평화협정 "The Singapore Summit: A US Pivot Toward Ending the Korean War?"
“Beloved Korean People”: Pope Francis prayed that the upcoming summit between the leaders of the United States and North Korea `may contribute to the development of a positive path to assure a future of peace on the Korean peninsula and throughout the world'.
The Singapore Summit: A US Pivot Toward Ending the Korean War?
Dear Beloved Friend--calling for an end to the Korean War (the longest-standing US conflict that affects 80 million Korean people and our neighbors in Northeast Asia), I kindly share with you the voice and views that you may not often hear from the mainstream media. Please help us!
1. Simone Chun. The Singapore Summit: A US Pivot Toward Ending the Korean War? Truthout. 싱가포르 정상회담: 한국전쟁 종식향한 미국의 회귀인가. 시몬천. 153개 재미교포, 미국 시민단체 정상회담전 평화협정 지지, 미국내 정쟁 초월, 한반도 평화프로세스 지지하란 시민단체 여론 강조. 극우, 네오콘, 거대 보수 영리 언론, 싱크 탱크의 남북 주체적 평화 프로세스 반대 세력 우려, 국제 시민들 연대 촉구.
Another ongoing humanitarian tragedy encompassing both Koreas, as well as the global Korean diaspora, is represented by the thousands of Korean families who continue to be divided by the legacy of the Korean War. Every year, more and more elderly family members who have been separated for decades draw their last breaths without fulfilling their lifelong dreams of being rejoined with their loved ones.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-singapore-summit-a-us-pivot-toward-ending-the-korean-war/
2. Media Roundup: Reactions to the DPRK-U.S. Summit. Zoom in Korea. 북미정상회담 관련 미국내 코리언 아메리칸 평화 운동가 및 진보 언론인들 우수한 평가 요약. 줌인 코리아.
The U.S. is building a trilateral missile defense belt with South Korea and Japan, and the so-called North Korea threat has been the primary justification. There are powerful interests that have a great stake in maintaining the dominant narrative, and attempts to undermine the peace process in Korea will be bipartisan. 반공 이데올로기로 무장, 남한을 공산주의 적으로 부터 보호한다는 기존 미국의 한미일 미사일 방어 시스템 건설, 남한은 미국의 무기 수입국 현리 재미동포 평화 운동가 비평.
http://www.zoominkorea.org/media-roundup-reactions-to-the-dprk-u-s-summit/
3. Tim Shorrock. Trump Meets Kim, Averting Threat of Nuclear War--and US Pundits Are Furious. The Nation. 핵전쟁의 위기를 막다. 트럼프 김정은 만남. 더네이션 베테랑 팀 쇼락 기자. 북미정상회담 그날은 한국 전쟁 종식할 역사적인 날이었다 참여연대 성명 포함.
As the proceedings unfolded in Singapore, South Koreans throughout the country stopped what they were doing to watch. “This is the starting point for the two countries, which have been enemies for the past 70 years, to begin reconciliation,” Park Jung-eun, the secretary general of the People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, an influential progressive coalition, told Yonhap News. “This will be a historic day leading to the end of the Korean War.”
https://www.thenation.com/article/trump-meets-kim-averting-threat-nuclear-war-us-pundits-furious/
4. E. Tammy Kim. South Koreans Are Still Hopeful After The Kim-Trump Summit. The New Yorker. 싱가포르의 북미정상회담 회의적인 미국 언론들 반대로 절대 다수 대한민국 국민들 희망적이란 뉴요크 우수한 기고. Just after Tuesday’s summit between President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, many American pundits reacted with scorn. Nearly everyone uses the same common phrase to express a basic optimism: “잘될 것 같아요”—“I think it’ll work out.”...They are simply aware of the toll that seventy years of national division have taken, and are eager for an alternative future.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/south-koreans-are-still-hopeful-after-the-trump-kim-summit
5. Chung-in Moon. There Were No Losers at the Singapore Summit. Foreign Affairs. What Critics of the U.S.-North Korean Meeting Get Wrong.
싱가포르 북미정상회담은 한반도 비핵화와 평화 구축 위한 건설적인 길 토대 건축, 문정인 외교안보특보, 인내, 최종 판단 유보할 것 촉구, 포린 어페어.
