by ZoominKorea | Apr 20, 2018 | Analysis, Interviews, N-S Relations, NK-SK Relations, Peace and Militarism
The summit meeting between North and South Korea is just one week away. A senior official of South Korea’s Blue House indicated that replacing the armistice regime with a peace treaty is a major agenda item for the meeting between the leaders Kim Jong-un (North Korea)...
by ZoominKorea | Apr 18, 2018 | Audio/Video, Korean Diaspora, News, Peace and Militarism, Photos, Special Features, US-ROK Alliance
People across the U.S. mobilized on April 14-15 to demand an end to U.S. wars around the world. In dozens of cities, including New York, Oakland, Washington DC, and Atlanta, protesters rallied as part of the “Spring Action to End U.S. Wars at Home and Abroad.” Several...
by ZoominKorea | Apr 9, 2018 | Audio/Video, News, Peace and Militarism, Photos, Special Features, US-ROK Alliance
On April 7, organizations seeking justice for the April 3 Jeju Uprising and Massacre in 1948 held a press conference in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul. The Association for the Bereaved Families of the April 3 Victims, the Memorial Committee for the 70th...
by ZoominKorea | Apr 4, 2018 | Analysis, N-S Relations, Peace and Militarism
This article was originally published in Flow. By Patty Ahn This year’s Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea featured two strikingly different soundtracks. On one hand, the sounds of K-Pop flooded the mediascape as A-list idols performed nightly at the...
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 19, 2018 | Analysis, DPRK, Peace and Militarism, Trump
This article was originally published in The Hill. By Kim Jong-hoon When President Trump visited South Korea in November 2017 and addressed the National Assembly, I stood and held up a sign that read, “No war; We Want Peace.” Although he was an honored guest of the...
