Korea: Peace Action Seeks End to War
Seventy years after armistice, Korean Peace Now! Grassroots Network and Women Cross DMZ are working to see the official end to the war.
Seventy years after armistice, Korean Peace Now! Grassroots Network and Women Cross DMZ are working to see the official end to the war.
Ending the Korean War and Pursuing Peace
65th Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice
Friday, July 27, 2018
6:30PM to 8:30pm
Korean Cultural Performances
Women Cross DMZ Video
Peace Story Telling
Foundry United Methodist Church
1500 16th St NW, Washington, DC
Saturday, July 28, 2018
9am: “What Next?” forum
11:30am: Peace March from Foundry UMC
Noon: Vigil at White House/Farragut Square
17th & K ST. NW
"As Pope Francis has insisted, dialogue is the only way to peace."
A Maryknoll missioner on the Korean peninsula demonstrates with his life a culture of encounter and dialogue as the way to dispel fears and build peaceful relationships.
The armistice was signed on Jul 27, 1953 to temporarily suspend the Korean conflict that broke out in 1950. Since then, no peace treaty has been signed to officially declare the end of the war.
To sign the Korea Peace Petition, go to www.endthekoreanwar.org.
For analysis on current options for peace on the Korean peninsula, read:
The following article is written by Irish Columban missionary priest Pat Cunningham, SSC, who lives and works in Seoul, South Korea. Father Cunningham is an active member of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative and the Catholic solidarity movement for peace on the Korean peninsula which opposes the construction of a military base to host U.S. military ships and personnel on the beautiful island of Jeju.
For the past 60 years, since the 1950-53 civil war with South Korea ended in a truce, North Korea has been stuck in a vicious cycle, a strategic plan that can be described in short as oppression coupled with threats of insanity and aggression, all enabled by North Korea’s economic lifeline: China.