8월 30일까지 미국이 성주 소성리에 사드 배치하란 뉴스가 들립니다.
문재인 대통령께서 사드 임시 배치로 국민들 가슴을 아프게 하고 8월30일까지 사드를 강제 배치 소성리 주민들 가슴에 못 밖는 것입니다. 전 세계 평화 단체와 미국 시민들의 거대한 평화 운동으로 반드시 막을 것입니다. 사드와 평화는 공존할 수 없습니다. 5000년 조상묘가 있는 소성리, 성주, 경북 대구땅에 감히 사드 괴물을 박을 수 없습니다! 우리 천진난만한 아이들에게 사드 괴물 물려 줄 수 없습니다!
Friend—an urgent appeal!
It has been reported that US is coercing South Korea to complete the deployment of THAAD by August 30.
Residents in Sosungri, South Korea, is gearing for an impossible task of stopping this draconian, undemocratic and brutal imposition on their homes: farmers, grandparents, women and children vs. US, military industrial complex and South Korea’s Moon Jae-in administration.
Global citizen diplomats’ help is needed!
We are going to stop it and we can do it!
STOP THAAD!
http://stopthaad.org/
Join two upcoming Webinar for peace in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia!
1) TODAY! An Online Teach-in Webinar by our awesome peace activists and sisters!
U.S. `Preventative War’ on North Korea and Regional Impacts.
Friday August 25, 2017
5:00 PM EST
Co-Hosted by Women Cross DMZ and the International Women’s Network Against Militarism
Terri Kekoolani, Women’s Voices, Women Speak
Gwyn Kirk, Women for Genuine Security
Hyun Lee, Zoom in Korea
Lisa Natividad, Guahan Coalition for Peace and Justice
Moderated by Christine Ahn, Women Cross DMZ
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/c5419207821219a58c34be5db4a05ad8
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/15e11ebcc08a8ac2
2) August 30! WEBINAR: "Stop U.S. THAAD and War Threats in Korea” by amazing Korean, Korean-American, and American solidarity!
A Report-back by the U.S. Solidarity Peace Delegation to South Korea
Featured Speakers:
· Jill Stein, Green Party
· Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK
· Reece Chenault, U.S. Labor Against the War
· Will Griffin, Veterans for Peace
· Juyeon Rhee, Task Force to Stop THAAD in Korea and Militarism in Asia and the Pacific
Wednesday, August 30
8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. EST
*** Pre-Register for the Webinar ***
https://www.anymeeting.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=ED51D789864E38
Appeal from Korea Policy Institute, “Act Now for Peace in Korea”
Freeze upcoming U.S./South Korean military exercises now in exchange for a freeze on the North Korean missile and nuclear programs!
Urgent Petition to Presidents Trump & Moon: Negotiate Don't Escalate 문재인·트럼프 대통령에게 보내는 긴급 서명운동
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc727cZHr7hgyho0Tb3xwZVVgjSpiiLE6dCAX872QN97DJgbQ/viewform
References: please do read, raise awareness and educate!
1. “US Called for Complete Deployment of THAAD by Aug. 30”
A THAAD battery consists of six truck-mounted launchers. So far, two launchers have been deployed. Soon after North Korea launched another long-range missile in July, President Moon Jae-in ordered his government to seek the temporary deployment of the other four. Seoul has said a full-on deployment will be decided after an environmental assessment.
http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/news_In_detail.htm?No=129653&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
2. ROK can revive ties by reversing THAAD decision: China Daily editorial
Despite Beijing's firm opposition to the ROK's deployment of THAAD given its potential damage to the regional strategic balance and China's security interests - as well as the doubts about the system's ability to achieve its stated purpose of defending the ROK should it come under attack from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - the recently installed ROK President Moon Jae-in ordered a speedy deployment of the controversial missile defense system late last month after the DPRK's most recent missile test…. Twenty-five years ago, the leaders of China and the ROK, guided by their wisdom, and displaying courage and vision, beat all odds and decades of hostility to forge a friendly relationship that has benefited the two nations tremendously and contributed to peace, security and prosperity in the region.
