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WATCH: Christine Ahn Receives the Peace Summit Medal for Social Activism
December 13, 2022
WATCH: Press conference at the 18th Annual Nobel Peace Laureate Summit in Pyeongchang, South Korea with Nobel Peace Laureates and leaders of civil society leaders of peace organizations
December 12, 2022
Nobel Peace Laureates and South Korean civil society leaders held a press conference in Pyeongchang, South Korea, to call for an immediate de-escalation of tensions on the Korean Peninsula, a return to diplomatic talks, and, most crucially, replacing the 1953 Korean War Armistice with a formal peace agreement.
Speakers included Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian peace activist who in 2015 crossed the DMZ with a delegation of women peace activists calling for an official end to the Korean War; Ouided Bouchamaoui, whose organization National Dialogue Quartet won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015 for helping to halt a civil war in Tunisia; Ira Hefland, MD, chair of the Physicians for Social Responsibility’s Nuclear Weapons Abolition Committee and Ruth Mitchell, of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. From civil society, Yoon Jung Sook of the Korea Peace Appeal (ROK); and Ann Wright, a Board Member of Women Cross DMZ (USA) who also crossed the DMZ in 2015 and a former U.S. Army Colonel and U.S. Diplomat who resigned in protest of the U.S. war on Iraq.
At the press conference, the speakers also announced a letter signed by civil society groups in the United States, South Korea, and around the world to be sent to President Joseph Biden, Chairman Kim Jong Un, and President Yoon Seok-Yeol urging them to stop the destructive arms race, take steps now to prevent a potentially catastrophic war, and set the table for peace talks.
Read the statement here.
WATCH: Christine Ahn’s Speech “Scars of War”
December 12, 2022
Women Cross DMZ Executive Director Christine Ahn delivered this speech at the 18th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates Gangwon in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on December 12, 2022.
WATCH: U.S.-China Competition and the Korean Peninsula: From Confrontation to Peacebuilding
October 26, 2022
A moderated discussion with the authors of a new report, “U.S.-China Competition and the Korean Peninsula: From Confrontation to Peacebuilding.” The authors discuss the implications of the U.S.-China rivalry on the Korean Peninsula, as well as the opportunity that regional peacebuilding presents for U.S.-China cooperation.
Speakers include:
Kevin Gray, University of Sussex
Dong-Jin Kim, Trinity College Dublin
Youkyoung Ko, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Colleen Moore, Women Cross DMZ
Moderated by: Jake Werner, Quincy Institute
Hosted by Women Cross DMZ.
Australian Launch of Path to Peace Report
December 14, 2021
On December 14, 2021, the University of Melbourne’s Initiative for Peacebuilding, in collaboration with the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, hosted the Australian launch of the Korea Peace Now! report “Path to Peace: The Case for a Peace Agreement to End the Korean War” — which explores how a peace-first approach can resolve the security crisis on the Korean Peninsula.
With negotiations between the United States and North Korea at a standstill, and the recent concerns about increased militarised and nuclearised securitisation (i.e., AUKUS agreements), there is an urgent need for a new approach. Rather than rely on more threats and pressure-based tactics, which have failed to deter North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, the United States should instead work toward the immediate signing of a peace agreement in order to finally end the 70-year-old Korean War, the authors argue.
‘Path to Peace’ panelists include:
- Christine Ahn, Executive Director of Women Cross DMZ, and a co-author of the report.
- Meri Joyce, Northeast Asia Regional Liaison Officer for the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), Women Cross DMZ, and Goodwill Ambassador for Peace on the Korean Peninsula.
- Dr Jay Song, Korea Foundation Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies, and Research Coordinator for Migration, Gender and Environment, in the Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne.
- Dr Emma Leslie, Director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Cambodia.
Participant Q&A was moderated by Dr Tania Miletic (Initiative for Peacebuilding).
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