The Singapore process is not perfect, but it has laid the foundation for a constructive path toward denuclearization and peace-building in Korea. We should be patient and prudent as we see further negotiations forward, and hold off on rendering any final judgments that would not only be premature but that could undermine the very process that Trump and Kim have begun.
6. Pope Meets North and South Korean Christian Leaders in Geneva.
Pop made a landmark visit to the The World Council of Churches (WCC)’s 70th anniversary.
Pope “commented Christian leaders for being prophetic for advocating peace in the Korean peninsula for such a long time…” (via KoreaCollaboration)
https://oikoumene.photoshelter.com/galleries/C0000ldhpcyNnyhE/G0000TXG7RWiQMxk/I0000FBkRajSry0g/Pope-Francis-visits-WCC
7. Koreas agree to hold family reunions in August. Yonhap News.
North Korea's chief delegate said that the two made a very "precious" agreement but emphasized that it is just the "first step" in what will be a long process…."We made a very precious agreement today. Now is just the beginning. To make this beginning further stimulated, the North and the South should work together," he said….According to data, the registered number of South Koreans seeking to meet their loved ones in the North totaled 132,124 as of the end of May, of which only about 57,000 remain alive. Some 86 percent of them are in their 70s and older. http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2018/06/22/0200000000AEN20180622010752315.htm
8. PBS. Most Americans approve of how Trump handled North Korea, new poll finds.
53% 미국인들 북미정상 회담 결과 긍정, 북한 경제제재 해제와 종전, 평화 선언도 미국인들 선호란 중요한 최근 여론 조사.
A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research released Thursday finds that 55 percent of Americans approve of Trump’s diplomacy with North Korea, up from 42 percent in March and 34 percent last October… More Americans favor than oppose ending sanctions designed to limit North Korea’s economy (37 percent to 27 percent), and a large majority — 69 percent — say they’d favor a treaty marking an official end to the Korean War. There’s even some support for inviting Kim to the White House, with 39 percent of Americans open to an idea that 25 percent oppose.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/most-americans-approve-of-how-trump-handled-north-korea-according-to-new-poll
https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/south-koreans-are-still-hopeful-after-the-trump-kim-summit
9. Peace Talking Point via Peace Action President Kevin Martin. 한반도 평화 협정 미국에도 도움된다. 북미정상회담 성공 기원 토킹 포인터, 미국내 거대한 평화 단체, 피스 액션, 회장, 케빈 마틴.
Signing a peace agreement would be hugely beneficial for the U.S., increasing stability in the region, opening up new economic opportunities, and making it easier for the U.S. to adjust its military posture in the region. Kevin Martin, President, Peace Action
•The Trump administration should pivot to “Maximum Engagement.”
•It is long past time to formally end the Korean War by signing a peace agreement, which will also be critical to securing a nuclear agreement.
10. Statement of Unity on the Upcoming U.S.-North Korea Summit. Zoom in Korea. 153 organizations and 21 individuals signed. Zoom in Korea. 북미 정상, 새로운 평화시대 펼쳐 달라. 해외 동포 단체 성명서 발표, 촘스키, 제시 잭슨 156개 해외평화단체 연대.
We urge Washington’s political leaders to put aside party politics for peace. 평화를 위하여, 진정성을 보여줄 것을 트럼프행정부, 워싱턴 정계 지도자들에게 촉구합니다.
http://www.zoominkorea.org/statement-of-unity-on-the-upcoming-u-s-north-korea-summit/
11. Physicians For Social Responsibility (PSR). 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. Open Letter to Congressional Letters. 핵전쟁의 피해는 불치다. 평화만이 전쟁이란 병을 치유할 수 있는 유일한 약이다. 1985년 노벨평화상 수상, 사회 책임을 위한 국제 의사 협회 미의회. 북미정상회담 성공 기원.
