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  • Gangjeong Village Story: October 2024 to February 2025 Issue

    In this October 2024 to Feb 2025 issue:

    Protesting the Mobile Fleet Command in Jeju, the “Island of World Peace” / South Koreans Stop Authoritarian Power-Grab / Gangjeong Responds to Martial Law / “People’s Square” Against the Coup / Police Intimidation of the Human Chain / Jeju Youth Statement / The oil spill at the Jeju Naval Base… It took a month to make a ‘late report’ / US military sexually harassed women peace workers in Jeju / Father Kim Arrested / National Forum on Peace in Space / Opposing cluster bombs in Nonsan / Talks on our tasks in 2025 (feat. Trump and Musk) / Repression of the Soseong-ri Struggle / War drills to bring coup and war / For the Demilitarized Peace Island / Becoming each other’s scenery / Stop the Construction of a Death Runway! / Sewol Ferry Documentary Asks for Truth / From Tamil Eelam to Gaza: Whose Security? / Visiting Rohingya Refugee Camps in October 2024 / The Great Catastrophe, Genocide in Palestine, and our Solidarity / From Henoko to Peace / Guilty but righteous act to free beluga whale / Deokcheon-ri, a World Natural Heritage Village / Gangjeong Peace Movement Vision for 2025 / My experience in Gangjeong so far / To be a Christian Peacemaker / The life I learned in Gangjeong / Christine Ahn denied entry / Oh Cheol-geun Presente! / Ken Mayers, Presente!

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  • Gangjeong Village Story: January to September 2024 Issue

    In this January to September 2024 issue:

    Jeju Peace for the Sea Camp: Ongoing Relationships, Solidarity / Peace Camp Reflections / 2024 Jeju Grand March for Life and Peace / Beyond the time of resistance, we will build an era of peace / The Struggle is Not Over Yet / The Danger of Intensifying New Cold War / Stop the Saemangeum New Airport and Save the Sura Tidal Flats! / Korean Women’s Anti-Base Struggles / Korea Peace Action / Bruce K. Gagnon’s South Korea speaking tour on Space Industry and Militarization / U.S. and its allies: permanent war economies (Excerpts) / The expansion of space “war and slaughter” industries / “Cancel RIMPAC, which is complicit in genocide!” / The Military and Space Industry (excerpts) / Okinawa Peace March Solidarity / From a house with no one here / Taiwan Peace Journey: Solidarity Amid Differences / The Philippines is being thrust into war / Words and updates from the Sea of Peace and Coexistence / Showing Up in Gangjeong Village / Seongsan and ZAD: Airport struggle solidarity / Thank you for visiting / ‘Linear improvement’ plans threaten Gangjeong River / A New Office for the Peace Co-op / Peace University (Christian Peacemaker & Peace Voyager) & Something Peace (Some People & Something Week) / Protesting the notice of the 2nd airport basic plan / Cruise Consequences / Not guilty for urging release of beluga / We live in Miryang and Gangjeong / Intersectionality of Peace Movements and Urban Movements / 2nd Jeju Peace Theology Forum / Petitions to hold war criminals accountable / Rally in Jeju City for Palestine / Place, memories, and people disappear due to Gangjeong Village road expansion etc.

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  • Gangjeong Village Story: April to July 2023 Issue

    In this April to July 2023 Issue:

    Peace and Music Camp to End the Korean War/ Sharing Solidarity with Tanegashima/ U.S. nuclear submarines and precarious peace/ Remembering the endangered species killed by forced move/ The construction of Gangjeong Naval Base Access Road/ The Navy’s illegally installed signboards and warning/ 3 days in Woljeong-ri, experiencing communal car/ Stop dumping nuclear-contaminated treated water into the ocean/ The Jeju governor should accept a referendum/ Space Industry and Space Alliance/ Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes/ Daejeong offshore wind power project rejected by residents/ Korean Democracy Heading Toward Totalitarianism/ Gangjeong activist ruled guilty/ April 3rd is a unification movement/ Watching Crossings in Gangjeong/ Jeju Anti-Discrimination March/ The hope of solidarity glistening in intersections/ PSI in Jeju proves Jeju is outpost for the US/ GEIA on the THAAD completed in a hasty manner/ To hold the US accountable for dropping atomic bombs/ The 24-Hour Peace Wave/ Opposition to Talisman Sabre/ Taiwan Marine Conservation Activists’ Jeju Solidarity Visit/ Sharing about Gangjeong soft corals in the US/ PNG opposition to Defense Cooperation Agreement/ Messages from Hawaii to Okinawa/ East Asia Peace Walk in Taiwan/ Remembering the Killing Fields of Sri Lanka/ Dance of the Stones, Stories of the Gangjeong Jikimi/ Thoughts about participating in ‘Something Peace’/ “From Armistice to Peace” etc.

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  • Gangjeong Village Story: Dec. 2022 to March 2023 Issue

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    In this Dec. 2022 to March 2023 Issue:

    Gangjeong Says, Stop the War!/ Get Out US warship DDG-115!/ Cruise matters: Jeju aches from over-tourism/ Jeju 2nd Airport and the Endangerment of Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins/ The struggle against Jeju’s 2nd airport faces a new phase/ Abolish new airport projects across the country!/ Remembrance and connections at Alddreu/ How do we make peace with Alddreu?/ The Climate Peace March in Moseulpo/ We are Songaksan! We are Alddreu!/ Jeju Climate Peace March and Bijarim Road/ Jeju Youth Change the World/ Opposition to wildfire festival in the era of climate crisis/ Stop the oppression of Jeju activists!/ Condemning Korean government detention of anti-war Russian refugees at the border/ Women Cross DMZ visit and Crossings screenings/ Ethics for Enemies, What We Need/Women Conscientious Objectors’ Camp /Prevent Nuclear War in Korea/ War drills make democracy retrogressive/ Jeju and war drills in preparation for the redeployment of nuclear weapons/ THAAD integrates the U.S. MD system / US Space Forces Korea is a US outpost/ Vietnam Survivor Wins Case/ Peace visit to Okinawa: We have each other/ A newly constructed base on Ishigaki/ Strategic is not special/ Opposition to fire festival in the era of climate crisis/ 2023 Korea Peace Appeal/ Activists recovered their qualification as residents/ Place and Displace in Gangjeong Village/ Life in Gangjeong/ Lim Bora, Presente!/ 2023 Korea Peace Appeal etc.

