“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 and wide networks to reach this goal!
Please sign and share (en.endthekoreanwar.net) in your networks, and contact us for more info about joining as a partner organization, along with organizations across the world such as AFSC, EAPHET, FOR, Global Network, IPB, National Association of Korean Americans, Okinawa-Korea People’s Solidarity, Peace Women Partners, VFP, WBW, Women Cross DMZ, WILPF, YWCA… and more!
Korea Peace Appeal
• End the Korean War and establish a peace agreement • Create a Korean Peninsula and a world free from nuclear weapons and nuclear threat • Resolve the conflict with dialogue and cooperation instead of sanctions and pressure • Break from the vicious cycle of the arms race and invest in human security and environmental sustainability
President Moon’s emphasis on maritime power and the navy chief’s visit home/ Black Lives Matter in Gangjeong/ THAAD product improvement amid COVID-19/ Can Island Governor Won who dreams to be South Korean President care for the lives of Korea and the Earth?/ Susan-ri, Visiting an Endangered Village/ Divest from Endless Wars: Cancel RIMPAC and End the Korean War etc.
Asking “What is True Security?” During the COVID-19 Pandemic/ The Imprisonment of Song Kang-ho and the World Peace Island/ Protect Jeju! Citizens’ Declaration for a Sustainable Jeju/ 1 Billion Women Rising, Singing and Dancing in Solidarity!/ Cancel RIMPAC, Protect Hawai’i/ Coronavirus and Carcinogens in Okinawa/ COVID-19 affects budget cut on the Jeju 2nd airport project/ Continued Struggles in the US Colony of Guahan/ Daejeong Wins Two Struggles/ Breaking Censorship on Art/ General Election Amid COVID-19/ Urgent: A Special Investigation Team Right Under the President!/ Art for Citizen Activism in the Bijarim-ro etc.
In this December, 2019/ January & February, 2020 Edition :
Jeju Says No Dispatch to the Strait of Hormuz/ Military Protection Area Implications/ Mass killing of mandarin ducks and access road construction at Gangjeong River/ Opposition to the 2nd airport grows (Overall update on the struggle against the 2nd Jeju airport)/ Why did I carry out a street fast?/ An international petition to call off the Jeju 2nd airport/ The struggle of Jeju and Okinawa/ Seeing the Nanjing Massacre from Alddreu Airfield/ Refusing Deceptive Pardon/ Arrest of the Former Police Chief and uodate on people’s trials/ Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Gangjeong Village/ US THAAD Upgrade and South Korea Defense Cost-sharing / Gureombi Norae (I’ve Got to Know) etc.
In this September/ October/November 2019 Edition :
Jeju Fights Back: An Overview of the Latest Struggle/ The Deceptive Government Drive for the Jeju 2nd Airport Project / Map of overdevelopment projects in Jeju / Inter-island Solidarity for Peace of the Sea in Kinmen (Special pages)/ Jonah’s Whale Came to Gangjeong/ Looking at the Jeju 2nd Airport in a time of Climate Crisis / Jeju April 3rd went to the UN Human Rights Council/ 2030 Peace Vision Symposium/ The Pentagon Plans to Build a Billion Dollar Radar on Sacred Hawaiian Ground for a Missile Defense System (Excerpt)/ Okinawa and Miyako Visit to Jeju/ Kings Bay Plowshares Trial Update/ UNC’s abusive use of the UN Flag/ The Indo-Pacific Strategy and Jeju navy base/ etc.
2019 Jeju Grand March for Life and Peace(special pages with short essays and photos) / Jeju announced a massive new port plan/ For the right to self-determination (update on the No 2nd airport struggle)/ EIA, an absolution for environmental destruction: An overall update on the Bijarim-ro/ The struggle against nuclear weapons/ Kings Bay Plowshares Update/ The struggle for Mauna Kea/ Solidarity of Maine and Gangjeong/ Peacebuilding training in Nanjing/ 2019 International Peace Camp in Jeju/ Navy aims to designate military protection zone/ Japan resumed commercial whaling amid ‘No Abe’ and Tokyo 2020 Olympics boycott campaigns/ Military mid-term plan reflects arms race/ SMA and Hormuz dispatch, for whom?/ GSOMIA etc.
2019 Peace for the Sea International Camp in Kinmen War Memory and Life Experiences: Between the Peace We know
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 other places, come to this camp to exchange the experiences and thoughts about peace together.
2019 Peace camp will be held under the theme of “war memory” from September 6 to 8 in Kinmen, an island that is set in the front line of war.
We sincerely invite individuals and groups to join our camp and start a trip of thinking about peace and war.
*Including accommodation, transportation, meals, and camp-activity expenses during the camp. Airfare and transportation expenses from your house to Kinmen are not included.
What would disappear with the building of the 2nd Jeju airport (air force base)? According to bird-lover Kim Ye-won (19), the area nearby the planned airport is a paradise for birds. Some of these birds, like Chinese black-headed gulls, are endangered species. About 10 oreums (parasitic cones) are also threatened to have 40 to 100 meters cut off from the top. Photos by and resource partly from Ha Sang-yoon, Segye Ilbo. March 3, 2019.
