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Educating, organizing, & advocating for a Korea peace agreement.✌️

✌️Our February KPNGN meeting is happening next Thu ✌️Our February KPNGN meeting is happening next Thursday, Feb. 12 at 5pm PT/8pm ET! We’re honored to host @nakasec Organizing Director Youngwoon Han for an Immigration Enforcement Bystander Training to learn about our civil rights and how to assess situations for collective safety and support. 

You’ll learn how to identify enforcement activity in our neighborhoods and discover gentle, effective ways to stand in solidarity and show that no one has to stand alone— whether that’s by documenting a scene or offering emotional support. Join us! RSVP at bit.ly/febkpn or the link in bio. 

Immediately after, we’ll begin part 2 of our KPNGN Orientation from 6-7pm PT/9-10pm ET. 

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✌️Join us for our first KPNGN meeting of 2026! Our ✌️Join us for our first KPNGN meeting of 2026! Our January national call is happening this Thursday, Jan. 8 at 5pm PT/8pm ET, where we’ll share movement and political updates.  

Immediately after, we will resume our three-part Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network Orientation, which will cover KPNGN's history and movement. Please stay from 9 pm ET to 10 pm ET if you are joining the orientation.

RSVP at bit.ly/jankpn or the link in bio 🔗

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✌️Join us for our final KPNGN meeting of the year! ✌️Join us for our final KPNGN meeting of the year! We’ll reflect on our mobilizing and advocacy work for Korea peace with a special video presentation. Come festive! Bring a drink!

RSVP at bit.ly/deckpn or the link in bio 🔗
📞 Power Hour 📞 Support the Peace on the Korean Pen 📞 Power Hour 📞 Support the Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act!

Join us next Thursday, December 11 at 11 am PT / 2 pm ET for an end-of-year phone banking session, where we’ll urge members of Congress to support H.R.1841, the Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act (PKPA). The PKPA calls for serious, urgent diplomacy in pursuit of a binding peace agreement to formally end the Korean War, a review of the travel restrictions to North Korea, and establishment of liaison offices in the US and North Korea. 

The unresolved state of war is the root cause of tensions and militarism in Korea. Decades of pressure-based tactics — in the form of sanctions, isolation, and military threats — have failed to achieve US goals such as denuclearization and improved human rights and, in fact, have only exacerbated the problem. A peace agreement is the most realistic and effective method for resolving the security crisis on the Korean Peninsula. 

🔗 RSVP at bit.ly/powerhourpkpa or the link in bio.
🍁 Join us for our November KPNGN meeting next Thur 🍁 Join us for our November KPNGN meeting next Thursday, November 13 at 5pm PT/8pm ET! We’ll continue from our teach-in last month with a collective discussion on the lawsuit filed by South Korean women against the U.S. military, updates on the case, and how to support those involved. 

Immediately after, we’ll have our three-part Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network Orientation this month! We’ll open for Q&A about the Korea peace movement and current political affairs. 

RSVP at bit.ly/novkpn or the link in bio 🔗

Background photo: A former medical detention center in Dongducheon. In the 1960s and ‘70s, thousands of Korean women were confined and forcibly subjected to painful STD treatment in this center — a measure primarily intended to protect U.S. servicemen, with no regard for the women’s health. Activists staged this encampment to protest the center’s proposed demolition and organize for preservation so that future generations can learn about the history of human rights abuses.
✌️Join us for our October KPNGN meeting next Thurs ✌️Join us for our October KPNGN meeting next Thursday, October 10 at 5pm PT/8pm ET! We're holding a critical teach-in on the recent lawsuit filed by South Korean women against the U.S. military, the extensive history of U.S. militarism and gendered violence in Korea, and how U.S.-based grassroots advocates can support these women and their historic case. 

RSVP at bit.ly/octkpn or the link in bio 🔗

Background photo: Resistance art in an active encampment at a former medical detention center in Dongducheon. In the 1960s and ‘70s, thousands of Korean women were confined and forcibly subjected to painful STD treatment in this center — a measure intended to protect U.S. servicemen, with no regard for the women’s health. Activists are staging this encampment to prevent the center’s demolition and organize for preservation so that future generations can learn about the history of human rights abuses at this site.

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📣 August actions recap: Last month, Korea Peace N 📣 August actions recap:

Last month, Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network Midwest members organized “How Global U.S. Militarism Impacts Americans: Korea, War, and U.S. Domestic Policies,” a panel discussion on the current state of the global war economy and Korea’s role in U.S. militarism. Echo presented lessons from our 10-Year Anniversary Korea Solidarity Trek, and @womencrossdmz Board Chair Ji-Yeon Yuh discussed ballooning war spending globally and consequences for the economy, social services, immigrants, health care, and education. Thank you to the @hanacenterchicago  for providing their venue, and to KPNGN members KC Yoon, Echo, Ji-Yeon Yuh, Jeeyeon Lee, Inhe Choi, Alison Choi, and Nahmi Jones for putting this event together!

And from Washington D.C. to Philly to Los Angeles, KPNGN members joined rallies for National Liberation Day on Friday, August 15. On the 80th anniversary of division, we called for an end to the ongoing Korean War alongside dozens of partner organizations. We also called to halt Ulchi Freedom Shield war drills. These massive war drills escalate tensions, renew the threat of war, and exact serious tolls on civilian lives. Thank you to Sheen Kim, a Nodutdol and KPNGN member, for co-organizing the DC rally.

Read more in our September newsletter at the link in bio 🔗

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Slides 2-4: Credit Chris Ki 
Slides 5-7: Credit Joe Piette
✌️Our September KPNGN meeting will take place next ✌️Our September KPNGN meeting will take place next Thursday, September 11 at 5pm PT/8pm ET! We will debrief our summer mobilizations, including the People’s Summit for Korea, share committee reports, and discuss upcoming regional events and political updates. Join us!

Immediately after, on the same zoom link, we will also resume our three-part Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network Orientation this month! In Part 1, we’ll be covering the history of the Korean War 101. RSVP at bit.ly/septkpn or the link in bio 🔗
📍Join us for Tuesday’s webinar on the first Trump- 📍Join us for Tuesday’s webinar on the first Trump-Lee summit!

In their first summit on Monday, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung urged U.S. President Donald Trump to be a “peacemaker” while pledging to act as the “pacemaker” in efforts to engage North Korea. The two discussed prospects for renewed dialogue with Pyongyang, but notably, neither discussed denuclearization—the key issue named by Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo-jong, in determining whether North Korea would engage the U.S. in dialogue. 

Lee’s administration has previously proposed transferring wartime operational control over troops in South Korea (OPCON) from the U.S. by 2030, but neither leader discussed this issue. Meanwhile, U.S. Congress is set to vote on whether to restrict spending on OPCON transfer in the coming weeks. 

What does all this mean for the future of peace in Korea? Join us at our upcoming webinar to unpack the implications and explore what real progress could look like. We’ll hear from Paul Liem (Korea Policy Institute), Dae-Han Song (@goiscorg), Youngmi Cho (@daily_peacemomo), moderated by Cathi Choi (@womencrossdmz). 

Register at bit.ly/trumpleesummit or at the link in @womencrossdmz bio.
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