Twenty-five million people on both sides of the Korean demilitarized zone, including at least 100,000 American citizens, are at risk…. And the medical consequence of any use of nuclear weapons would be catastrophic, with no adequate medical response. We welcome the recent diplomatic momentum, including the planned summit meeting between President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un in Singapore…. We must prevent what we cannot cure…
12. Some Korean Americans have a personal stake in next week’s summit. WashingtonPost. 한국전쟁의 비극을 안고 살아가는 젊은 코리언 어메리칸 세대, 93세 할머님 삶이 얼마나 남았는지 모른다. 힐체어, 태워서라도 꼭 북녁 고향 방문 소원 손녀의 아름다운 기도, 재미교포 숀킴, 2018년 여성평화걷기 참가자, 인터뷰 워싱턴 포스트 기사.
Shawn Kim, who lives in the San Francisco area and works at Stanford University, is hoping to help her grandmother, who is 93, return to her home town, Haeju, just over the border in what is now North Korea...Kim’s grandfather used to go to an observatory overlooking the border and just look across. Like Seo’s husband, he never got to go back. "It makes me really sad. I don’t know how much time my grandma has left, and one of her wishes is to be able to know if her family is alive, to be able to see her home town one last time," Kim said. "So I’m pouring everything into that. Even if I have to wheel her across in a wheelchair." https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/some-korean-americans-have-a-personal-stake-in-next-weeks-summit-finding-family/2018/06/07/720f6e1a-64bb-11e8-b166-fea8410bcded_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.986759166a53
13. Support Diplomacy with North Korea and Reject Bolton Approach. Sign Letter to Trump Outlining Progressive Priorities for Talks. Members of Congress, Ro Khanna, Barbara Lee, Raul Grijalva. 진보 민주당 의원들 북미 외교 촉구 트럼프 서신.
Accordingly, we stand ready to provide support for potentially historic progress made through diplomacy, but will continue to stand with our ally South Korea in vehemently opposing any return to threats of illegal and unacceptable military action.
Stand with Ro Khanna: Democrats should support Trump's diplomacy with North Korea 민주당은 트럼프의 북한과 외교 지지하라. https://www.change.org/p/stand-with-rokhanna-dems-should-support-trump-s-diplomacy-with-north-korea?recruiter=181024&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=undefined
14. Coalition for Peace Action. Multifaith Prayers for Peace and Vigil for Trump-Kim Summit. 다 종교 지도자들, 트럼프-김정은 정상 회담 기도, 난김 교수 포함 유명 종교인들 참가.
Prof. Nan Kim, a leader of Women Cross the DMZ and of the Korea Peace Network, and distinguished faith leaders will lead prayers and vigil for peace.
“We are pleased that the Summit between President Trump and North Korean Leader Kim is back on, and want to express support for the intensified diplomacy to resolve the North Korea nuclear issue. Until late last year, military threats and bluster were causing a highly dangerous context that could have led to war, intentionally or through miscalculation. We want to pray for and express good wishes for the diplomatic momentum to continue and result in peaceful resolution of the conflict. We invite the public to join us on this special occasion,” said the Rev. Robert Moore, CFPA Executive Director.
https://www.peacecoalition.org/events/973-prayers-for-peace-and-vigil-for-trump-kim-summit.html
15. Veterans For Peace (VFP) welcomes the joint statement from the US-DPRK summit. 미국 재향군인회 북미정상회담 지지, 한국 전쟁 종식, 평화 협정 체결 지지 촉구.
However, this historic summit for peace on the Korean Peninsula is being met with widespread skepticism by the mainstream media, who all seem to be reading from the same misguided talking points. Even more alarming is the outright criticism from many in the Congress, both Democrats and Republicans. Are they more comfortable with a dangerous nuclear standoff and continuing the costly Korean War by wasting our tax money on the unnecessary military buildups?... We also urge our members and American people to call upon our government officials to take the next bold step to negotiate and sign a peace treaty to end the Korean War—the longest U.S. war—officially, as we observe the 65th anniversary of the Armistice Agreement this July.
https://www.veteransforpeace.org/our-work/position-statements/vfp-welcomes-joint-statement-us-dprk-summit
16. UNICEF. Better indicators for children in DPR Korea but challenges persist, new data on the situation of children and women shows. Humanitarian assistance making a difference. 유니세프 연구, 북한의 농촌 거주 어린이들 절반, 질병과 영양실조, 경제제제 북한 어린이들 치명적 영향.
