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June 23, 2021
8pm ET

Since 2017, US citizens have been restricted from traveling to North Korea. This ban prevents Korean Americans from visiting their family members in North Korea, hinders humanitarian organizations from delivering critical assistance, and obstructs US citizens from engaging in people-to-people exchanges and peace-building efforts. It’s yet another tragic cost of the unresolved 70-year-old Korean War. 

Join LIFT (Let Individuals Freely Travel)—a joint campaign of the Korea Peace Network, Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network and Peace Treaty Now—in a discussion with humanitarian workers, separated family members, and others who have traveled extensively to North Korea to learn more about the harms caused by the US travel ban on North Korea and how you can support our campaign to lift the ban and allow people to travel freely.

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Organized by: LIFT (Let Individuals Freely Travel)–a joint campaign of the Korea Peace Network, Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network and Peace Treaty Now

June 15, 2021
7pm ET

Canadian Launch of the Korea Peace Now! “Path to Peace” Report

Join us on June 15, 7pm ET, for a discussion on how Canadian policymakers and civil society can support peacebuilding efforts on the Korean Peninsula.

Speakers will include:

• Beth Woroniuk
• Jacqueline O’Neill, WPS Ambassador
• Senator Marilou McPhedran
• Patti Talbot
• Youngmi Cho
• Christine Ahn
• Youkyung Ko

March 18, 2021
8pm ET

Feminist peacemakers are calling on the Biden administration to take a peace-first approach with North Korea in order to make progress on longstanding issues such as denuclearization and human rights. Hear from authors of the recent groundbreaking report “Path to Peace: The Case for a Peace Agreement to End the Korean War” by the transnational feminist campaign Korea Peace Now! on why feminist leadership is crucial for the peace process to be successful and lasting.

Speakers:

• Christine Ahn, Women Cross DMZ
• Youngmi Cho, Korean Women’s Movement for Peace
• Henri Feron, Center for International Policy
• Catherine Killough, Women Cross DMZ
• Hyun Lee, Women Cross DMZ
• Moderated by Madeleine Rees, WILPF

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February 18, 2021
8pm ET

Speakers:

• Wooksik Cheong, Director of Peace Network (South Korea)
• Catherine Killough, Advocacy and Leadership Coordinator of Women Cross DMZ (US)
• Jovanni Reyes, Member Coordinator of About Face: Veterans Against War (US)

Moderator: Ann Wright, Retired U.S. Army Colonel, Former US Diplomat, and Coordinator of the Korea Peace Campaign of Veterans For Peace

Description: Webinar on the 60-plus year history of the costly and provocative annual US-ROK combined military exercises, and why it’s critical to end them to achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula.

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Sponsoring organizations: Civil Peace Forum; Korea Peace Campaign of Veterans for Peace; Korea Peace Network;Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network; Korean Women’s Movement for Peace; Peace Treaty Now; South Korean Committee on June 15th Joint Declaration; Women Cross DMZ; and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

December 14, 2020
8 pm ET

Join the transnational feminist campaign Korea Peace Now! for this discussion about killer robots in South Korea: what they are, why you should care, and how ending the Korean War can help stop them.

Speakers:

• Ray Acheson, Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
• YouKyoung Ko, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
• Youngmi Cho, Korean Women’s Movement for Peace
• Moderated by Catherine Killough, Women Cross DMZ

Simultaneous interpretation in Korean and English will be provided.

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October 27, 2020
7:30-8:45pm ET

October marks the 20th anniversary of the historic passage of UNSCR 1325, which set forth a framework mandating women’s meaningful inclusion in peace processes. To celebrate this landmark anniversary, and remind governments of their responsibility to the Women, Peace and Security agenda, the Korea Peace Now! campaign is hosting a roundtable on the role of women in advancing peace on the Korean Peninsula. This event will be in English and Korean.

Speakers:

• Madeleine Rees, Secretary General, WILPF
• Suzy Kim, Professor, Rutgers University
• Hyun-Sook Lee, Honorary representative, Women’s Forum for Peace and Diplomacy
• Christine Ahn, Executive Director, Women Cross DMZ; International Coordinator, Korea Peace Now!
• Ambassador Youngsook Cho, ROK Ambassador of Gender Equality

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September 17, 2020
8:30pm-9:40pm ET

2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action and also the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325. The importance of women’s participation in peace and security is increasing around the world. In accordance with international norms on ex. gender equality, efforts for women’s participation in establishing a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula need to be made. This session will discuss promoting women’s participation in the region, country, parliament and National Assembly level, women’s role in peace making process, share domestic and international cases and deliberate the meaning and role of women’s participation in the U.S. and Korean civil society.

Watch and/or register here.

Speakers:

• Christine Ahn, Executive Director, Women Cross DMZ

• Jacqueline O’Neill, Ambassador for Women, Peace, and Security, Government of Canada

• Jeongsoo Kim, Standing Representative, Women Making Peace

• Jan Schakowsky, Congresswoman, U.S. Congress

• Jaejung Lee, National Assembly Member, National Assembly of Republic of Korea

• Junga Lee, Standing Representative, Gyeonggi Women’s Association United

Moderator:

• Youngmi Cho, Executive Director, Korean Women’s Movement for Peace Research Professor, Chung-Ang University

June 25, 2020
8pm ET / 5pm PT

On the 70th anniversary of what is officially known as the start of the Korean War, preeminent Korea historian Bruce Cumings will discuss the neglected history of the unresolved war and how it continues to haunt the present.

Bruce Cumings teaches modern Korean history, international history and East Asian political economy at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1987 and where he is the Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor and the chairman of the History Department. He is the author of The Origins of the Korean War, Korea’s Place in the Sun: A Modern History, North Korea: Another Country, co-author of Inventing the Axis of Evil, and the editor of the modern volume of the Cambridge History of Korea (forthcoming). He is a frequent contributor to The London Review of Books, The Nation, Current History, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and Le Monde Diplomatique.

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Hosted by Korea Peace Network, Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network, Peace Treaty Now, Re’Generation Movement

June 1, 2020

In the 70th anniversary of the unended Korean War, join hundreds of people across the country in nationally coordinated virtual advocacy meetings to urge your Member of Congress to support:

• a peace agreement to end the Korean War
• the lifting of sanctions for life-saving humanitarian assistance.

Register here by May 15.

Organized by Korea Peace Network, Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network, Peace Treaty Now, and Women Cross DMZ

May 22, 2020
11:00am

WHAT: A press conference to mark the International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament featuring South Korean women, peace, and civil organizations calling for peace on the Korean Peninsula.

WHERE: Stairs outside of Sejong Center in Seoul, Korea on Friday May 22nd at 11am.

Moderator: Young-mi Cho, Executive Director, Korean Women’s Movement for Peace

Remarks:

• Jeongsoo KIM: Standing Representative, Women Making Peace
• Young-soon Kim: Standing Representative, Korean Women’s Association United
• Jung-eun Park: Executive Chair, Civil Peace Forum
• A-ran Lee: Representative, Korean Youth Action Solidarity Nalda

Solidarity Messages from International Partners:

• Mimi Han: Vice President, World YWCA
• Mi-kyung Han: Representative, Korea Women’s Alliance

Solidarity Statement of Women, Peace & Civil Organizations:

• Sae-min Kim: Activist, Women Making Peace
• Hee-jin Hong: Activist, Korea Women’s Alliance