The Peace Prize Review Committee (Chairman Lee In-bok, former Supreme Court Justice) decided on three winners, Human Rights, the media (newspapers and broadcasts) and literature, through a second round of screenings, starting with the selection of candidates in early July.
“The human rights that No Gun Ri Bridge has awakened and the spirit of peace appeals to sympathy and solidarity for refugees, the pain of the families of patients in the blind spot of medical welfare, and the concern for victims of sexual violence that are prevalent in the sports world, and the colonial era, which was vaguely considered this time. “It is now being re-emerged by putting a new flesh on an independent activist named Yuksa and showing it to us today, thus bringing back the spirit.”
“We will further spread the message of peace with Human rights through the No Gun Ri bridge 70th anniversary project, including the Nogunri Global Peace Forum to be held next year,” he said.
The Nogunri Peace Prize was enacted in 2008 to constantly recall and spread the lessons of the No Gun Ri bridge, where many refugees were slaughtered by US troops during the Korean War.
It is awarded to Human Rights, the media (newspapers and broadcasts) and literature for individuals and organizations that have contributed to spreading the value of human rights and peace at home and abroad every year under the supervision of the Nogunri International Peace Foundation.