Rocky Start for Inter-Korean Exchange in the Moon Jae-in Era

by ZoominKorea | Jun 9, 2017 | News, Reunification

The first attempt at resuming civilian inter-Korean exchange under the new Moon Jae-in administration was called off this week. The South Korean Committee for the Implementation of the June 15 Joint Declaration had received approval from the Moon administration to...

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...

Reunification on the Korean Peninsula: Toward a Peaceful Confederation

by ZoominKorea | May 10, 2017 | Analysis, Reunification

What would a reunified Korea look like? Where would its capital be? Would it have a single unified military? What would happen to the North’s nuclear weapons?  The election of pro-engagement Moon Jae-in ushers in a new era in North-South relations and makes these...

[Interview] Shin Eun-mi: Deported for Preaching Peace

by ZoomKorea | Jan 17, 2015 | Interviews, Reunification, Special Features

How one Korean-American woman got tangled up with the South Korean security state after a life-changing visit to the North. This article first appeared at Foreign Policy in Focus and the Asia Pacific Journal on January 26, 2015. On January 10, after detaining her for...

Korea Peninsula Crisis Redux? (Part 1)

by ZoomKorea | Apr 13, 2014 | Analysis, DPRK, News, Reunification

The Fox and the Stork Current North-South relations resemble Aesop’s fable “Fox and the Stork,” in which the fox poured soup in a shallow dish and offered it to the stork, who, with her long bill, couldn’t eat the soup and left the meal hungry....