Korea

Clashing Visions Of Denuclearization Pose Risk To U.S.-North Korea Summit

May 23, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Korea

by Gregory Elich, originally published on Zoom In Korea, May 17, 2018 The soaring hopes generated by the recent Inter-Korean Summit are now supplanted by uncertainty, due to North Korea’s suspension of a planned meeting with the South. In the weeks following the summit’s Panmunjom Declaration, North Korea took actions to demonstrate its goodwill and desire for peaceful resolution of[…]

The Kim-Moon DMZ Summit

May 3, 2018 UNAC Editor Korea

The Panmunjeom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula During this momentous period of historical transformation on the Korean Peninsula, reflecting the enduring aspiration of the Korean people for peace, prosperity and unification, President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of[…]

Riot Police Force Dispersal of Anti-THAAD Protest Days before North-South Summit

April 25, 2018 UNAC Editor Korea, Resistance

by Zoom In Korea Staff, originally published April 23, 2018 It has been nearly one year since the United States Forces Korea and the South Korean Defense Ministry first forced in key parts of the THAAD missile system using brute force against the residents who were peacefully blocking the road to the deployment site. Not much has changed, however, since[…]

South Korean Progressives to Washington: Support Peace Talks and Halt the War Exercises

March 30, 2018 UNAC Editor Korea, Resistance

by Zoom In Korea staff, published on Zoom In Korea, March 27, 2018 Kim Jong-hoon, a member of South Korea’s National Assembly and co-chair of the progressive Minjung Party, led a delegation to Washington on March 20-21 to appeal to U.S. lawmakers about supporting efforts for peace on the Korean Peninsula. The U.S. Congress and Senate should not just watch[…]

Deirdre Griswold Defends Korea Against Tucker Carlson (Updated With Analysis)

February 13, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Korea, Resistance

U.S. Anti-War Leader Deirdre Griswold Defends Korea Against Right-Wing Racist Tucker Carlson The opening of relations between North and South Korea at this year’s Olympics provides have provided a hopeful contrast to Vice President Pence’s cold snub towards North Korean officials at the opening ceremonies for the event and raised the issue of ‘Who are the Koreans after all?‘ Deirdre[…]

International Peace Conference in South Korea

February 10, 2018 UNAC Editor Citizen Diplomacy, Conferences, Korea

Image by Photo by Mimi Han) Permission Details DMCA by Ann Wright, originally published on Cindy Sheehan’s Soap Box The International Peace Conference for a Peaceful Korean Peninsula and Olympic Peace was an important statement of civil society in South Korea and around the world for dialogue — not war — to resolve the crisis on the Korean peninsula. Peace[…]

North and South Discuss Olympic Cooperation | U.S. Considers “Limited Strike” on N Korea

January 23, 2018 UNAC Editor Korea

from Zoom In Korea On January 9, high-level officials from North and South Korea met to discuss the North’s participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea in February. The inter-Korean meeting was held in the village of Panmunjom at the border of the divided Korean Peninsula. On January 1, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un expressed hope for[…]