Mahalo to Sung Hee Choi for these reports on peace/anti-war/anti-militarism demonstrations across Korea in response to provocative U.S.-Republic of Korea joint military exercises.
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Monday, March 8, 2010
Key Resolve, US-SK Annual War Exercise Starts in the Korean Peninsula on March 8 and Nationwide Protests against it, as Well
* Image source: Solidarity for Peace And Reunification of Korea (SPARK)‘Let’s stop the war and blossom the flowers’
TANGO, CFC, Sungnam (reference source: Koh Sung-Jin
image source: Cho Sung-Bong, Tongil News, March 8, 2010)
The civil society organizations including Solidarity for Peace And Reunification of Korea,
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, Korea Alliance of Progressive Movements and Pan-Korean Alliance for Reunification (PKAR), South Korean branch, by starting with the press interview on March 8, in front of Theater, Air, Navy, Ground Operation (TANGO), Combined Forces Command, in Chungye Mt. Sungnam, South of Seoul, announced that, “By coming 18, we, through ‘the simultaneous anti-war & peace joint actions’ centered in the main USFK bases and cities nationwide, including Seoul, will urge to sop the invasive war exercise, and will spread our will for the realization of peace that has been longtime wished for.”
image source: Cho Sung-Bong, Tongil News, March 8, 2010“Let’s stop the war and blossom the flowers”
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“Stop the Key Resolve/ Foal Eagle War exercise and
the 2nd Runway Construction in the Songtan USFK Base!”
-Leaflet distributed to the citizens in Pyeongteak on March 8-
The leaflet was made by Gyunggi-do branch, Korean Alliance for Progressive Movement, Gyunggi-do headquarter of Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and the Pyeongtaek Area Democratic Organizations’ Council.
Incheon( reference/image source:
Incheon branch, Solidarity for Peace And Reunification of Korea)
The Incheon activists, having the protest in front of Incheon City Hall criticized that the Key Resolve
that has been with the advanced weapons, was not for the defense exercise but for the attack against North Korea, and was the illegal war exercise, a violation of constitution that pursed the peaceful unification.
both authorities of them should stop the Key Resolve war exercise, as they had stopped the Team Spirit military training in 1994 for the talk with North Korea. Saying that the western sea in front of Incheon is always in tension including the military clash, they denounced the war exercise that threatened the peace and heightened tension in the Korean peninsula.
Chungnam-do (province)
Image source: SPARK
In front of Chungnam Province Hall (original source: Ohmynews)
Kunsan
Image source: Solidarity for Peace And Reunification of Korea (SPARK)
In front of Kunsan AFB (original source: Newsis)
Busan
Image source: Solidarity for Peace And Reunification of Korea (SPARK)
In front of the United States Consulate (original source: Voice of People)