by ZoominKorea | Nov 1, 2018 | Korea-Japan Relations, N-S Relations, News, News Headlines, NK-SK Relations, Peace and Militarism, Stop THAAD, US-ROK Alliance
NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS Two Koreas halt military exercises and close gunports once aimed at each other At 12:01 on November 1, North and South Korea began a halt to land, air, and sea military exercises and began the operation of a designated no-fly zone along the...
by ZoominKorea | Oct 18, 2018 | News, NK-SK Relations, Peace and Militarism, Reunification, US-NK Relations, US-ROK Alliance
NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS Two Koreas ready to connect their railways; US warns S Korea to stick to sanctions North and South Korea held high-level talks at Panmunjom on October 15 and adopted a joint statement on implementing the Pyongyang Joint Declaration signed at the...
by ZoominKorea | Apr 23, 2018 | News, News Headlines, Peace and Militarism, Stop THAAD, US-ROK Alliance, US-ROK Alliance
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...
by ZoominKorea | Mar 27, 2018 | Korean Diaspora, News, News Headlines, NK-SK Relations, Peace and Militarism, US-NK Relations, US-ROK Alliance, US-ROK Alliance
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...
by ZoominKorea | Mar 4, 2018 | News, News Headlines, Trade and Neoliberalism, US-ROK Alliance, US-ROK Alliance
The White House announced on March 1 that it would impose a 25% tariff on steel imports from twelve countries, including South Korea, starting next week. Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce had announced a list of countries that may be hit with the new tariffs...
by ZoominKorea | Jan 11, 2018 | N-S Relations, News, News Headlines, NK-SK Relations, Peace and Militarism, Trump, US-ROK Alliance
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...