by ZoominKorea | Jun 19, 2018 | Democracy, News, News Headlines, SK News, South Korean Elections
The day after the historic U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore on June 12, South Korea made its own history as the liberal Democratic Party won landslide victories in nationwide local elections. Moon Jae-in’s party won 14 of the 17 contested provinces, as well as...
by ZoominKorea | Jun 12, 2018 | News, Peace and Militarism, Statement, Trump, US-DPRK, US-NK Relations, US-ROK Alliance
Following the DPRK-U.S. Summit in Singapore on June 12, the leaders of the two countries released the following joint statement: “President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic...
by ZoominKorea | Jun 11, 2018 | News, Peace and Militarism, Trump, Updates from D.C., US-DPRK
Less than a day away from the DPRK-U.S. Summit in Singapore, Representative Ro Khanna of California’s 17th Congressional District sent a letter today calling on the U.S. president to understand that diplomacy is the only option in resolving the conflict with...
by ZoominKorea | May 27, 2018 | News, News Headlines, Peace and Militarism, Trump, US-DPRK, US-NK Relations
This week, Donald Trump canceled what would have been a historic summit between North Korea and United States. This is a look at the sequence of events that led up to his unilateral decision: April 29 — U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton appeared on CBS’...
by ZoominKorea | May 21, 2018 | News, US-ROK Alliance
May 18 marked thirty-eight years since the historic Gwangju Uprising when thousands of Gwangju citizens took to the streets in 1980 to demand an end to decades of military dictatorship in South Korea. Armed civilians drove out the army, which had been deployed by...
by ZoominKorea | May 3, 2018 | Labor and People's Struggles, News, Peace and Militarism, Press Release, Stop THAAD, US-ROK Alliance
Report by Wol-san Liem, Director of international and Korean Peninsula affairs, KCTU-Korean Public Service and Transport Workers Union (KPTU) After a hassle with cancelled flights, a US Labor Against the War delegation arrived in Seoul May 1. They will spend a week in...
