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Read the journal entries written by our LC members for each day of our trip, reflecting on the sites we visited and how we felt.
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Jan 30, 20232 min read
Miranda Lam
As we all departed towards the “Wednesday Demonstration” that occurs every week in front of the Japanese Embassy, I was not expecting...
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Jan 30, 20232 min read
Sia Tholath
Visiting the organisations that support the movement for justice for the Sewol ferry tragedy made me realise the suffering in this world...
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Jan 30, 20231 min read
Yuriko Shiramizu
Today we visited several places related to Japanese colonialism. Some believe that modernization through Japanese occupation was a good...
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skato03
Jan 30, 20231 min read
Taka Matsumoto
The Westgate prison or the Seodaemun prison was a site that I didn't know anything about. But the more I learned about the history and...
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skato03
Jan 30, 20231 min read
Yuna Hasegawa
When I visited the memorial site for the Gwangju uprising movement, I was impressed by the courage of the people who fought for justice....
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skato03
Jan 30, 20233 min read
Alissa Medina
Upon learning about the Gwangju Uprising and visiting the site, I felt a deep sense of sadness and empathy for the victims and their...
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skato03
Jan 30, 20232 min read
Chaerin Her
Often, we look at past events and label them as "past" events. However, all the events in the world are interrelated. Therefore, history...
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skato03
Jan 30, 20231 min read
Kaori Nemoto
I didn’t know what to say when we met the families of the victims of the Itaewon “10/29” Disaster. I felt that I wanted to somehow share...
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skato03
Jan 30, 20232 min read
Sakura Kato
Today we started the day by visiting Yonsei University. We could see the tall buildings of the university towering above from across the...
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Jan 30, 20232 min read
Cheonjin (CJ) Jung
On day 8th of our travel, we visited the site where the Itaewon crowd crush disaster or 10.29 disaster had happened. In fact, before...
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skato03
Jan 29, 20232 min read
Anzu Sakai
As soon as we entered Yonsei University, we saw the memorial statue of Yi Hanyeol and his mound displayed in front of the student hall,...
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