Citizen group ‘Jangsaeng Coal Mine Victims Return Promotion Team’ receives Buddhist Human Rights Award

The Buddhist Human Rights Commission announced on the 9th that it had selected the civic group 'Jangsaeng Coal Mine Victims' Return Promotion Team' (hereinafter referred to as the Promotion Team) as the winner of the 32nd Buddhist Human Rights Award.

The promotion team is an organization formed in April of this year to collect and return the remains of 136 Koreans who died in a submergence accident at the Josei (Jangsaeng) Coal Mine in Japan on February 3, 1942, during the Japanese colonial period, to uncover the truth, and to restore their honor.

The judging panel explained that it selected the promotion team as the winner in the spirit of "urging to uncover the truth about the accident, praying for harmony between Korea and Japan through the restoration of history, and cheering for the hard work of returning the remains."

The awards ceremony will be held on the 20th in conjunction with the 36th anniversary event of the founding of the Buddhist Human Rights Commission at the Unification Daebuljeon of Donghwasa Temple in Daegu.