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International Symposium on Issues Related to the Remains of Korean Victims of Japan's Forced Mobilization

On November 16, the Northeast Asian History Foundation jointly held an international symposium at its grand conference hall with the Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation and the Center for Historical Truth and Justice. At the symposium held to examine and search for solutions to issues involving the remains of Korean victims of Japan's forced mobilization, presentations were given on the history and current status of relevant issues, which included sharing experiences from participating in civic movements in an effort to find resolutions. Through the general discussion that followed, detailed resolutions were suggested and led to the consensus that the Korean government needs to take more active measures. The symposium was meaningful not only for bringing together relevant groups in Korea and abroad for discussion, but for attracting media attention and thereby raising awareness toward the issues.

Additional Moving Images on the Afrasiab Painting's Digital Restoration Donated to the Afrasiab Museum

On October 31, Kim Hyun-sook, chief of the NAHF Department of Research and Policies, and Ko Kwang-eui, research fellow at the NAHF Research Institute of Ancient-Medieval Korean History, visited the Afrasiab Museum in Samarkand, Uzbekistan to donate three additional versions in Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese of a moving image featuring the Afrasiab painting's digital restoration.

The Afrasiab painting is a mural created in the seven century during the reign of the Sodigan king Varxuman. It is invaluable both historically and culturally for offering various scenes depicting daily life and foreign ambassadors visiting the king at the time. The two figures on the west side wall wearing feather-tipped hats and ring-pommel swords are presumed to be ambassadors from an ancient Korean kingdom. In 2015, the Northeast Asian History Foundation performed two-dimensional and three-dimensional restorations of the mural and produced a moving image of the restoration for the Afrasiab Museum in Korean, Uzbek, English, Russian, and French. The positive ratings the moving image received from the museum's visitors led to the production and donation of additional versions in Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese.