Introduction to our project
Started in March 2019 as a protest against the extradition bill proposed by the Hong Kong government, the Hong Kong Protest has grown into a massive democracy movement with over 2 million participants. Despite the world’s amazement at the Hong Kong citizens’ fight, the reality they face remains bleak as a result of the pandemic induced by Covid-19 and the implementation of the Hong Kong’s national security law. The citizens of Hong Kong, however, remain hopeful in their persistent fight for human rights and democracy.
Numerous Hong Kong residents are encouraged by Korea’s long history of democratic movements. The interest and solidarity of Koreans could be a tremendous help to Hong Kong citizens who have begun a lengthy fight. We established this website to document and publicize the protests in Hong Kong. Our goal is not just to record past fights and protests, but also to keep today’s solidarity.
The Hong Kong-Korea Civil Alliance for Democracy is a civil society organization that works collaboratively and in solidarity to safeguard and promote human rights and democracy in Hong Kong and Korea. The group was founded mostly by activists who participated in weekly actions in front of exit nine of Hongik University Station from October 2019 to February 2020. Activists from both Hong Kong and Korea are included in the organization.
Please join us in our fight for memory and the future.
* This site developed a Korean version with the support of the Korea Democracy Foundation, as well as a Chinese and English version with the support of the Asia Democracy Network (ADN).
Hong Kong’s electoral system
Election system and democratization England gradually democratized Hong Kong through a 20-year mass revolution before the handover (China frequently condemned this as a violation of their "maintenance" agreement.) On March 4, 1982, the first ...
Media control
Before the 1997 handover, Hong Kong was a region with a free and diverse media. However, the region's freedom of information has been eroded day by day. This is strongly intertwined with the press's ...
Police Violence
Last year, Amnesty International published a list of examples in which the Hong Kong Police have violated international law and standards on police use of force on their website. (https://amnesty.or.kr/29402/) Excessive force was allegedly ...
Economic problems
Following the 1997 handover, the economic relationship between mainland China and Hong Kong significantly changed. In the 1980s, Hong Kong's economy always exceeded ten percent of the total Chinese economy, reaching twenty percent in ...
Hong Kong’s National Security Law
The Hong Kong National Security Law is a legislation governing Hong Kong's national security that took effect on July 1, 2020. The law's stated objective is to repress anti-government protests and to reinforce social ...