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Korea-Japan Women Seminar

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  • SolBin Sung from South Korea and Tomoe Suzuki from Japan nap together in a bus in South Korea. Their nap came as the two women returned from a visit to the Demilitarized Zone with other participants in a young women's peacemaking seminar in August 2016 that encouraged the women to confront the historic tension between their two countries, and look for paths toward peace and reconciliation.<br />
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The gathering was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University. Participants spent one day traveling to the DMZ and discussing the war and possibilities of Korean reunification.
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  • Yue Takada from Japan reads messages posted on the outside wall of the War & Women's Human Rights Museum in Seoul, South Korea. Takada visited the museum with other participants in an August 2016 peacemaking seminar for Japanese and Korean young women. As they confronted historic tensions between their two peoples, they learned about the thousands of women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II--the so-called "comfort women." Visitors to the museum were encouraged to write their own messages to leave on the wall.<br />
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The seminar was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
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  • Participants in a UMW-sponsored seminar on peacemaking in South Korea participate in the demonstration held every Wednesday in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul. Officially dubbed the "Wednesday Demonstration demanding Japan to redress the Comfort Women problems," the gathering, which began in 1992, continues to demand justice for the victims of sexual slavery practiced by the Japanese military during World War II. <br />
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The seminar included young women from both Japan and Korea who were challenged to confront the historical tensions between their two peoples and seek avenues of reconciliation and justice. It was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, Scranton Women's Leadership center, and the Methodist Theological University.
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  • Ami Uematsu and Natsuko Takito, both from Japan, pose following their exploration of the Third Infiltration Tunnel in the Demilitarized Zone along the border between South Korea and North Korea. Their visit to the DMZ came during a peacemaking seminar for Japanese and Korean young women sponsored jointly by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
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  • In the Seodaemun Prison in Seoul, South Korea, a woman views photos from the prison records of some of the 5,000 independence activists who lost their lives in the struggle for the liberation of Korea from Japanese control.
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  • Young women from Japan and South Korea pose on the Freedom Bridge at Imjingak, a park located on the banks of the Imjin River in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas. The women were participants in a peacemaking seminar in August 2016 that encouraged participants to confront the historic tension between their two countries. The gathering was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University. Participants spent one day traveling to the DMZ and discussing the war and possibilities of Korean reunification.
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  • Led by the Rev. Hikari Kokai Chang (center), a United Methodist Women regional missionary, young women walk through the campus center of Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea, which was designed by French architect Dominique Perrault. The university grew out of a school for women founded in 1886 by Mary Scranton, a Methodist missionary from the United States.<br />
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The women are from Japan and South Korea, and came to Seoul for a peacemaking seminar in August 2016 that encouraged participants to confront the historic tension between their two countries. The gathering was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
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  • A group of young women from Japan and South Korea poses by a bust of Mary Scranton on the campus of Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea. The university grew out of a school for women founded in 1886 by Scranton, a Methodist missionary from the United States.<br />
<br />
The women were in Seoul to participate in an August 2016 peacemaking seminar that encouraged participants to confront the historic tension between their two countries. The event was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-31.jpg
  • Eunzi Choo leads young women from Japan and South Korea in singing during an August 2016 peacemaking seminar in Seoul. Choo is Korean. Participants in the seminar confronted the historic tensions between their two peoples and looked for ways to foster reconciliation. The gathering was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
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  • The Rev. Hikari Kokai Chang, a United Methodist Women regional missionary, speaks to young women from Japan and South Korea gathered for an August 2016 peacemaking seminar in Seoul. Chang encouraged participants to confront the historic tension between their two countries. The gathering was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
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  • Eunzi Choo leads young women from Japan and South Korea in singing during an August 2016 peacemaking seminar in Seoul. Choo is Korean. Participants in the seminar confronted the historic tensions between their two peoples and looked for ways to foster reconciliation. The gathering was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-09.jpg
  • Ami Uematsu from Japan reads messages posted on the outside wall of the War & Women's Human Rights Museum in Seoul, South Korea. Takada visited the museum with other participants in an August 2016 peacemaking seminar for Japanese and Korean young women. As they confronted historic tensions between their two peoples, they learned about the thousands of women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II--the so-called "comfort women." Visitors to the museum were encouraged to write their own messages to leave on the wall.<br />
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The seminar was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-10.jpg
