Statement in Protest and Solidarity by the Korean Anti-war and Peace That Israel has massacred Palestinians is nothing new. Ever since forcibly occupying Palestine and establishing the occupying state of Israel, Zionists have been massacring Palestinians and expelling them from their homeland. Over the 58 years of Israeli military occupation, Pales...
2006/08/03 00:00 2006/08/03 00:00
On March 2, 2004, around one hundred South Korean NGOs, human rights activists, and lawyers came together to discuss the North Korean Freedom Act of 2003 that is in the legislative process in the United States Congress, in Seoul, Korea. They express a deep concern over the potential risk the North Korean Freedom Act may pose to the human rights situation...
2004/03/04 00:00 2004/03/04 00:00
The Bush administration didn't suggest any tangible solutions to resolve the nuclear tension with North Korea, but repeatedly urged North Korea to dismantle its nuclear program unconditionally. Washington failed to narrow the gap regarding the issue of who must act first, thus the hope for a second round of six-party talks within the year has vanished....
2003/12/30 00:00 2003/12/30 00:00
PSPD launch the Center for Peace and Disarmament Editor: The Center for Peace and Disarmament (Peace Center) of the People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) was launched in 2003 after a one-year preparation. The following article is edited from a paper published in the launching workshop of the Peace Center. Peace Movem...
2003/07/15 00:00 2003/07/15 00:00
Koreans&' Anger and Empowerment Reflected in Candlelight Rallies Prologue As a social affairs reporter, I use about two notebooks a month for my news reporting. In last December, however, I used up five notebooks. This implies that I was out in the field more often than usual, and those field reports contain a lively record of candlelight...
2003/01/31 00:00 2003/01/31 00:00
Our Action against War Women Making Peace and Women's Peace Action against War We absolutely cannot accept words threatening war on the Korean peninsula. Last year when President Bush declared war on Afghanistan, he demanded that every nation stand on his side. President Bush has now announced the second stage of the war on terrorism. In doi...
2002/08/24 00:00 2002/08/24 00:00
As the president Bush referred North Korea as “axis of evil,” the relation between North Korea and the United States has worsened that it was very close to an outbreak of war at a certain point. Though Powell, the secretary of state, announced that there is no plan to have war against North Korea, it is still too early to feel relieved because the U.S....
2002/08/24 00:00 2002/08/24 00:00
Israel is killing Palestinians for two weeks with its fiercest attack in recent 20 years, ignoring the UN Security Council's resolution to withdraw and international society's demands. Upon international pressure, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon recently withdrew tanks and troops from Qalqiliya and Tulkarem. The two cities, however, are still under Israeli b...
2002/03/23 00:00 2002/03/23 00:00
Currently, the Middle East is mired in a vicious circle that is represented by bloody war and retaliation. Ever since Israel declared war against the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the regions has been tainted by gun points and tragic events such as a series of suicidal bombings by youngster in their 20s. The right wing and the Israeli Pr...
2002/03/23 00:00 2002/03/23 00:00
On October 10, 2001, after the United States initiated its attack on Afghanistan, 765 Korean civil organizations came together to announce an anti-war and peace statement. At the press conference, NGO activists from sectors such as education, labor, farmers, the deprived, women, religions, reunification, peace, academic, and environmental, shared their o...
2001/10/31 00:00 2001/10/31 00:00