Orientation in Jirisan

Our first official day began with a train ride from Seoul to Jirisan, we traveled with our hosts from KIN. At the train station we saw the KTX (train) women workers on strike. We will join a KTX rally later on in the program. The scenery along the way was beautiful. We cooked and ate as soon as we arrived at the Naju farmer's retreat center and met our host Sang Wook Yoo Chair of the Naju Farmers Association and a long-time friend of KEEP. We met grandma Soon Ja Park, she was a guerilla fighter during the Korean War and was imprisoned for 10 years. Jirisan mountains are where she and her comrades fought as guerilla fighters. She and her husband currently do reunification work in South Korea.