For immediate release September 1, 2021 Contact: Hyun Lee Kathleen Richards Korean Americans and humanitarian groups expressed anger and disappointment with the decision by the US State Department to maintain the travel ban to North Korea for another year. This means that US policy will continue to undermine family reunifications, the delivery of lifesaving humanitarian […]
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Letter to the US State Department Regarding the Travel Ban to North Korea
Mr. Antony BlinkenSecretary of StateU.S. Department of State2201 C Street, NWWashington, DC 20520 August 2, 2021 Dear Secretary of State Antony Blinken: We write to you on behalf of the LIFT (Let Individuals Freely Travel) campaign, which seeks to reinstate the long-standing U.S. policy that allowed U.S. citizens to travel freely to North Korea. Our […]
WATCH: Hyun speaking at Korea Peace Appeal webinar: Korea Peace amid US-China competition
웨비나 : 정전협정 68년, 미중 경쟁과 한반도 Webinar : People’s global action for Korea Peace amid US-China strategic competition ウェビナー : 米中の競争と朝鮮半島の平和
Korean Americans Across the Country Mobilize to End the Korean War
As talks between the United States and North Korea remain at a standstill, more than 230 people across the country — mostly Korean Americans — will participate in the “National Action to End the Korean War,” July 12-16, 2021. As the fifth largest Asian American subgroup, Korean Americans represent a growing political constituency in the […]
WATCH: Christine Ahn speaking at World Beyond War’s event “Ending America’s Forever War in Korea”
On the 71st anniversary of what is officially recognized as the start of the Korean War, World BEYOND War hosted a panel discussion with preeminent Korea historian Bruce Cumings, Korean-American peace activist Christine Ahn, and Youngjae KIM, a peace activist based in Seongju, South Korea. They reflected upon the neglected history and human costs of […]
WATCH: Christine speaking at NUAC Conference with Bruce Cumings: Korea Peace Forum’s “Ending the Korean War, Entering the Era of Peace”
On June 24, 2021, the Korean Peace Forum featured Women Cross DMZ’s Christine Ahn and Hyunsook Cho with keynote speaker Bruce Cumings for the panel “Ending the Korean War, Entering the Era of Peace.” Full list of speakers include: Keynote by Bruce Cumings – Professor, University of Chicago Christine Ahn – Executive Director, Women Cross […]