Statement of Unity on the Upcoming U.S.-North Korea Summit

by ZoominKorea | Jun 7, 2018 | Action, N-S Relations, Peace and Militarism, Reunification, Statement, US-DPRK

Statement of Unity by Korean Americans and Allies on the Historic Inter-Korean Summit and the Upcoming U.S.-North Korea Summit (June 7, 2018) Since the historic April 27 summit between the leaders of North and South Korea at Panmunjom, longstanding tensions and war...

“Election Defection” of 12 N Korean Restaurant Workers: Challenge and an opportunity for Moon

by ZoominKorea | Jun 6, 2018 | Analysis, Democracy, DPRK, N-S Relations

By Tim Beal On 7 April 2016, thirteen North Koreans arrived together in Seoul. According to the South Korean government, the group – a manager and 12 waitresses – had “escaped” from the North Korean Ryukyung restaurant in Ningbo, China and had voluntarily “fled to...

4 Reasons Trump Will Pledge Peace in Korea

by ZoominKorea | May 23, 2018 | Analysis, Audio/Video, N-S Relations, Peace and Militarism, Special Features, Trump, US-DPRK

This post was originally published in The Peace Report. Would Trump try to promote real peace on the Korean Peninsula? Here’s four reasons why Trump will pledge for peace on the Korean Peninsula.   This video was produced by The Peace Report with contributions by...

On Denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and Building a Peace System: A message to Congress

by ZoominKorea | May 4, 2018 | Analysis, N-S Relations, Peace and Militarism, Reunification

This article was originally published in The Hill. By Kim Jong-hoon On April 27, the leaders of North and South Korea met for the first time in eleven years. It was an excellent meeting. We couldn’t have asked for a better outcome. The historic Panmunjom...

Media Round-up: Reactions to the Inter-Korean Peace Promise

by ZoominKorea | May 2, 2018 | Analysis, Korean Diaspora, N-S Relations, Peace and Militarism

Korean American activist and analyst KJ Noh of the Bay Area on KPFA’s Flashpoint hosted by Dennis Bernstein: Noh discusses last week’s inter-Korean summit and provides a recap of all that happened since the spring of last year when a nuclear war had seemed imminent...

[Radio] Will Griffin and Hyun Lee on the Inter-Korean Summit, Ending U.S. Occupation, Challenging the Military Industrial Complex in Korea

by ZoominKorea | Apr 29, 2018 | Analysis, Audio/Video, N-S Relations, Peace and Militarism, Special Features, US-DPRK, US-ROK Alliance

The Peace Report’s Will Griffin and ZoominKorea’s Hyun Lee discussed the historic Inter-Korean Summit on April 27 on Urban Insights on Philadelphia’s WURD Radio, the only independent Black-owned radio station in Pennsylvania. Griffin and Lee also spoke with host...