by ZoominKorea | May 27, 2018 | Analysis, Labor and People's Struggles, Peace and Militarism, Stop THAAD, US-ROK Alliance
By Reece Chenault “The fight is never about grapes or lettuce, it is always about people.” – Cesar Chavez On a seven-day trip to learn about and build relationships with the South Korean labor movement in discussion centered around climate, workers’ rights and the...
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...
by ZoominKorea | Apr 23, 2018 | News, News Headlines, Peace and Militarism, Stop THAAD, US-ROK Alliance, US-ROK Alliance
It has been nearly one year since the United States Forces Korea and the South Korean Defense Ministry first forced in key parts of the THAAD missile system using brute force against the residents who were peacefully blocking the road to the deployment site. Not much...
by ZoominKorea | Sep 8, 2017 | Analysis, Peace and Militarism, Stop THAAD
This article was originally published in The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. This article has been reprinted with the permission of the author and The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. By Tim Beal Observing Moon Jae-in win the election on 7 May, take up the...
by ZoominKorea | Sep 8, 2017 | News, News Headlines, Peace and Militarism, Stop THAAD, US-ROK Alliance
In the early morning hours of September 7, U.S. forces in Korea installed four additional THAAD launchers in Seongju, South Korea. Seongju residents and peace activists, who blocked the entryway to the deployment site, stood their ground for more than eight hours...
by ZoominKorea | Aug 4, 2017 | Audio/Video, Multimedia, Peace and Militarism, Stop THAAD
The Solidarity Peace Delegation, concluding their July 23-28 visit to South Korea, calls for immediate US-South Korean action to de-escalate growing military tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The delegation was composed of Medea Benjamin of CODEPINK, Reece Chenault of...
