[Statement] President Moon’s visit – a lost opportunity

by ZoominKorea | Dec 10, 2018 | Analysis, N-S Relations, Peace and Militarism, Statement

A statement by the New Zealand DPRK Society on South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s recent visit to New Zealand This statement was originally released on December 6, 2018. Whilst we welcome President Moon Jae-in’s recent visit to New Zealand we are disappointed...

Korea News Update (December 3, 2018)

by ZoominKorea | Dec 4, 2018 | Korea-Japan Relations, N-S Relations, News, News Headlines, NK News, NK-SK Relations, Peace and Militarism, US-DPRK, US-NK Relations

NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS   South Korea’s Moon Urges North Korea’s Kim to Visit Seoul South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivered a message on December 1 urging North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to pay a reciprocal visit to Seoul within the year for the promised summit...

How ‘The New York Times’ Deceived the Public on North Korea

by ZoominKorea | Nov 20, 2018 | Analysis, DPRK, Peace and Militarism, US-DPRK

This article was originally published in The Nation on November 16, 2018. By Tim Shorrock The New York Times may still have a Judith Miller problem—only now it’s a David Sanger problem. Miller, of course, is the former Times reporter who helped build the case for the...

Korea News Update (November 1, 2018)

by ZoominKorea | Nov 1, 2018 | Korea-Japan Relations, N-S Relations, News, News Headlines, NK-SK Relations, Peace and Militarism, Stop THAAD, US-ROK Alliance

NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS Two Koreas halt military exercises and close gunports once aimed at each other At 12:01 on November 1, North and South Korea began a halt to land, air, and sea military exercises and began the operation of a designated no-fly zone along the...

Korea News Update (October 18, 2018)

by ZoominKorea | Oct 18, 2018 | News, NK-SK Relations, Peace and Militarism, Reunification, US-NK Relations, US-ROK Alliance

NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS Two Koreas ready to connect their railways; US warns S Korea to stick to sanctions North and South Korea held high-level talks at Panmunjom on October 15 and adopted a joint statement on implementing the Pyongyang Joint Declaration signed at the...

A Non-aligned Unified Korea is the Best Outcome Washington can Hope for

by ZoominKorea | Aug 29, 2018 | Analysis, Peace and Militarism, US-DPRK

By Hyun Lee   Even after President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un agreed to establish “new US-DPRK relations” in Singapore on June 12, Washington seems in denial that the summit ever took place. The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), signed...