by ZoominKorea | Aug 17, 2018 | News, NK-SK Relations, SK News, Weekly News
NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS Moon and Kim to Meet again in September; U.S. Ambassador says “Too early” to End the Korean War The leaders of North and South Korea will meet for the third time, this time in Pyongyang in September, announced Ri Son Gwon, chairman of the North...
by ZoominKorea | Jul 26, 2018 | News, Peace and Militarism
This article was originally published in The Peace Report. Rev. Jesse Jackson is in South Korea to spread the word of peace. Jackson has been traveling South Korea calling for more efforts to bring North Korea out of isolation, saying the country needs food and trade,...
by ZoominKorea | Jul 3, 2018 | Labor and People's Struggles, News, SK News
On June 30, one hundred thousand South Korean workers took to the streets in Seoul to call on President Moon Jae-in to keep his campaign pledge of creating “a world that respects labor.” Top among their list of concerns was the recent passage of a retrogressive...
by ZoominKorea | Jun 26, 2018 | N-S Relations, News, NK-SK Relations, Peace and Militarism
North and South Korea are discussing concrete steps to carry out the Panmunjom Declaration signed by President Moon Jae-in and Chairman Kim Jong-un on April 27. On June 22, the two countries announced plans for the reunion of separated families at Mount Kumgang from...
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...