According to the report, 1 in 5 children are stunted, although the national rate of stunting – an indication of chronic or recurrent malnutrition – has dropped significantly from 28 per cent in 2012 to 19 per cent in 2017… Results also reveal that over one-third of household drinking water is contaminated. The situation is worst in rural areas, where nearly half of children are still exposed to significant risks of illness and malnourishment. Although 82 per cent of children and their families have access to at least basic sanitation services, waste treatment remains an issue. Unless excreta are safely managed and disposed of, the risk of contamination, childhood illness and malnutrition remains high.
17. Joseph Essertier. Associate Professor, Nagoya Institute of Technology, interview on DPRK sanctions. 나고야 대학 조셒 에스티어 교수, 북한 경제제제 정당성 강력하게 비판.
The sanctions have been crippling. There have been sanctions in place continuously for several decades. Unfortunately the mass media has been focusing on North Korean government human rights violations without looking at America’s human rights violations in North Korea and the legality of the sanctions and the legality of the sanctions the United Nations cooperated with.
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201806141065386885-north-korea-trump-summit-sanctions/
18. John Carl Baker. Moon's Delicate Dance. Jacobin.
The Trump administration is talking with North Korea instead of threatening to eradicate it. https://jacobinmag.com/2018/06/singapore-summit-kim-jong-un-trump
19. Bruce Cumings on the reason for optimism about peace in Korea. The Nation. 브루스 커밍스, 한국 평화 프로세스, 왜 낙관적인가? 북한은 베트남 같은 경제개발 모델 원한다.
According to South Korean experts that I know, he wants to be the Deng Xiaoping of North Korea, in that Deng in 1979 made fundamental reforms that were irreversible, pushing China to join the world economy and follow Japan, South Korea and Taiwan in an export-led development model with heavy involvement of the state. Of course they’ve done very well, growing by double digits annually for most of the last 30 years. I think that’s exactly what the North Koreans are hoping to do. Simply because of the size of the countries, probably Vietnam is a better model for North Korea than China. But with both Vietnam and China you have two states that have grown very rapidly using market principles while having heavy state involvement and ultimate power in the hands of the Communist Party. So I think that model is very influential in North Korea.
https://www.thenation.com/article/trumps-madness-theres-opportunity-korea-bruce-cumings/
20. Jessie Kindig. Peace Regimes. Boston Review.
Nonetheless, the idea of a “peace regime” has long been employed in U.S.–Korean relations. The many meanings have, in this context, been the battleground for discussing U.S. power, wartime violence, and U.S. racial politics. The U.S. military occupation in South Korea after partition (1945–1948) kept the Cold War peace through suppressing dissent. The Korean War—which was devastatingly violent for all sides—was described as a “war for peace” by President Truman. And most tellingly, during the Korean War, U.S. antiwar sentiment organized around the war and Jim Crow through a competing version of “peace.”
https://bostonreview.net/war-security/jessie-kindig-peace-regimes
21. Peace Boat. Building a Culture of Peace Around the World. Welcoming the Singapore Summit: A Step Towards a Peaceful Nuclear-Free Korean Peninsula. Statement by the Global Partners for the Prevention of Armed Conflict. 평화 보트, 싱가포르 정상회담, 평화롭고 핵없는 한반도를 향한 걸음으로 환영.
The lack of a peace treaty to formally end the Korean War, and the ongoing nuclear threats on the Korean Peninsula, continue to endanger the lives and human security of not only the Korean people, but also the entire Northeast Asian region and indeed the world. It is for this very reason that GPPAC and its member organisations in Northeast Asia, including in Korea, have continued for decades to undertake multilayered initiatives to promote dialogue, exchange and trust building for peace on the Korean Peninsula, including the GPPAC Northeast Asia-led Ulaanbaatar Process.
http://peaceboat.org/english/?page=view&nr=50&type=23&menu=62
22. The International Women’s Network Against Militarism Suporting the Peace Process on the Korean Peninsula.
We speak in one voice to support the peace process and the right of self-determination for Korean people themselves. As women, we want to see women from South Korea and North Korea gathering together to decide for themselves the priorities for next steps and establishing a process for dialogue. We recognize that the US militarization of the Asia-Pacific region and the US is exacting a heavy toll in all locations. The financial cost of bases, personnel, and military exercises, for example, is taking much needed resources from funding education, human services, and environmental restoration and protection.
