Dear Friends, Today, we remember and pay homage to a farmer-martyr, a leader of Korean Advanced Farmers Federation, a camrade of PAKISAMA in the Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), who, five years ago, struck a knife in his chest while demonstrating with ten thousand other farmers in Cancun, Mexico against WTO policies […]
Dear Chairperson of KAFF, SorKorPor, as an organization of farmers in Thailand, would like to recall the high spirit and the noble self-sacrifice of Lee Kyung Hae, who is one of the best examples of farmers fighting against injustice in agricultural trade in his country and in the world, especially with regard to issues such […]
by Kang, Min Su, AFA Seoul, South Korea — In commemoration of Lee Kyung Hae’s 5th death anniversary on September 10, 2008, the Korean Advanced Farmers’ Federation (KAFF) will hold various events recalling the farmer leader’s sacrifice. September 7 will be a national marathon event held in Jeonbuk province, with about 1,000 marathon runners joining […]
We will always remember Lee Kyung Hae’s High and Noble Self-Sacrifice We will continue to Fight For His Dream! We are confronted now with a new challenge. Even though WTO-Doha negotiations have failed, bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) are being pushed aggressively and FTA negotiations are increasing rapidly. We are aware that FTAs is another […]
by Kang, Min Su, AFA Seoul, South Korea — The Korean Advanced Farmers Federation (KAFF) held its 11th National Festival last August 11-13, 2008 in Muju Resourt, Jeonbuk province. Held every 2 years, the festival aims to promote unity and harmony among KAFF membership and to provide a venue to discuss agricultural policy alternatives. More […]
by Jun Virola, AFA Quezon City, Philippines — Various civil society organizations (CSOs) from trade, farmers, labor, and other sectors held a caucus last August 13, 2008 at the Mandarin Oriental Suites in Cubao, Quezon City to get updates on the EU-ASEAN partnership negotiations, and to come up with recommendations and a common plan of […]
by Jun Virola Quezon City, Philippines — PAKISAMA has launched its new and improved website: http://pakisama.org/. It features the latest activities of the confederation. PAKISAMA is currently very active in the campaign to extend and reform the Philippines’ Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). It also recently completed a study tour of an Agrarian Reform Community […]
The Korean Rural Economic Institute has published the 2008 edition of “Agriculture in Korea”, a book written for foreign scholars, policy makers, and others having interest in Korean agriculture in order to help them grasp and understand current situations and changes of Korean agriculture. It also describes policy reforms and the future outlook and tasks […]
