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South Korea Study Tour of “Action Ark Peacebuilding Programme"

13 Jan 2023
Centre for Sino-Christian Studies Community Engagement

A total of 36 HKBU students joined a study tour to South Korea co-organised by the Chaplain’s Office and the Centre for Sino-Christian Studies in December 2022. The study tour, which is part of the “Action Ark Peacebuilding Programme”, aims to equip students with the skills to be peacebuilders and spread the message of peace in the community.

 

During the tour, students visited the Korea Peacebuilding Institute and the Mennonite Central Committee to learn about their peacebuilding work in the local community and the “restorative justice approach” which helps cultivate peace between conflicting parties through active communication and reconciliation. They also shared their peacebuilding experience on campus and in Hong Kong.

 

The students also visited important memorial sites in South Korea to further understand various historical issues and the relevant peacebuilding efforts made afterwards, such as the harm brought to Korean comfort women during World War II, the Gwangju Democratic Movement, and the tension between North and South Korea.

 

Students also participated in a local church’s Christmas service and prayer meeting, and they conducted workshops on cultivating inner peace for local students of Ewha Womans University.

Students visit the Korea Peacebuilding Institute.

Students visit the Korea Peacebuilding Institute.

Students conduct a workshop on cultivating inner peace at Ewha Womans University.

Students conduct a workshop on cultivating inner peace at Ewha Womans University.

A student shares her experience of building inner peace in a prayer meeting.

A student shares her experience of building inner peace in a prayer meeting.

Students visit the House of Sharing to understand the historical background and relevant peacebuilding work related to the plight of Korean comfort women during World War II.

Students visit the House of Sharing to understand the historical background and relevant peacebuilding work related to the plight of Korean comfort women during World War II.