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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).
Peace and Human Rights in North Korea: An Argument for Ending the War [Korean]
December 9, 2021
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Peace and Human Rights in North Korea: An Argument for Ending the War [English]
December 9, 2021
On Thursday, December 9, 2021, Women Cross DMZ and Korea Peace Now! hosted a panel discussion titled “Peace and Human Rights in North Korea: An Argument For Ending the War.” This event grappled with the intersection of human rights and peace in the context of US-North Korea relations and the role of the unended Korean War.
The event featured introductory remarks from Sr. Tomás Ojea Quintana, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea. Women Cross DMZ Executive Director Christine Ahn facilitated the panel discussion with Elizabeth Beavers, a national security and human rights attorney and advocate, and Su-mi Jeon, a South Korean human rights lawyer. The webinar included audience Q&A.
After nearly 70 years, the Korean War still has not officially ended. But when discussions of a peace agreement to end the war arise, a key question often emerges: but what about human rights? In this event, the speakers reflected on this question and discussed their perspectives on how peace and human rights can reinforce one another when it comes to North Korea.
This critical conversation took place the same week as International Human Rights Day, and served as an important opportunity to mark the day by discussing how to change the failed status quo on the Korean Peninsula.
Film for Thought: In Conversation with Deann Borshay Liem
November 15, 2021
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On November 15, 2021, Women Cross DMZ’s Christine Ahn joined Deann Borshay Liem, Mimi Han, and Ann Wright for a conversation as part of the Film for Thought series presented by the Hawai’i Council for the Humanities and the Hawai’i International Film Festival (HIFF). Moderated by Vernadette Gonzalez, Professor of American Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, the panel discusses the film Crossings, which was directed by Deann Borshay Liem and premiered at HIFF, that tells the story of Women Cross DMZ’s historic crossing of thirty women peacebuilders across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea to call for an end to the war with a peace agreement, the reunion of divided families, and women’s inclusion in the peace process.
A History of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis
October 15, 2021
A history of the North Korea “Nuclear Crisis” presented by Hyun Lee to the ‘NJ/NY Korea Peace Now Grassroots group on October 15, 2021 hosted by World Beyond War.
Hyun Lee is the National Campaign and Advocacy Strategist for Women Cross DMZ. She is a writer for ZoominKorea, an online resource for critical news and analysis on peace and democracy in Korea. She is an anti-war activist and organizer who has traveled to both North and South Korea. She is a Korea Policy Institute associate and routinely speaks at national and international conferences as well as webinars and public seminars. Her writings have appeared in Foreign Policy in Focus, Asia-Pacific Journal, and New Left Project, and she has been interviewed by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, the Thom Hartmann Show, the Ed Schultz Show, and many other news outlets. Hyun obtained her bachelors and masters degrees from Columbia University.
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