Korean Solidarity Strawberries: Tasting More Than What Is Expected

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...

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...

Riot Police Force Dispersal of Anti-THAAD Protest Days before North-South Summit

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...

A Korean Tragedy, Part 1

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...

USFK Install THAAD Launchers in Seongju after an Eight-hour Confrontation between Residents and S Korean Police

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...

As Tensions Explode on Korean Peninsula, US Peace Delegation Calls for Immediate Response to North Korea’s Offer to Freeze Its Nuclear Program

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...