by ZoominKorea | Nov 11, 2017 | News, News Headlines, Peace and Militarism, SK News, Trump, US-ROK Alliance
Moon-Trump Summit: Summary U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met in Seoul on November 7 and held a joint press conference following their summit. Trump’s statement was noticeably toned down in contrast to his past remarks on North...
by ZoominKorea | Nov 6, 2017 | Korean Diaspora, News, News Headlines, Peace and Militarism, Trump, US-ROK Alliance
Ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to South Korea on November 7, Koreans in South Korea and overseas organized a series of protests in multiple cities to denounce the U.S. government’s continued military provocations and war threats directed at North Korea. In South Korea,...
by ZoominKorea | Nov 3, 2017 | Korean Diaspora, News, News Headlines, US-ROK Alliance
US and South Korean Defense Chiefs Agree to Increase Scale of Military Exercises and US Strategic Assets in Korea The U.S. and South Korean defense chiefs agreed last week to bolster their joint military capabilities against North Korea. At the 49th annual US-ROK...
by ZoominKorea | Sep 8, 2017 | News, News Headlines, Peace and Militarism, Stop THAAD, US-ROK Alliance
In the early morning hours of September 7, U.S. forces in Korea installed four additional THAAD launchers in Seongju, South Korea. Seongju residents and peace activists, who blocked the entryway to the deployment site, stood their ground for more than eight hours...
by ZoominKorea | Jun 27, 2017 | News, NK-SK Relations, US-ROK Alliance
THAAD Deployment On June 24, 3,000 protesters stood hand in hand to create a human chain around the U.S. Embassy in Seoul. The peaceful action was led by the National Task Force to Oppose THAAD Deployment, whose demand to the U.S. government remains unchanged since...
by ZoominKorea | Jun 3, 2017 | News, Stop THAAD, US-ROK Alliance
The South Korean Defense Ministry, still run by members of the previous Park Geun-hye administration, reportedly hid key information from the new Moon Jae-in administration about the deployment of four additional U.S. THAAD launchers in South Korea. In April, prior to...