http://iwnam.org/2018/06/15/international-womens-network-against-militarism-supporting-the-peace-process-on-the-korean-peninsula/
23. Chomsky on the Singapore summit. Truthout. 노엄 촘스키 교수 싱가포르 북미정상회담 논평. 남북한이 주체가된 평화 프로세스, 트럼프가 장애되지 않는 첫 중요한 발걸음이다.
What was important was what didn’t happen. Unlike his predecessors, Trump did not undermine the prospects for moving forward. Specifically, he did not disrupt the process initiated by the two Koreas in their historic April 27 [Panmunjom] Declaration, in which they “affirmed the principle of determining the destiny of the Korean nation on their own accord” (repeat: on their own accord), and for the first time presented a detailed program as to how to proceed. https://truthout.org/articles/noam-chomsky-on-fascism-showmanship-and-democrats-hypocrisy-in-the-trump-era/
24. NC TV. Candlelight News. Noam Chomsky's solidarity message (Youbube. English with Korean translation). 촘스키 교수, 5월 24일 트럼프 대통령 북미정상회담 최소 위협때 위기 순간, 미국은 남북한 주체가 된 평화프로세스 지지할 것 연대 성명 발표.
The April 27 Declaration of the two Koreas was a historic event, which promises a bright future for the people of Korea. It calls for the two Koreas to settle their problems “on their own accord” and lays out a careful schedule to proceed, something quite new. It also calls on the international community (meaning Washington) to support this process…http://homepy.korean.net/~jnctv/www/news/news/read.htm?bn=news&board_no=782
25. Brian Becker and John Loud and Clear, Trump Cancels War Games Aimed at North Korea?
“No one ever asks what South Korean people think about?”
그 누구도 대한민국 국민들이 원하는 것이 무엇인지 [미국 언론] 묻지 않는다.
“It’s very sad and shows a lack of understanding that this is really about Korea, much more than about the United States…” Medea Benjamin.
26. Simone Chun. Interview with JNC TV on the Kim-Trump Summit (in Korean).
The Singapore Summit is a triumph of President Moon’s diplomacy.
http://homepy.korean.net/~jnctv/www/news/politic/read.htm?bn=politic&fmlid=785&pkid=29&board_no=785
27. Guest post to Tim Shorrock's DISPATCH KOREA.
Five takeaways from the ruling party's landslide victory.
Progressives in Korea now control both the National Assembly and municipal governments. 압도적인 여당, 보수 완패, 진보 정치 결과 최근 지방선거 5가지 교훈중. 문재인 정부의 한반도 평화 프로세스 가속화 탄력 팀 쇼락 한국 뉴스 블로그 평가.
The landslide victory will empower President Moon to pursue a more aggressive engagement policy toward North Korea and accelerate his peace initiative, such as the political declaration on ending the Korean War this fall between the two Koreas and the United States, and preparing for a peace treaty within 2 years (to be signed by the two Koreas, the US, and China).
http://peaceinkoreanews.timshorrock.com/2018/06/19/guest-post-simone-chun-on-south-koreas-elections/
28. Simone Chun. Toward a Truly Indigenous Peace in the Korean Peninsula. 한반도에 토착화 평화를 위한 대장정. 2018년 국제여성평화 심포지엄, 여성평화걷기, 촘스키 교수 연대 메시지 포함 시몬천.
Returning to the United States however, I found a starkly different reality in the sustained attacks on the peace process--even the very idea of a peace treaty--by right-wing pundits, Neocon hawks, and corporate media promoting an aggressively maximalist standard. In this dialogue, the 4 million Korean and 35,000 American lives already lost to the Korean War, as well as the 80 million Koreans whose lives would hang in balance in any renewed conflict, are presented as mere footnotes. North Korea in particular, where poverty is rampant and 25% of children suffer from malnutrition, is presented as the perpetually “Threatening Other,” fully deserving to suffer from the US-led sanctions. American exceptionalism is celebrated without reservation.
http://kpolicy.org/toward-a-truly-indigenous-peace-in-the-korean-peninsula/
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