by ZoominKorea | Apr 17, 2018 | Democracy, News, Photos
April 16 marked the four-year anniversary of the Sewol Ferry Tragedy. This year, the South Korean government held its first official memorial for the three hundred four victims, who lost their lives in the 2014 disaster. The memorial service was held in Ansan of...
by ZoominKorea | Apr 13, 2018 | Analysis, Democracy, Labor and People's Struggles, News
This article is largely based on a recent series dedicated to the Sewol Tragedy in the South Korean progressive news site Voice of People. Monday, April 16 marks the four year anniversary of the Sewol Ferry Tragedy, which claimed three hundred four lives, mostly high...
by ZoominKorea | Oct 20, 2017 | Democracy, Labor and People's Struggles, News, News Headlines, Peace and Militarism, SK News
“World without precarious labor, world without war!” On October 15, ten thousand people gathered in Seoul Plaza in front of Seoul City Hall to celebrate the launch of a new progressive party. The Minjung (People) Party is the amalgamation of two left-leaning parties,...
by ZoominKorea | Oct 12, 2017 | Analysis, Democracy, Labor and People's Struggles, Peace and Militarism, Reunification
This article was originally published by the Korea Policy Institute. Jang Jinsook, Director of Planning of the Minjung Party of South Korea, presented the following speech at the People’s Congress of Resistance at Howard University in Washington, D.C., on September...
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by ZoominKorea | Aug 4, 2017 | Analysis, Democracy, Labor and People's Struggles, News, Peace and Militarism
“The people who were at the forefront of the candlelight revolution that ousted Park Geun-hye need to be the driving force of South Korean politics, and for that reason, we need a new party,” said Kim Jong-hoon, an independent South Korean National Assemblymember, in...
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by ZoominKorea | Aug 4, 2017 | Analysis, Democracy, Labor and People's Struggles, News, Peace and Militarism
Continued from Part 1 ZoominKorea asked Kim Jong-hoon–an independent member of the South Korean National Assembly and Standing Representative of the New People’s Party (tentative name)–to discuss the impetus behind the formation of a new progressive party...
