Testimony of Korean Survivors of Hiroshima/Nagasaki

Provided by Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK); cropped

Survivors of the atomic blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki share their stories

Friday, April 24, 2026
3:00 PM

Bunche Hall, Rm 10383

Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK) offers an opportunity to hear from atomic bomb survivors who were in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

Born in Hiroshima, Japan, to conscripted workers from Korea, Shim Jin-Tae survived the atomic bombing in August 1945 and repatriated to South Korea as a young child. Since 2001, Mr. Shim has led the Korean Atomic Bomb Victims Association chapter in the town of Hapcheon, known as "Korea's Hiroshima," where thousands of Korean atomic bomb survivors resettled after their repatriation form Japan after World War II. Mr. Shim has led a redress movement for restoring justice and human rights for Korean atomic bomb victims, and for holding the U.S. government responsible for the nuclear violence, culminating in the upcoming International People's Tribunal (IPT) on 1945 U.S. Atomic Bombings in New York in May 2026.  

Q&A with survivors will follow testimony. This event also introduces the IPT, including its establishment, role, activities, and future projects.

Please come to hear survivors' story and be informed of IPT.           

Sponsor(s): Center for Korean Studies