  • Gangjeong Village Story: Sept. to Nov. 2022 Issue

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    In this Sept. to Nov. Issue

    The problem is inequality/ Cheerful Energy Brought by Sept. 24 Jeju Climate Justice March/ Scrap the Saemangeum New Airport / A year-round Jeju March for Climate and Peace begins/ Civilian-military complex port access road linear improvement construction/ Deceptive ‘Civilian-Government-Military mutually beneficial soccer tournament’/ Deceptive 2040 Jeju City Basic Plan Draft/ Repeal the National Security Law / Memories of Gureombi bring people together/ Only kindness and peace will save the world from hatred/ Woljeong overlaps with Gangjeong/ Alternative Habitats Indulging Development Desires/ Active ‘protection’ of MPAs is needed/ Strong Protest of Jeju Farmers/ Appearance of Sharks/ Dramatic Re-escalation of War Drills/ The Danger of Trilateral Alliance and Asian NATO/ Why Sailing Matters/ THAAD base normalization will never happen!/ South Korea aims to be world ’s #4 arms exporter/ The US Space Force goes to Korea/ Militarization rushes on in the Sakishima Islands/ The Guahan struggle against open burning and open detonation/ New bases for US use planned in the Philippines/ A new toxic leak in Hawaii/ Gangjeong Book Village Friends disbanded/ From Confrontation to Peacebuilding etc.

  • Gangjeong Village Story: July to August 2022 Issue

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    In this July to August 2022 Edition:

    Two Wheels for the Peace Island Jeju/ Koh Gil-cheon’s “Red Gureombi” exhibition/ Gangjeong Peace Center Opening Celebration/ Joint Discussion on Conflict Areas in Jeju/ Making Jeju peaceful for human, cetacean and marine life/ Facing Off with Gendered Militarism/ South Koreans say, “No to War drills!”/ RIMPAC and What Followed/ From Armistice to Peace etc.

  • Gangjeong Village Story: April to June 2022 Issue

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    In this April to June 2022 Edition:

    Blow, Spring Wind/ With RIMPAC, South Korea Expands Its Military Footprint/ World Peace University invites new energy to the village/ Women conscientious objectors’ movement keeps on/ International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament/ The Local Election and Jeju 2nd Airport project/ Illegal Dolphin Transfer from Jeju to Geoje Accused/ Woljeong-ri and Jeseong village/ Celebration and Concerns in the CNMI/ Connecting Past and Present in Okinawa/ The ROK-US-Japan alliance, NATO, and Global Alliance/ With the Nuri Rocket, South Korea heads for Space Imperialism/ In Soseong-ri, police are mobilized five times a week/ etc.   

  • Gangjeong Village Story: Dec. 2021 to Mar. 2022 Issue

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    In this Dec. 2021 to March. 2022 Edition:

    Gureombi’s Power Lives On/ International Messages Upon the 10th remembrance year of the blasting of Gureombi Rock/ Gangjeong Protectors’ Seminar Series/ Navy Base affects Soft Coral in the Gangjeong Sea/ “Spring Wind” Pilgrimage to Meet Another World/ No New Airport in Jeju, Gadeokdo or Saemangeum/ Construction for the military road comes into full swing/ The true nature of the navy base entry road straightening project/ I dreamed in prison/ Common issues for the improvement of the Jeju EIA system/ Resisting to the attempt to secure a supply line for THAAD/ For a People-led ‘Alddreu Grand Peace Park’/ Hosting International Visitors at the Alddreu Memorial/ Heading into “New Space” imperialism more and more/ Resisting to the attempt to secure a supply line for the THAAD/ Whales Will Save the World’s Climate—Unless the Military Destroys Them First (Excerpts)/ US Indo-Pacific Strategy to exacerbate regional tensions/ “Water is Life: Choosing Water Over War”/ Gangjeong has no expectations for Yoon/ Trial Updates etc.

  • Gangjeong Village Story: Aug. to Nov. 2021 Issue

    In this Aug. to Nov. 2021 Edition :

    Light Aircraft Carrier, Jeju Naval Base, US Indo-Pacific Strategy/ The 2021 Gangjeong Peace Activist March/ The release of Song Kang-ho/ Accusing the Navy Chief of Staff on Gangjeong Stream/ Ocean Action/ Update on the struggle against the 2nd airport project/ The New Space Era of South Korea with Rockets/ Opposition to AUKUS/ Rocket Lab: Privatized Militarization of Space in New Zealand/ US Militarization of Guam and the Marianas/ Updates from Henoko and Miyako/ The War Drum-beating 53rd ROK-US SCM etc.

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  • Gangjeong Village Story: June, July 2021 Issue

    In this June, July, 2021 Edition :

    The Jeju 2nd airport construction project nears the brink of falling/ Civilian-Government-Military Cooperation/ Gangjeong stream takes the island government and MND to court/ The 2nd airport still casting shadows after the Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment was rejected/ Opposing Talisman Sabre for a Peaceful Pacific/ Cancer cases in village close to THAAD radar/ Countering the “China Threat”-At What Price? Etc.

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