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Korean Christian Faculty Fellowship
International Conference on Peace for Life in North East Asia
16. - 20. Mai 2005 in Uiwang, Südkorea
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From the Invitation
Invitation to
International Conference on Peace for Life in North East Asia
To be held at the Roman Catholic Retreat Center in Uiwang, near Seoul
May 16-20, 2005.
The objectives of this study conference are
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KIM Yong-Bock
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(1) to share information and analyses towards peace for life in North East Asia;
(2) to articulate the vision of the order of peace for life in North East Asia, which may lead to the drafting of a "People's Charter of Peace for Life in North East Asia";
(3) to design a concrete role for intellectuals and scholars in the process of peace-making in North East Asia; and
(4) to set in motion a process to organize "Concerned and Committed Scholars on Peace for Life in North East Asia" to carry out intellectual and scholarly activities for this cause. …
(Prof.) Kim Yong-Bock
President, Korean Christian Faculty Fellowship
Chancellor, Asia Pacific Graduate School for the Study of Life
Programm
Opening Worship
Dr. Han Wan Sang; Message, President, Korean Red Cross
Prof. Kim Yong-Bock, Welcome, President, KCFF
Greetings:
Dr. Sohn Hak Kyu, Governor, Kyungki Province
Mr. Han Hwa-Gap, President, The Association for Development of Korean Community
Ecumenical Greetings
Life & Peace in North-East Asia
Convener: Prof. Kwon Jin Kwan, General Secretary, KCFF
Presentation 1: Korea Perspective by Prof. Kim Yong-Bock
Presentation 2: Japan Perspective by Prof. Mushakoji Kinhide
Presentation 3: China Perspective by Dr. Lufeng
Panel Discussion
Convener: Prof. Kim, Sang-il
Prof Suh Jaejung (U.S),
Prof. Suh Seung (Japan),
Prof. Mark Caprio (China), Kang Dok-sang, (to be confirmed)
Nuclear Crisis
Moderator: Rev. Dr. Hong Geun Soo
Prof. Noh Jung Sun, Dr. Wade Huntley (Canada)
Discussion: Prof. Lee Chong 0
Life & Peace, Asian Perspective
Moderator: Prof. Kim Sung Eun
Philippines: Ms. Carmencita Karadag
Taiwan: Prof. Hwang Po Ho
India: Prof. M.P.Joseph
Life & Peace, the perspective of Europe and Americas
Moderator: Prof. Lee Sung Eun
Dr. Wolfgang Schmidt, Rev. Paul Schneiss,
Prof. Sigurd Bergmann, Prof. Charles Burton
Visit to Je-am-ri Church
Life & Peace, Ecumenical Perspective
Moderator: Prof. Kang Won Don
Prof. Park Kyung Soe,
Rev. Dr. Hong Keun soo
Geopolitics of Empire and Peace
Moderator : Prof. Chang Yun Jae
Ninan Koshy
Responses from Asia, Africa and Russia
Prof. Samuel Lee (General Secretary, Korea UNESCO Commission),
Rev. Professor Maake Masango (South Africa),
Rev. PETROVSKIY DMITRY (Russia)
Life & Peace, Woman's Perspective
Moderator: Professor Lee Kyung Sook
Prof. Ada Maria Isasi Dias,
Dr. Yu Yong Hee,
Dr. Liangyoo Chen
Life & Peace, Religions' Perspective
Moderator: Ms. Carmencita Karagdag
Dr. Shin Eun Hee (Juche),
Ven. Prof. Jin Wol (Buddhism)
Prof. Im Tae Soo (Christianity)
Introduction to the Draft of Position Paper
Prof. Noh Jung Sun
Plenary: Group Report & Discussion for Position Paper
Moderator: Prof. Kim Yong-Bock
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Prof. Dr. Wade L. Huntley
Toward a Nuclear-free Northeasst Asia
Simons Centre for Disarmament and Non-Pproliferation Research; Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Clumbia
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Rev. Petrovskiy Dimitry
Geopolitics of Empire and Peace
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Ven. Prof. Jin Wol
Religions' Perspective
Buddhism
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International Conference on Peace for Life in North East Asia
I. Background
The Korean Christian Faculty Fellowship has a decades-long history of concern with human rights, democracy, national reunification and peace on the Korean peninsula. In recent years this concern has focused on peace and security in North East Asia, and particularly during the past ten years, on the US missile defense program, the "nuclear issue" in North Korea, the "war on terror" after the 9.11 incident, and the Iraq War.
