On Denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and Building a Peace System: A message to Congress

by ZoominKorea | May 4, 2018 | Analysis, N-S Relations, Peace and Militarism, Reunification

This article was originally published in The Hill. By Kim Jong-hoon On April 27, the leaders of North and South Korea met for the first time in eleven years. It was an excellent meeting. We couldn’t have asked for a better outcome. The historic Panmunjom...

U.S. and Korean Workers Call for Lasting Peace in Korea and End to U.S. Militarism in East Asia

by ZoominKorea | May 3, 2018 | Labor and People's Struggles, News, Peace and Militarism, Press Release, Stop THAAD, US-ROK Alliance

Report by Wol-san Liem, Director of international and Korean Peninsula affairs, KCTU-Korean Public Service and Transport Workers Union (KPTU) After a hassle with cancelled flights, a US Labor Against the War delegation arrived in Seoul May 1. They will spend a week in...

Media Round-up: Reactions to the Inter-Korean Peace Promise

by ZoominKorea | May 2, 2018 | Analysis, Korean Diaspora, N-S Relations, Peace and Militarism

Korean American activist and analyst KJ Noh of the Bay Area on KPFA’s Flashpoint hosted by Dennis Bernstein: Noh discusses last week’s inter-Korean summit and provides a recap of all that happened since the spring of last year when a nuclear war had seemed imminent...

[Radio] Will Griffin and Hyun Lee on the Inter-Korean Summit, Ending U.S. Occupation, Challenging the Military Industrial Complex in Korea

by ZoominKorea | Apr 29, 2018 | Analysis, Audio/Video, N-S Relations, Peace and Militarism, Special Features, US-DPRK, US-ROK Alliance

The Peace Report’s Will Griffin and ZoominKorea’s Hyun Lee discussed the historic Inter-Korean Summit on April 27 on Urban Insights on Philadelphia’s WURD Radio, the only independent Black-owned radio station in Pennsylvania. Griffin and Lee also spoke with host...

Panmunjeom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula

by ZoominKorea | Apr 28, 2018 | Historical Text, N-S Relations, News, Peace and Militarism

The following text was published on the South Korean government’s website. (Unofficial Translation) April 27, 2018 During this momentous period of historical transformation on the Korean Peninsula, reflecting the enduring aspiration of the Korean people for...

Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union Hails Panmunjom Declaration

by ZoominKorea | Apr 27, 2018 | Analysis, Labor and People's Struggles, N-S Relations, News, Peace and Militarism, Statement

The following statement is a statement issued by the Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union (KPTU), which is an affiliate of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU).  KPTU Position On The Panmunjom Declaration Today an historic agreement to...