Jan. 23, 2021, marks 5000 days of struggle against the Jeju Naval Base in Gangjeong. Organized opposition to the naval base plans started on May 18, 2007. Over the next 5000 days, the anti-base movement endured attacks on local democratic decision making, false representation in the media, division of the village community, state violence used to suppress nonviolent resistance, destruction […]
On Mar. 7, 2020, Song Kang Ho and Ryu Bok Hee entered the Jeju Naval Base to pray for peace on the remaining part of Gureombi Rock. It was the 8th anniversary of the blasting of Gureombi rock, the precious coastline of Gangjeong Village, which was destroyed in order to build the navy base. On Sept. 24, 2020, Ryu Bok […]
“Korea Peace Appeal : Peace Campaign to End the Korean War” was established on 24 June 2020 by around 180 South Korean civil society organizations, including Gangjeong Peace Network. On 27 July 2020, the campaign launched with a press conference in Seoul. Korea Peace Appeal expects to gather 100 million signatures during the next 3 years. We will need many active partners […]
You can send letters to Song Kang-Ho with this address: Song Kang-Ho (Prisoner No. 219)Jeju Post Office PO Box 161, Jeju City, Jeju Peace Island, Korea 63166 There are no specific regulations about letter size, but unfortunately, sending books is not allowed anymore. Song Kang Ho and Ryu Bok Hee visited the remaining part of Gureombi Rock (inside Jeju Navy Base) […]
The following petitions were submitted to the court to call for Song Kang Ho and Ryu Bok Hee to not be imprisoned during their trial regarding their visit to the remaining part of Gureombi Rock (inside Jeju Navy Base) on March 7, 2020, the 8th anniversary since the blasting of Gureombi Rock in 2012. The first petition was submitted to […]
Peace for the Sea camp was first held in Jeju, South Korea in 2014, and Henoko (Okinawa), Taiwan, Ishigaki (Okinawa) as followed year by year. The camp was back to Jeju again in 2018, and is going to be held in Kinmen in September this year. Participants from the worldwide, like Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Hawaii and […]
At 3 PM on December 13, 2017, People Making Jeju to be a Demilitarized Peace Island and Inter-Island Solidarity for Peace of the Sea co-hosted the fourth annual Nanjing Massacre 80th Anniversary Memorial at Alddreu Airfield, in Daejeong, Jeju, remembering and facing the tragedy of war, pledging to eliminate the factors that make war possible, aspiring together for peace […]
2017 Jeju Grand Grand March for Life and Peace <Peace, Let’s Walk Together, Peace Is the Way, We are Peace> July 30-August 5 Application form download webposter 2017 Jeju Grand March for Life and Peace July 31st (Mon.) ~ August 5th (Sat.) Also join us for the Festival on the Eve of the Jeju Grand March for Life and Peace […]