  • Ami Uematsu (right) and Yue Takada, both from Japan, read messages posted on the outside wall of the War & Women's Human Rights Museum in Seoul, South Korea. They visited the museum with other participants in an August 2016 peacemaking seminar for Japanese and Korean young women. As they confronted historic tensions between their two peoples, they learned about the thousands of women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II--the so-called "comfort women." Visitors to the museum were encouraged to write their own messages to leave on the wall.<br />
<br />
The seminar was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-12.jpg
  • Yue Takada from Japan reads messages posted on the outside wall of the War & Women's Human Rights Museum in Seoul, South Korea. Takada visited the museum with other participants in an August 2016 peacemaking seminar for Japanese and Korean young women. As they confronted historic tensions between their two peoples, they learned about the thousands of women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II--the so-called "comfort women." Visitors to the museum were encouraged to write their own messages to leave on the wall.<br />
<br />
The seminar was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-11.jpg
  • Young women from Japan and South Korea participated in a peacemaking seminar in Seoul in August 2016. The seminar, which encouraged participants to confront the historic tension between their two countries, was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-16.jpg
  • Young women from Japan and South Korea chat during a peacemaking seminar in Seoul in August 2016. The seminar, which encouraged participants to confront the historic tension between their two countries, was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-15.jpg
  • Photos from the prison records of some of the 5,000 independence activists who lost their lives in the struggle for the liberation of Korea from Japanese control. They are part of a display in the Seodaemun Prison in Seoul, South Korea.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-18.jpg
  • Photos from the prison records of some of the 5,000 independence activists who lost their lives in the struggle for the liberation of Korea from Japanese control. They are part of a display in the Seodaemun Prison in Seoul, South Korea.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-19.jpg
  • Jueun Cha speaks to other young women from Japan and South Korea gathered for an August 2016 peacemaking seminar in Seoul. Cha is Korean. Participants in the seminar were encouraged to confront the historic tension between their two countries and look for ways to foster understanding and reconciliation. The gathering was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
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  • Dr. Hyun-Ju Lee speaks to young women from Japan and South Korea gathered for an August 2016 peacemaking seminar in Seoul. Lee is a professor of English at Methodist Theological University. Participants in the seminar were encouraged to confront the historic tension between their two countries and look for ways to foster understanding and reconciliation. The gathering was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-21.jpg
  • Hyojin Kim from South Korea and Tomoe Suzuki from Japan nap together in a restaurant in Imjingak, a park located on the banks of the Imjin River in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas. The two women visited the DMZ with other participants in a young women's peacemaking seminar in August 2016 that encouraged the women to confront the historic tension between their two countries, and look for paths toward peace and reconciliation.<br />
<br />
The gathering was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University. Participants spent one day traveling to the DMZ and discussing the war and possibilities of Korean reunification.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-23.jpg
  • Yue Takada from Japan (left), Mina Nago from Japan, and Kyeongju Kim from Korea pose together following their exploration of the Third Infiltration Tunnel in the Demilitarized Zone along the border between South Korea and North Korea. Their visit to the DMZ came during a peacemaking seminar for Japanese and Korean young women sponsored jointly by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-24.jpg
  • Eunsoo Kang (left), the Rev. Dr. Hea Sun Kim, and Irene Kwon, all from South Korea, pose following their exploration of the Third Infiltration Tunnel in the Demilitarized Zone along the border between South Korea and North Korea. Their visit to the DMZ came during a peacemaking seminar for Japanese and Korean young women sponsored jointly by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University. Kim is director of the Scranton Women's Leadership Center in Seoul.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-25.jpg
  • Tomoe Suzuki from Japan (left), SolBin Sung from South Korea, and Haruka Sato from Japan pose following their exploration of the Third Infiltration Tunnel in the Demilitarized Zone along the border between South Korea and North Korea. Their visit to the DMZ came during a peacemaking seminar for Japanese and Korean young women sponsored jointly by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-26.jpg
  • Seohyun Choi from Korea (left), Risako Mimura from Japan, and Yeji Han from Korea pose together following their exploration of the Third Infiltration Tunnel in the Demilitarized Zone along the border between South Korea and North Korea. Their visit to the DMZ came during a peacemaking seminar for Japanese and Korean young women sponsored jointly by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-27.jpg
  • The Rev. Hikari Kokai Chang, a United Methodist Women regional missionary, poses by a bust of Mary Scranton on the campus of Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea. The university grew out of a school for women founded in 1886 by Scranton, a Methodist missionary from the United States.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-30.jpg
  • A bust of Mary Scranton dwells on the campus of Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea. The university grew out of a school for women founded in 1886 by Scranton, a Methodist missionary from the United States.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-32.jpg
  • A group of young women from Japan and South Korea tour a museum on the campus of Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea. The university grew out of a school for women founded in 1886 by Scranton, a Methodist missionary from the United States.<br />
<br />
The women were in Seoul to participate in an August 2016 peacemaking seminar that encouraged participants to confront the historic tension between their two countries. The event was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-33.jpg
  • Shoes lined up on the steps of a building on the campus of Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea. Persons entering the building placed slippers on their feet.
