Korea Resources
Resources for activists organizing for peace on the Korean Peninsula.
-A Peace Treaty with North Korea- and you can sign it!
Christine Ahn:
-Breathless in North Korea. Truthout, April 6, 2014.
-Fact Not Fiction: The Unending Korean War. Truthout, December 24, 2014.
-Okinawa: The Small Island Trying to Block the US Military’s “Pivot to Asia”. Truthout, December 30, 2017.
-Reviving Hope on the 70th Anniversary of Korea’s Division. Truthout, August 10, 2015.
-To End North Korea’s Nuclear Program, End the Korean War. Truthout, January 11, 2016.
-Korean Women Take On Trump. Foreign Policy in Focus. February 8, 2017.
-War Is Not An Option for Korea. Foreign Policy in Focus, March 18, 2017.
-Diplomacy with North Korea: A Real Benchmark for President Trump’s 100 Days. Foreign Policy in Focus, April 26, 2017.
-Americans and South Koreans Want Peace. Will Trump Listen?. Foreign Policy in Focus, June 19, 2017.
-The High Costs of US War Mongering Against North Korea. Truthout, April 26, 2017.
-North and South Korea Want a Peace Treaty: The US Must Join Them. Truthout, July 21, 2017.
-The North Korea Travel Ban Will Do More Harm Than Good. New York Times, August 2, 2017.
-Trump Admin Continues Threats & Provocations Against North Korea, Laying Groundwork for Nuclear War on Democracy Now. Democracy Now, October 20, 2017.
Ann Wright:
-A Path Forward on North Korea. Consortium News, March 5, 2017.
-US Experts Say North Korean Leadership May Be Ruthless and Reckless, But They Are Not Crazy. Common Dreams, July 14, 2017.
-How the United States Ultimately Talks with Its “Enemies”-Not Its Time to Dialogue with North Korea. OpEdNews, May 5, 2017.
David Swanson:
-South Korean Self-Immolates, Demands U.S. THAAD Weapons Be Kept Out of Korea. Let’s Try Democracy, September 20, 2017.
-Talk Nation Radio: Blaine Harden on the Dark Region of America’s Spy Master in Korea. Let’s Try Democracy, October 17, 2017.
-What’s North Korea Afraid Of?. Let’s Try Democracy, October 2, 2017.
-Where the New York Times Fails to Understand War. Let’s Try Democracy, October 23, 2017.
-Associated Press Associates Itself with War. Let’s Try Democracy, October 25, 2017.
-Talk Nation Radio: Jonathan Granoff on US-North Korean Relations. Let’s Try Democarcy, October 31, 2017.
Andrew Lichterman:
-Trump’s Threat of Total Destruction Is Unlawful & Extremely Dangerous. Interpress Service, September 25, 2017.
-As the U.S. Threatened North Korea, 122 Countries Voted to Ban Nuclear Weapons. Truthout Op-Ed, July 26,2017.
-Nuclear Double Standards: All Nuclear Weapon Tests Send the Same Message. Buzzflash, April 26, 2017.
Tim Shorrock:
-The Only Sensible Way Out of the North Korea Crisis. The Nation, August 23, 2017.
-Diplomacy With North Korea Has Worked Before, and Can Work Again. The Nation, September 5, 2017.
-Is Trump Following a ‘Japan First’ Policy Against Kim Jong-Un?. The Nation, September 27, 2017.
Daniel Jasper:
-Opening More Channels in US-North Korea Relations. Lobe Log, October 9, 2017.
-Citizen Diplomacy through Agriculture from USSR to PRNC. KHOI Community Radio, October 18, 2017.
Bruce Cummings:
-This is What’s Really Behind North Korea’s Nuclear Provocations. The Nation, March 23, 2017.
Kevin Gray:
-Tighter Sanctions on North Korea Could Have a Harsh Humanitarian Impact. UPI, September 22, 2017.
-Why More Sanctions Will Not Solve the North Korean Problem. NK News, March 1, 2017.
Jon Schwarz:
-We Can Stop North Korea From Attacking Us. All We Have To Do Is Not Attack Them. The Intercept, August 14, 2017.
Jon Letman:
-Why US Bases Make Okinawa, Guam Nuclear ‘Targets’. Al Jazeera, September 7, 2017.
Videos:
-Dr. Jae-Jung Suh Interview on THAAD. The Peace Report, February 14, 2017.
-Missile Defense Expert Ted Postol on THAAD. The Peace Report, April 3, 2017.
-Would THAAD Protect South Korea?. The Peace Report, April 27, 2017.
-National Lawyers Guild International Committee Press Conference on No War with North Korea. YouTube, October 19, 2017.
Additional Sources:
-U.S. Senators Ed Markey, Chris Murphy Reassert Congress’ Power to Approve Military Strikes Ahead of President Trump’s Asia Trip. Masslive, Nov 2, 2017.
-Engaging North Korea Vol. 2. American Friends Service Committee, June 1, 2017.
-North Korea asks US for Direct Negotiations, Without China’s Involvement. The Hankyoreh, June 26, 2017.
-Former DNI James Clapper says “the U.S. has no real pre-emptory military options. CSIS, June 27, 2017.
-Experts Letters to President Trump Regarding North Korea. Institute for Corean-American Studies, June 28, 2017.
-U.S. Looks To Revive Talks on North Korea’s Nuclear Program. NPR, June 28, 2017.
-The Logic in North Korean ‘Madness’. Consortium News, July 17, 2017.
-End the 76-year war. The Bulletin. September 11, 2017.
-Poll: 69% of Americans Oppose a Preemptive Strike Against North Korea. The Washington Post, September 24, 2017.
-North Korea’s Rational Nuclear Strategy. Consortium News, September 26, 2017.
-Trump Can’t Start Nuclear War With North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Unless Military Agrees, Former General Says. Newsweek, November 14, 2017.
-Demonstrators in Germany protest US, North Korea Tensions. Washington Post, November 18, 2017.
-Donald Trump, Congress, and War with North Korea. Counterpunch, November 21, 2017.
-Let the Record Show: Negotiations North Korea Work. Lobe Log, November 29, 2017.
-Government Wants to Delay Korea-U.S. Military Drills. The Korea Times. November, 27, 2017.
-N Korea Declares Itself a “Full-fledged Nuclear Force”. ZoomInKorea. November 29, 2017.
-UN chief ‘strongly condemns’ latest ballistic missile by DPR Korea. UN News Centre. November 29, 2017.
-We Can’t Attack North Korea. It’s Against The Law. Newsweek. November 30, 2017.
-Time For Real Talk. U.S. News. December 1, 2017.
-North Korea has yet to master critical missile re-entry technology, Seoul says. The Japan Times. December 1, 2017.