1.The eastern Oreum colonies of Jeju will permanently lose their present form as many Oreums (volcanic cones) will be cut.
2. The caves and
the bird sanctuaries at the airport site will be destroyed. Furthermore, there
will be high chances of accidents at the airport due to ground subsidence and
bird strikes.
3. The property
rights of the locals living nearby the Second Jeju Airport will be limited and
they will suffer from serious noise pollution.
4. There are
possibilities that the Second Jeju Airport would be used for military purposes.
If the US military decides to use the airport based on the ROK-US Mutual
Defense Agreement, Jeju Island will face aggravated risks of military
conflicts.
5. Even though the
number of tourists increases, only the airline companies and high-ranking
hotels will monopolise the benefits from the airfares and the lodging expenses.
Furthermore, the increase in the number of tourists will cause more trash and
water pollution.
6. There will be
more traffic congestion because of the increased number of tourists. If road
expansion follows accordingly, it will cost a huge amount of financial
resources and destroy the natural environment.
7. There will be
an increase of time and costs when it comes to access from outside of the east
of Jeju due to the division of functions between the current airport and the
Second Jeju Airport.
8. Due to the tremendous amount of finances that will
be spent on the construction of the Second Jeju Airport and related
infrastructure, it will be difficult to improve the current airport
appropriately and welfare projects for the inhabitants of the province will
diminish overall.
9. The fluctuation
of the real estate price in certain areas near the Second Jeju Airport will
benefit the landlords but will generally cause inflation and deepen
inequalities in terms of regional development.
10. The long term construction process will cause irreversible social conflicts among the inhabitants of Seongsan and from all parts of Jeju island.
Many species live in the Bijarim-ro forest. Among them, fairy pitta is classified as ‘vulnerable’ while Japanese night heron is ‘endangered,’ according to the IUCN red-list. Dung beetles (Copris tripartitus) are one of the endangered species defined by the South Korean government. Drawing by Lee Nan-young and a photo by Bird Korea (inside the drawing). The findings are thanks to People Doing All Things to Save the Bijarim-ro.
This is our chance to make some change!
Five propositions for a just,
sustainable Jeju where the Islanders are the agents:
1. To make tourist demand management policies that
consider the environmental and social capacity of Jeju Island as soon as
possible.
2. To implement
improvement projects to resolve inconveniences and guarantee safety of visitors
at the current airport as soon as possible.
3. To prepare
measures to guarantee the mobility rights of Jeju residents, such as a seat
quota system for residents.
4. To implement
policies and allocate budgets to minimize the damage from noise pollution
suffered by the residents living near the current airport.
5. To legislate the requirement to collect opinions from and to consult with the residents before launching large scale development projects and national projects.
People of the tent town in front of the Jeju
Provincial Hall who oppose the 2nd Jeju Airport
We want a Just, Sustainable Jeju where the Islanders are the Agents (Decision-makers)!
Stop the 2nd Jeju
Airport (Air Force Base)!
Stop the expansion construction of Bijarim-ro road, a connection to the 2nd Jeju Airport!
Text translation by People of the tent town in front of the Jeju Provincial Hall who oppose the 2nd Jeju Airport and proofreading by Curry.
Photo by Kim Jae-beom, a picketing in front of a hotel where 2019 Sustainable Development Jeju International Conference was held, June, 18, 2019 Photo by Kim Mi-kyung, a picketing in front of a hotel where 2019 Sustainable Development Jeju International Conference was held, June, 18, 2019 Photo by Kim Jae-beom, a picketing in front of a hotel where 2019 Sustainable Development Jeju International Conference was held, June, 18, 2019Photo by Kim Mi-kyung, a picketing in front of a hotel where 2019 Sustainable Development Jeju International Conference was held, June, 18, 2019
“There should be apology and truth examination”/ Second Cruise Not Welcomed/ Opposing the third Zumwalt destroyer/Gangjeong joins 2019 Okinawa Peace March/ Kings Bay Plowshares 7 Update / Gureomi Rock remembered on the Children’ Day/ Linking Korean Historical Traumas in Gwangju / Three women’s statements in objection to military service/ Whose is the Jeju Island government?/ The Jeju April 3rd Human Rights Issue goes to the UN/ Peace Prize for Vietnamese Survivors/ Sewol Remembered/ Jeju has mountains of trash/ Don’t destroy the historical site of Mt. Songaksan etc.
In this February/ March 2019 Edition : US Coast Guard in Jeju / First Cruise to Gangjeong “Civilian-Military” Port / 2nd Jeju airport? It is an air force base! / Henoko base construction despite referendum / Solidarity visit in Okinawa / Hawaii-Alaska solidarity resists aerospace industry / ROK military satellite and F35-A fighter jets / Citizens’ campaign for a Jeju Non-nuclear Peace bylaw / The first for-profit hospital in Jeju is being revoked / Gangjeong still in agony as big money flows in the name of development / 7 years since Gureombi Rock was blasted / Illegal and unreasonable proposals of cost- sharing for the USFK / 19 Gangjeong villagers and activists offered pardons without truth-seeking / End of War exercises? / Gangeong Women on International Women’s Day etc.