This urgent situation has given rise to many initiatives for peace among NGO movements in and around Korea, including some by the ecumenical movement. In 2003, an international workshop was held to follow up on the decision of the Manila Conference in November 2002, to form a People's Forum on Peace for Life. The 2003 workshop, which had 26 participants from 12 countries, was organized by the Manila conference conveners and hosted in Seoul by the National Council of Churches in Korea. The Christian Conference of Asia and the World Council of Churches are supporting this process. The People's Forum on Peace for Life is envisioned as a "space for cultural and spiritual resistance, for hearing stories of those pressed down by militarized globalization, and for articulating people's visions and common actions for just peace" in the face of the attempted hegemony of global Empire.
In October 2004, an Ecumenical Conference on Peace in North East Asia took place in Tosanzo, Japan, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the WCC Conference on Peace in North East Asia and calling for continual peace making efforts in North East Asia.
In response to the increasing concerns for peace in North East Asia following the re-election of US President Bush, as reflected in calls for action by ecumenical circles and citizens' movements, some Christian scholars in North East Asia decided to convene an international conference on peace and life in this region. The concrete objective is to bring together intellectuals and scholars in and around North East Asia to articulate the vision of an order of peace and life in North East Asia, to generate a process of common study and research for policy alternatives, to support ecumenical and citizens' initiatives for peace and life, and to organize a "Society for the Study of Peace for Life" in the context of North East Asia.
This initiative is taken by the Korean Christian Faculty Fellowship and is supported by the Asia Pacific Graduate School for the Study for Life, along with various ecumenical organizations and citizens' movements in Korea, in other North East Asian countries, and other regions of the world.
II. Purpose and Objectives
The order of peace for life cannot be realized and secured by nation states alone, but is ultimately a matter of--and for--the people. The fact that the order of security and peace has often been imposed by the powerful states means that it has not been for the people in the true and full sense. The smaller states are limited in their peace-making role, due to the dominance of the powerful countries. This situation calls for the direct participation of people(s) and citizens in the making of peace for life. The purpose of the international study conference is to gather not only intellectual resources but also the people's wisdom on peace for life, through the direct participation of scholars and intellectuals, and leaders of civil society and people's movements.
The objectives of this study conference are
(1) to share information and analyses towards peace for life in North East Asia;
(2) to articulate the vision of the order of peace for life in North East Asia, which may lead to the drafting of a "People's Charter of Peace for Life in North East Asia";
(3) to design a concrete role for intellectuals and scholars in the process of peace-making in North East Asia; and
(4) to set in motion a process to organize "Concerned and Committed Scholars on Peace for Life in North East Asia" to carry out intellectual and scholarly activities for this cause.
III. Conveners
1. Korean Christian Faculty Fellowship, together with Korean ecumenical movements and civil society movements
2. Representative scholars and institutes in and around North East Asia (Japan, Taiwan, China, Russia and United States)
3. Concerned peace study institutes
IV. Supporters and Sponsors
Korean Supporters:
(1) Asia Pacific Graduate School for the Study of Life
(2) Ministry of Culture and Tourism
(3) Kyeonggi Cultural Foundation
(4) East-West Foundation
International Supporters:
(1) United Board of Christian Higher Education in Asia
(2) Christian Conference of Asia
(3) World Council of Churches
V. Participants
Korea representatives (100 persons)
Scholars from states around Korea, Russia and United States Concerned Asian scholars
Peace study institutes around the globe
Ecumenical representatives
Civil society movement representatives
Venue:
St. Lazarus' Retreat Center in Uiwang City (on the outskirts of Seoul)
Dates: May 16-20, 2005
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