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In 2009, the Sorokdo bridge opened, connecting the island to the mainland and the neighboring island of Geogeum. Prior to the bridge's opening, formerly infected people were required to show permission from a doctor to take the ferry to leave the island. The Sorokdodo National Hospital predominantly
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The Japanese colonial law regarding the quarantine of lepers remained in effect in South Korean until 1991; the South Korean government continued to send lepers to Sorokdo National Hospital and seven leper villages remained on the island as of 2007.
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At its peak in 1940, 6,000 patients with Hansen's disease resided on the island. Following the end of Japanese rule, the South Korean government continued to quarantine people with leprosy on Sorokdo until 1963.
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In 1962, two Catholic Austrian nurses, Margreth Pissarek and Marianne Stoeger, arrived at Sorokdo to provide treatment for patients and help establish community facilities, such as childcare centers. In 1984
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means "small deer", which the island's coastline, viewed from above, is supposed to resemble. The island is approximately one kilometer away from the larger Nokdong Port.
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in South Korea, housed in Sorokdo National Hospital. The hospital was built in 1916, then known as Sorokdo Charity Clinic. Established during the
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visited the island; this was considered a watershed moment in the consideration of the human rights of the remaining patients and residents.
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Prior to Japanese colonization, Sorokdo had a population of roughly 1000 people living in 170 households.
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Sorokdo National Hospital Hansen’s Disease Museum was designated as a national specialized museum by the
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treats patients with dementia, and the island sees roughly 300,000 tourists per year.
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to mandate Shinto worship as part of the Japanese assimilationist policy
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Jang, Seong-Gon; Lee, Hyun Kyung; Kang, Dong-Jin (January 2020).
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Hektoen International - an Online Medical Humanities Journal
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In 1935, Japanese authorities forced patients to build a
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Medical and health organizations based in South Korea
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South Korea
Region
Jeolla
Korean
lit.
Goheung County
South Jeolla
South Korea
leper colony
Japanese colonization of Korea
patient abuse
forced sterilizations
unethical human experimentation
Pope John Paul II
Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism
Shinto shrine
Japanese
Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet
"Korean Leper Colony: Sorok Island"


"Sustainable Conservation of a Difficult Heritage in South Korea: Mapping the Conservation Resources of Sorok-do Island, Hansen's Disease Site"
doi
10.3390/su12176834
ISSN
2071-1050


"The Sorokdo National Hospital of South Korea: complicated legacy"

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