| December, 1991 |
*
Buddhism society issued a statement on Comfort Women with
a Buddhist Priest, Hye-Jin who worked as a director at Korea
Comfort Women Issue Countermeasure Committee |
| October, 1992 |
* Inauguration
of the House of Sharing
* Buddhism Human Rights Committee, Directed by Song, Wal-Joo,
organized volunteers from various fields to open the House
of Sharing in order to build a home for comfort women in
Mapo-Gu, Seocho-Dong in Seoul.
|
| 1993~1995 |
* The House
of Sharing moved to Myung-ryun dong and then to Hae-Wha
Dong. |
| August, 1995 |
* Construction
started on the House of Sharing in Gyung-gi Do, Gwang-ju
Goon, Taechon-Myun, Won-dang Lee. The area of the house
was about 180-pyung. (approximately 720 square yards) The
land was donated by Ms. Cho, Young-Ja. |
| December, 1995 |
* Comfort
women started to move-in.
|
| February, 1996 |
* Finished
construction of a high-way ramp to the House of Sharing
and held a ceremony with Premiere Lee Soo-Sung. |
| September, 1996 |
* Held an
exhibition tour of “Drawings by Comfort Women” in Japan
for about one hundred days |
| October, 1996 |
*
Launched an internet website about comfort women through
Hankook Daily News internet website.
(http://www.hk.co.kr/event/jeonshin/e_homepage.htm)
|
| November, 1996 |
* Received
a social welfare organization license for the House of Sharing
from the government of Kyung-ki Province. |
| February, 1997 |
* Construction
started on the Japanese Military’s Comfort Women Historical
Museum, contributed by Dae-Dong, Co. |
| March, 1997 |
* Construction started on the Japanese Military갽s Comfort Women Historical Museum, contributed by Dae-Dong, Co. |
| April, 1997 |
* Comfort
women’s Seventieth birthday party celebrated, sponsored
by Korea Broadcasting Service. |
| June, 1997 |
*
Comfort woman “Hoon” from Cambodia visited the House of
Sharing in order to understand the current situation of
comfort women in Korea. |
| August, 1997 |
* Comfort
woman “Hoon” returned to her home country from Korea. She
stayed at the House of Sharing during the visit. |
| October, 1997 |
* A campaign,
called “3000 persons’ museum promotion”, started as a fund-raiser
to collect exhibits for the museum. |
| December, 1997 |
* Committee for the preparation of the Comfort Women Historical Museum started. |
| August, 1998 |
* Concert for the comfort women at the House of Sharing by Ms. No, Young-Sim. (A popular singer in Korea)
* The Comfort Women Historical Museum opened. |
| October, 1999 |
* Reported the construction of residences for the welfare of elderly to the government of Kyung-ki Province. |
| March, 2001 |
* Buddhist priest Neung-Gwang started his post as the director of the House of Sharing. |
| Currently in 2002 |
* Nine comfort women reside at the House of Sharing including comfort woman Kim, Soon-duk. |
