August 2017
Director of Korea Chongshindae’s Institute met with HKHTC Director in Gyeonggi-do
HKHTC Director of Education Simon K. Li met with Professor Lee (李聖順所長), Director of the Korea Chongshindae’s Institute, in Gyeonggi-do. The two researchers discussed the history of Korean women drafted for military sexual slavery [...]
HKHTC Director Paid Tribute to Former Comfort Woman Ms Kim Gun-ja in Korea
This July, one of the few remaining Korean comfort women survivors Ms Kim gun-ja passed away shortly before HKHTC Director of Education Simon Li arrived in Seoul. Mr Li was invited to attend her [...]
HKHTC Director Met with the ‘Museum of Sexual Slavery by Japanese Military’ Team in Seoul
This July, Director of Education Simon K. Li visited the Museum of Sexual Slavery by Japanese Military and met with Mr Jeong Ho-cheol of its International Outreach Team. They had an in-depth discussion on the “comfort women” issue in [...]
President of the New Jersey-Alliance for Learning and Preserving the History of WWII in Asia Visited HKHTC
Mr Don Tow, President of the New Jersey-Alliance for Learning and Preserving the History of WWII in Asia, visited our Director of Education’s office on July 11, 2017. Mr Tow and Mr Simon Li [...]
Seoul-based War & Women’s Human Rights Museum & HKHTC Director Discussed How They Teach Wartime History of Sex Slaves
In South Korea, the co-director of the War & Women’s Human Rights Museum Ms Mee-hyang Yoon and HKHTC Director of Education Simon Li met to exchange ideas on how South Korea and Hong Kong [...]
Victims of Indiscriminate Bombing & Chinese WWII Forced Labourers Discussed Their Wartime Experience with HKHTC Director in Beijing
In Beijing, HKHTC Director of Education Simon Li interviewed Mr Gao Xiongfei, who lost his arm during the Japanese military's indiscriminate bombing of Yongan City. He also listened to the painful stories of the 92-year-old Mr [...]