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Korea Peace Now! Cooperation Continuing Despite Stalled Dialogue With US

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Even conservatives like CATO Institute senior fellow Doug Bandow and Center for National Interest Henry Kazianis who spoke at the Korea Advocacy Days conference now believe the idea of military operations on the Korean Peninsula has no place in today's thinking about national security.

Kazianis said that the Hanoi summit was not a failure, but one of the to-be-expected slowdowns in negotiations. He said that statements of "fire and fury" have not erupted from the White House since the Hanoi summit, nor has there been a resumption of North Korea nuclear or missile testing. Kazianias explained that North Korean ICBM missile tests were the trigger point for the Trump administration and with North Korea not restarting the tests, the White House is not on hair-trigger alert as it was in 2017. Kazianis reminded us that North Korea is not an economic threat to the U.S. The economy for the population of 30 million North Koreans is the size of the economy of Vermont.

U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna spoke to the Korean Advocacy group about House Resolution 152 which asks President Trump to issue a declaration to end the state of war with North Korea and a binding agreement for the formal and final end to the longest state of war in U.S. history. The member organizations of the Korea Peace Network will be asking their members to press their members of Congress to sign onto the resolution. The resolution currently has 21 co-sponsors.

At a press conference at the United Nations Correspondents Association on March 14, South Korean civil society representative Mimi Han of the Young Women's Christian Association and the Korean Women's Movement for Peace said:

"We Koreans, in both the North and the South, have deep scars from the World War II war and the division of our country after World War II. Korea had nothing to do with the war -- we were occupied by Japan for decades before the war and yet our country was divided, not Japan. My mother was born in Pyongyang. 70 years later, trauma is still living in us. We want peace on the Korean peninsula-finally."

Fifteen of the 17 countries that comprised the "UN Command" during the Korean War have already normalized relations with North Korea and have embassies in North Korea. Only the United States and France have refused to normalize relations with North Korea. The "UN Command" is a term that was never authorized by the United Nations, but instead, the name given by the United States to deflect its dominance over the collection of national militaries that the U.S. recruited to participate with the U.S. in the war on the Korean peninsula.

The communiques signed by President Moon and Chairman Kim following their meetings in April, May and September 2018 contain specific steps for confidence building and stand in sharp contrast to general concepts the U.S. President Trump has been willing to sign in its communique following the first meeting with North Korea leader Kim. The second meeting between President Trump and Chairman Kim abruptly ended without a communique.

In order to understand the depth of commitment of the North and South Korean governments toward normalization of their relationship, the text of the communique from each meeting between President Moon and Chairman Kim is provided below:

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrives at Pyongyang airport where he is welcomed by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrives at Pyongyang airport where he is welcomed by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula:

April 27, 2018

Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula

1) South and North Korea affirmed the principle of determining the destiny of the Korean nation on their own accord and agreed to bring forth the watershed moment for the improvement of inter-Korean relations by fully implementing all existing agreements and declarations adopted between the two sides thus far.

2) South and North Korea agreed to hold dialogue and negotiations in various fields including at high level, and to take active measures for the implementation of the agreements reached at the Summit.

3) South and North Korea agreed to establish a joint liaison office with resident representatives of both sides in the Gaeseong region in order to facilitate close consultation between the authorities as well as smooth exchanges and cooperation between the peoples.

4) South and North Korea agreed to encourage more active cooperation, exchanges, visits and contacts at all levels in order to rejuvenate the sense of national reconciliation and unity. Between South and North, the two sides will encourage the atmosphere of amity and cooperation by actively staging various joint events on the dates that hold special meaning for both South and North Korea, such as 15 June, in which participants from all levels, including central and local governments, parliaments, political parties, and civil organisations, will be involved. On the international front, the two sides agreed to demonstrate their collective wisdom, talents, and solidarity by jointly participating in international sports events such as the 2018 Asian Games.

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Ann Wright is a 29-year US Army/Army Reserves veteran, a retired United States Army colonel and retired U.S. State Department official, known for her outspoken opposition to the Iraq War. She received the State Department Award for Heroism in 1997, after helping to evacuate several thousand (more...)
 
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