Hi guys, here are some relevant articles that you are required to read before the conference. This research has been done by my vice-chairs, Zach, Tiffany and Eric. Remember that intellectual comments and responses to the article are highly smiled upon. Good comments will be awarded extra credit points. Please refer to the “Extra Credit” tab for a description of what constitutes an “intellectual comment.”
Required:
1) Very political but an appropriate article that talks about the lack of diplomatic skills and questionable legitimacy the next candidate for Japan’s Prime Minister harbors.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/HE03Dh01.html
2) An insightful article on Comfort Women
http://davisiaj.com/content/view/23/86/
3) This is a more recent article about how people have been fighting for justice since WWII
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4749467.stm
4) Article that discusses how Korea rejects Asia Women’s Fund
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/world/asia/25japan.html?scp=1&sq=Asian+Women%92s+Fund+&st=nyt
Suggested Supplements (not required)
1) This is a website that provides a really comprehensive look at Japanese war crimes in WWII. It consists of attacks on issues from various angles. The reason why this is under “suggested supplement” and is not required is due to two reasons: i) the website deals with topics and nations that are outside of our committee’s issue scope; and more importantly ii) it contains very gruesome pictures which may be held inappropriate for some of you to see. Therefore, if you wish to limit the scope of your knowledge only to the relevance of this conference and do not wish to view the horrific graphical representation of the Japanese War Crimes posted here, you are more than welcome to bypass this link. However, if you wish to further delve into the issues and history in question, the door is open to you. This website has been discovered due to the courtesy of your vice-chair, Tiffany Wang.
http://www.kimsoft.com/kr-japan.htm