S Korean Activists Discuss Left Priorities in the Moon Jae-in Era, Part 1

by ZoominKorea | May 19, 2017 | Analysis, Peace and Militarism, Reunification, Stop THAAD

After months of mass protests that led to the impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye, South Korea now has a new administration. Where does the mass movement go from here? ZoominKorea asked labor, LGBT, and peace/reunification activists in South Korea about...

[Audio] Beyond Flying Missiles and Goose-stepping Soldiers: Understanding the US-N Korea Crisis

by ZoominKorea | May 12, 2017 | Analysis, Audio/Video, DPRK, Interviews, Peace and Militarism, Reunification, Special Features

Part 1: “It was the only thing left standing”: The Human Cost of War As the United States threatened a preemptive strike and escalated military provocations against North Korea in recent weeks, the western media barraged the U.S. public ad nauseum with images of...

US Hegemony on Korean Peninsula Challenged

by ZoominKorea | May 11, 2017 | Analysis, DPRK, Peace and Militarism

This article was originally published in Counterpunch on May 10, 2017.  By Leo Chang North Korea today is not the North Korea of 1994 when President Bill Clinton seriously considered a preemptive strike against the Yongbyon nuclear reactor. Back then...

Missile Defense and the Security Dilemma: THAAD, Japan’s “Proactive Peace,” and the Arms Race in Northeast Asia

by ZoominKorea | May 8, 2017 | Analysis, Peace and Militarism, Stop THAAD

By J.J. Suh Originally published in Asia Pacific Journal Since Seoul and Washington announced “an alliance decision” to deploy a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to South Korea in July 2016, the little-known weapon system has given rise to intense...

The United States Should Listen to South Korea—or It Will Reap the Whirlwind

by ZoominKorea | May 8, 2017 | Analysis, Democracy, Peace and Militarism, South Korean Elections, Trump

By Tim Shorrock Originally posted in The Nation Gwangju, South Korea—On May 2, Moon Jae-in, the Korean politician who is expected to win next Tuesday’s presidential election here, issued a stern warning to the United States. Pointing to the escalating tensions between...

People’s Briefing for #KoreanPeace: Bay Area Korean Americans Urge De-escalation

by ZoominKorea | Apr 28, 2017 | Audio/Video, News, Peace and Militarism, Trump, US-NK Relations

Following Trump’s Senate briefing on North Korea this week, Korean American activists and allies in the Bay Area held their own “people’s briefing” outside Senator Dianne Feinstein’s office on April 27. They called for de-escalation of military tensions between the...