“We want a nuclear-free peaceful world” say South Korea’s women

Women protest against nuclear energy use and nuclear weapons in Seoul, South Korea

Gyung-Lan Jung with Women Making Peace and 21 other organizations in South Korea – WNN Opinion In an impassioned plea for peace, twenty-two women’s organizations in South Korea make their case for a better world by asking for the circumvention of  nuclear weapons and the closing down of power reactors in the region. (WNN) Seoul, [...]

U.S. Army must improve policy & training to prevent rape in South Korea

Dongducheon city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Gyung-Lan Jung – WNN Opinion (WNN) STORY UPDATE Tuesday, November 1, 2011: The Uijeongbu District Court sentenced a 21 year old U.S. soldier Private Kevin Flippin a troop member of the U.S. Army 2nd Infantry Division located near Dogoducheon  city in South Korea to 10 years imprisonment for raping and tormenting a 16 year old South [...]

Floods and natural disasters impare food security in North Korea

North Korea grandmother and child

Gyung-Lan Jung – WNN Opinion (WNN) SEOUL: It is June. The season of verdure is slowly fading out and summer is actually starting to set in. The mountains are covered with full of flowers and lush landscapes. We Koreans still remember what was like to endure the month of June. June signals us that the [...]

Korea women want nature instead of naval base on Jeju Island

South Korea Women Make Peace Commission Chairperson Gyung Lan Jung

Gyung-Lan Jung – WNN Opinion Gangjeong Village on Jeju Island must be a place of peace, life and healing for the Korean Peninsula! (WNN) Seoul: For the past ten years, the issue of the naval base on Jeju has changed from Hwasunri to Wimiri to Gangjeong, totally destroying the communities of these villages who have been living together like family for generations. This issue has caused deep frictions within the [...]

KOREA: Under no circumstances can war be tolerated

South Korea Women Make Peace Commission Chairperson Gyung Lan Jung

Commentary by Chairperson Ms. Gyung-Lan Jung of Women Making Peace, with 27 South Korean Women’s Organizations Armed conflict must be stopped and dialogue started! On November 23rd, we received shocking news on the outbreak of a localized skirmish after North Korean forces launched an artillery barrage against the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong from a [...]

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