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  • A group of young women from Japan and South Korea pray in a small chapel on the campus of Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea. The university grew out of a school for women founded in 1886 by Scranton, a Methodist missionary from the United States.<br />
<br />
The women were in Seoul to participate in an August 2016 peacemaking seminar that encouraged participants to confront the historic tension between their two countries. The event was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-34.jpg
  • A group of young women from Japan and South Korea pose on the campus of Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea. The university grew out of a school for women founded in 1886 by Scranton, a Methodist missionary from the United States.<br />
<br />
The women were in Seoul to participate in an August 2016 peacemaking seminar that encouraged participants to confront the historic tension between their two countries. The event was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-36.jpg
  • A building of Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea. The university grew out of a school for women founded in 1886 by Mary Scranton, a Methodist missionary from the United States.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-37.jpg
  • The campus center of Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea, was designed by French architect Dominique Perrault. The university grew out of a school for women founded in 1886 by Mary Scranton, a Methodist missionary from the United States.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-38.jpg
  • oung women walk through the campus center of Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea, which was designed by French architect Dominique Perrault. The university grew out of a school for women founded in 1886 by Mary Scranton, a Methodist missionary from the United States.<br />
<br />
The women are from Japan and South Korea, and came to Seoul for a peacemaking seminar in August 2016 that encouraged participants to confront the historic tension between their two countries. The gathering was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-40.jpg
  • Young women walk through the campus center of Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea, which was designed by French architect Dominique Perrault. The university grew out of a school for women founded in 1886 by Mary Scranton, a Methodist missionary from the United States.<br />
<br />
The women are from Japan and South Korea, and came to Seoul for a peacemaking seminar in August 2016 that encouraged participants to confront the historic tension between their two countries. The gathering was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-39.jpg
  • The campus center of Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea, was designed by French architect Dominique Perrault. The university grew out of a school for women founded in 1886 by Mary Scranton, a Methodist missionary from the United States.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-41.jpg
  • Young women from Japan and South Korea participate in a peacemaking seminar in Seoul in August 2016. The seminar, which encouraged participants to confront the historic tension between their two countries, was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-03.jpg
  • Young women from Japan and South Korea participate in a peacemaking seminar in Seoul in August 2016. The seminar, which encouraged participants to confront the historic tension between their two countries, was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-02.jpg
  • Young women from Japan and South Korea participate in a peacemaking seminar in Seoul in August 2016. The seminar, which encouraged participants to confront the historic tension between their two countries, was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
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  • The Rev. Dr. Hea Sun Kim, director of the Scranton Women's Leadership Center in Seoul, helps young women from Japan and South Korea develop a timeline for relations between their two countries during an August 2016 peacemaking seminar in Seoul. Kim encouraged participants to confront the historic tensions between their two countries. The gathering was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University. Kim is also a staff member of United Methodist Women.
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  • Young women from Japan and South Korea participate in a peacemaking seminar in Seoul in August 2016. The seminar, which encouraged participants to confront the historic tension between their two countries, was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-04.jpg
  • The Rev. Hikari Kokai Chang, a United Methodist Women regional missionary, speaks to young women from Japan and South Korea gathered for an August 2016 peacemaking seminar in Seoul. Chang encouraged participants to confront the historic tension between their two countries. The gathering was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University.
    south-korea-2016-jeffrey-seminar-06.jpg