N Korea Open to Regular Exchanges with UN to Prevent War

by ZoominKorea | Dec 15, 2017 | News, Peace and Militarism

United Nations Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman visited North Korea from December 5 through 8 to open a channel of communication with the country. The last time a UN official of his level visited North Korea was in 2011. Following Feltman’s visit on December 9,...

Irregular Workers at S Korea’s Mega-Marts Join Forces to Launch Industrial Union

by ZoominKorea | Nov 16, 2017 | Labor and People's Struggles, News

Workers at South Korea’s three largest supermarket chains—Emart, Lotte Mart and Homeplus—are joining forces to establish an industrial union to fight for the country’s five hundred thousand mart workers. The newly-formed Mart Industrial Labor Union Organizing...

[NEWS] Moon-Trump Summit Summary | South Korean Anti-Trump Protests

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...

Koreans around the World Say “No” to Warmongering Trump

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,...

As Trump Visits Asia, Civil Society in the U.S., S Korea, and Japan Oppose War in Korea

by ZoominKorea | Nov 6, 2017 | News, Peace and Militarism, Trump

Ahead of Trump’s arrival in South Korea as part of his 13-day tour through Asia, hundreds of civil society organizations from Japan, South Korea and the United States issued a joint statement denouncing his policy of sanctions and war threats against North Korea...

[NEWS] US-ROK Alliance Commit to Continuing Military Exercises; U.S. Lawmakers Push to Prevent First Strike on North 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...