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Benefit concert for museum

The House of Sharing International Outreach Team is hosting a Benefit Concert: Fundraiser for the War and Women's Human Rights Museum on Sept. 11, from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., at Club Ta, Jane’s Groove and DGDB in Hongdae.

All funds raised from the event will go to the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan's construction fund for a museum, which is slated to begin construction this November in Seodaemun Independence Park.

Club TA, Jane’s Groove, and DGBD will be the venues for a packed night of live rock, acoustic music, and DJs spinning. Performing at this onetime event will be Brickslipper, Jennifer Waescher, Ida Grandas, I Am The Sun, Banco, DJ Wu, among others.

The cost is 10,000 won and covers entry to all three venues

The Korean Council was founded in 1990 in order to work for women’s human rights issues, relating specifically to the approximately 200,000 women who were forced into military sexual slavery by Japan during WWII, as well as ongoing women’s human rights issues today.

The Korean Council organizes the “Wednesday protests,” which have taken place every week in front of the Japanese Embassy since 1992, in order to restore dignity to and seek justice for the survivors.

The House of Sharing International Outreach Team works to raise awareness of the issue of Japanese military sexual slavery and to support the on-going struggle for historical reconciliation and justice. The team is comprised of both foreign and local volunteers who lead visits at the House of Sharing in English and work to highlight the continuing crimes against humanity in the form of sexual violence during war.

Please visit: http;//www.houseofsharing.org

AustCham contemporary art show

An exclusive and informative function relating to contemporary Australian art will be held on Sept. 10 at COEX, World Trade Center, from 5 p.m. till 6 p.m.

The Australian Commercial Galleries Association is championing a project to increase awareness of contemporary Australian art in Korea and this involves exhibiting at the Korea International Art Fair (KIAF).

Participants will have the chance to hear Glenn Barkley, curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Sydney, share his expertise in contemporary Australian art practice.

This event is to support the promotion of Australia’s contemporary visual arts identity in Korea.

RSVP by Thursday Sept. 9 to Juliet Woo, Business Development Manager, Austrade, Seoul. Email Juliet.Woo@austrade.gov.au or telephone (02) 398 2800

Australian wines and light refreshments will be served