: Kim Ji Young, Born 1982 Author: Cho Nam-ju If you are a woman living in South Korea, you will be able to relate to the book “Kim Ji Young, Born 1982.” Reading this made me question if my future will be like the life of the…
On October 29 and 30 at Diamond Hall, FKI Conference Center in Yeouido, Human Asia co-hosted the 12th Asia Human Rights Forum under the theme ‘Human Rights, Business and Technology: An Evolving Agenda’. The conference was hosted together with Korea University Human Rights Center, SSK Human Rights Forum, the Office of the United Nations High…
On October 12 and 13, Human Asia attended the Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) conference in Los Angeles, together with UAEM Korea. This year, the conference was hosted by the UCLA UAEM chapter, under the theme ‘Local Action, Global Impact: the Fight for Health Equity and Justice’. Along with listening to lectures on access…
We are introducing our new interns at the Human Asia for 2019.Hello, I am Yedam Kim, a new intern at the Human Asia. I have been drawn into refugee crisis since I was an exchange student last year. I could meet refugees in person thanks to the NNIC(Northern Nevada International Center) where I worked as…
August 2019 / No.109BOOKBeijing Coma Title: Beijing Coma Author: Ma Jian (English translation by Flora Drew) On 18 August 2019, US President Donald Trump warned China against carrying out ‘another Tiananmen Square’ on Hong Kong’s growing number of pro-democracy protesters. Ma Jian’s Beijing Coma looks back to these protests which now took place over 30…
On 14 August, Human Asia held a screen-printing activity with 14 children with a refugee background. We invited teachers from Chugye University for the Arts, who helped children learn how to print their own drawings on the bag. This activity is part of our Project initiated in September 2019. We have held 3 activities so…
Human Asia hosted the “2019 Community Leaders Scholarship Workshop” with the scholarship students at the Konjiam Resort on August 24th and 25th. Through the two-days workshop consisted of various participation programs and education, all the participants could had valuable times to explore and interact with each other.For the art program of “Dreamcatchers,” students shared and…
The 2019 6th International Model UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review successfully took place on 11-14 August 2019. It provided a unique space for 40 young students from around the world, mostly East Asia (Japan, Hong Kong, and Korea) to learn about the process of the Universal Periodic Review(UPR) system and embody its values.…