Seoul should display similar wisdom and vision now.
3. Jim Walsh. Should you be worried about North Korea?
What President Trump's impetuous comments remind us is that all nuclear weapons are dangerous, including our own. An American president - not some rogue dictator - could make a mistake, overreact, or bluff themselves into a nuclear war they did not intend. Leaders, all leaders, are human. To err is human, but to err with nuclear weapons would be catastrophic. Perhaps it is time to take the danger posed by nuclear weapons seriously - all nuclear weapons, even our own.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/08/worried-north-korea-170822140244266.html
4. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Japan’s response to North Korea
Full-blown normalization between Japan and North Korea would ultimately involve some form of financial settlement to offset the experience of the colonial period, comparable to that reached between Seoul and Tokyo in 1965. By some projections this could deliver a compensation package to the North of anywhere between $5 billion and $10 billion—a sizeable amount for the relatively weak North Korean economy. However far-fetched and risky this might seem, a politically vulnerable Prime Minister Abe might be tempted to capitalize on Japan’s multifaceted relationship with the North to reduce Japan’s defense vulnerabilities and limit its dependency on the United States, while seizing an unexpected diplomatic prize that would dramatically boost his political standing at home. It would be a monumental shift, not quite a Richard Nixon going to China moment, but certainly a bold and radical diplomatic about-face for Japan‘s conservative prime minister.
In Seoul, President Moon Jae-in is also keen to find an opportunity to talk to the North, and Abe should be exploring opportunities for coordination with his South Korean counterpart to encourage such an approach.
5. Kaesong revival will be first issue pushed if N.K. sanctions ease: minister
South Korea's point man on North Korea said Friday that the now-suspended joint industrial town in Kaesong will be the first issue to be reviewed if Pyongyang halts provocations and international sanctions are eased.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2017/08/25/0301000000AEN20170825004900315.html
6. `Safer than London!’ North Korea opens door to Russian tourists
NKOREAN.RU, a Russian company licensed by North Korea’s government, offers organized tours for groups of up to 10 people or individuals “to show the travelers the multi-faceted life of this most closed of countries”.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-northkorea-tourism-idUSKCN1B41SJ?il=0
7. Nuclear Apoalypse: Trump and Kim Should No Hold the World Hostage
While the North Koreans require a sixth successful test to put a nuclear warhead on an intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), the US had conducting 1,030 such nuclear tests, starting in July 1945.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/08/24/nuclear-apocalypse-trump-and-kim-should-not-hold-the-world-hostage/
8. Tim Shorrock. The Nation. The Only Sensible Way Out of the North Korea Crisis
In a dual freeze, Pyongyang would cease missile tests in exchange for a moratorium on Washington’s massive war games.
https://www.thenation.com/article/the-only-sensible-way-out-of-the-north-korea-crisis/
9.Jon Letman. Postcard From Seongju’s Anti-THAAD Protest
For the last 11 months, residents have held nightly candlelight vigils outside the Seongju County office. Lee Hye-gyeong, Kim Gyeong-sook, and Kim Hyun-sun, three local women, do their best to attend the demonstrations but say it’s not easy to continue month after month.
And they want Americans to understand what the U.S. government is doing. They say that Americans have never experienced a war at home the way Koreans have. “We know exactly what war is like. U.S. citizens have no idea how miserable it is,” one of the women says.
They insist they don’t hate Americans, but say people are starting to have anti-American sentiments and if the U.S. continues to pressure South Korea, these sentiments will grow.
Earlier, speaking in English, Seongju resident Moon Ik-hwan expressed a similar message: “The U.S. cannot do this because they are a stronger country. If they keep pressuring THAAD [on us], feelings for the Korea-U.S. alliance will change.”
http://thediplomat.com/2017/06/postcard-from-seongjus-anti-thaad-protest/
Sosungri--a small rural town in South Korea calling for your help, STOP IMMORAL THAAD! (Is this the way our children should be living?)
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