August, Again

Han Jeong-sun is currently leading an international justice movement group in Korea to secure medical support for her son’s genetic mutation disease caused by his exposure to the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. The Hapcheon Peace House is comprised mainly of the second-generation Korean atomic bomb victims’ group, which seeks to protect the lives of the hibakusha and their descendants and seek social recognition. The research team at Hanyang University Hospital has been conducting a second-generation Korean atomic bomb victim cohort survey for five years as a project of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and when the results are made public, it will be significant as a study that reveals the broad impact on the second- and third-generation Korean atomic bomb victims who were exposed to the bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The world seems to have forgotten the brutal nuclear disaster of the past, and is rushing ever faster toward another horrific and inhumane incident. The cities that were horribly destroyed are being rebuilt, and even as time passes, the lives of the victims of the atomic bomb have not fully recovered. Even now, 79 years later, the victims of the atomic bomb are still unable to escape the shadow of the past. At this point in time when the nuclear issue has come to the fore, in order to accurately recognize the past atomic bombing incidents and find the right solution, we would like to accompany Mr. Han Jeong-sun and several Japanese hibakusha on their journey.