by ZoominKorea | Apr 18, 2018 | Audio/Video, Korean Diaspora, News, Peace and Militarism, Photos, Special Features, US-ROK Alliance
People across the U.S. mobilized on April 14-15 to demand an end to U.S. wars around the world. In dozens of cities, including New York, Oakland, Washington DC, and Atlanta, protesters rallied as part of the “Spring Action to End U.S. Wars at Home and Abroad.” Several...
by ZoominKorea | Mar 6, 2018 | Analysis, Korean Diaspora
This article was originally published in Cultural Weekly. By Julayne Lee If you’re watching the Olympics, then you probably know the name Chloe Kim. At 17, she’s the youngest to win a gold medal in the women’s snowboard halfpipe and has captured the hearts...
by ZoominKorea | Mar 4, 2018 | Analysis, Korea-Japan Relations, Korean Diaspora, Peace and Militarism
By Joseph Essertier Early in the morning on Friday, February 23, two Japanese ultranationalists, Katsurada Satoshi (56) and Kawamura Yoshinori (46), drove past the headquarters of the General Association of Korean Residents in Tokyo and shot into it with a handgun....
by ZoominKorea | Feb 8, 2018 | Korean Diaspora, N-S Relations, News, Peace and Militarism, Reunification
The Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea begins this Friday, February 9. Sixteen hundred South Koreans cheered the unified Korean women’s ice hockey team in a practice match against Sweden on February 4 in the lead-up to the official games. They waved blue and...
by ZoominKorea | Oct 17, 2017 | Action, Audio/Video, Korean Diaspora, News, Peace and Militarism, Trump
Donald Trump recently responded to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s mention of direct communication channels with North Korea by tweeting, “I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful Secretary of State, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket...
by ZoominKorea | Oct 26, 2016 | Korean Diaspora, Peace and Militarism
Peace groups and Korean Americans in the United States held candlelight vigils in New York, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and Berkeley last week to oppose the U.S. government’s decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system in...
