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  • Gangjeong Village Story: August/September 2017 Issue

    In this August/September 2017 Edition (Specially 8 page):

    2017 Jeju Grand March for Life and Peace/ Ishigaki peace camp 2017/ The18 hours’ resistance against THAAD / IPAN calls for THAAD OUT OF KOREA/ Why Iwakuni? / The Colonization of Guam/ Miyako Mothers for a Peaceful Future/ Ishigaki Elders Call for No More War/ Henoko Blue/ Report on the solidarity trip to Korea/ Alliance for Arms Deal/ The Strategic meaning of the Jeju Naval Base and THAAD/ Update on the navy lawsuit/ Dugong Lawsuit Revived in US Courts/ Unilateral Government Information Meeting on the 2nd Jeju Airport Dissipated by the People/ USNS Henson surveyed the Jeju waters/ Sept. 2, the sixth year remembering the Gureomi fence/ Keep Space for Peace week/ May Rest Cho Young- sam and more.

     

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  • 2017 Jeju Grand March for Life and 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

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    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
    July 30th (Sun.) 6 p.m. (Gangjeong Village Community Hall 강정마을 의례회관)

    Peace, Forward Together! Peace Is the Way, and We Are Peace. As we pray together for peace in Jeju and peace for all of us., we will march together in Jeju again this year. All participants will start from Gangjeong Village at the beginning and meet at Jeju City at the March’s conclusion. In between, the participants will divide up into two processions, which will each walk around one side of Jeju Island’s perimeter – one group along the eastern half and another group along the western half. In addition to Gangjeong, the whole of Jeju has been suffering from the remilitarization of the island, including communities that have been struggling against the construction of a second airport. This year we have changed the event’s name to the “Jeju Grand March for Life and Peace” because we are marching to protect peace in all of Jeju.

    ☮  Participation Fee
    Partial – Participation per day: Adult 20,000 KRW, Youth 10,000 KRW (Participation fee is waived for preschoolers)
    Full – Participation in the entire March: Adult 90,000 KRW, Youth 50,000 KRW.
    Official T-shirts may be purchased separately – 10,000 won.

    ☮ Contact information

    Phone: +82 2 723 4250 (People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy -PSPD)
    Email: gangjeongintl@gmail.com, jejumarch@daum.net

    ☮ Important Grand March Events

    Sunday, July 30 6- 9 PM: Pre-March Festival (Outside the Gangjeong ceremonial hall)
    Monday, July 31 7- 8 AM: Grand March on-site registration and departure (in front of the navy base)

    8- 8:30 AM: Grand March Departure Ceremony (in front of the navy base)

    8:30 AM: Departure of the East March and the West March
    Saturday, August 5 6- 9 PM: Life and Peace Festival (Tapdong Oceanfront Stage, Jeju City)

    ☮ March Course

    Date West Course East Course
    Monday, July 31 Gangjeong-Jungmun-Andeok (18 km) Gangjeong-Seogwipo-Namwon (24 km)
    Tuesday, August 1 Andeok-Daejeong-Hangyeong (21 km) Namwon-Pyoseon-Shinsan (22 km) +Festival
    Wednesday, August 2 Hangyeong-Geumneung-Hallim (16 km) Shinsan-Onpyeong-Seongsan (14 km)
    Thursday, August 3 Hallim-Gwakji-Aewol (10 km) +Festival Seongsan-Sehwa-Gujwa (18 km)
    Friday, August 4 Aewol-Hagwi-Halla Sports Center (19 km) Gujwa-Hamdeok-Jocheon (13 km)
    Saturday, August 5 Halla Sports Center- Meet the East course in Jeju City- Tapdong Oceanfront Stage (15 km) Jocheon- Meet the West course in Jeju City-Tapdong Oceanfront Stage (17 km)

    ☮ Housing and Meals

    During the March, housing and meals are included. Participants sleep on the floor on thin foam mats in gymnasiums along the course of the march, but alternative dormitory style housing in Gangjeong is available for international participants. Participants should prepare their own pillows/sheets/sleeping bags as needed. Most of the gymnasiums also have places that participants can pitch their own tents. If you have your own tent, sleeping bag, etc. you can sleep more comfortably. Please bring your own toiletries (tooth paste, tooth brush, shampoo, towel, etc). You might want to bring a raincoat/ poncho just in case. It would also be useful to prepare bug spray and itch cream.

    On Sunday the 30th before the march and on Saturday the 5th after the march, participants can sleep in Gangjeong ceremonial hall or the peace center, etc. but these places might be very full so participants are encouraged to consider finding separate housing on those days. (International participants can stay the village hall dormitory at this time). If you plan to return to Gangjeong from Jeju City on the night of the 5th, please let the preparation team know so we can prepare.

    ☮ The baggage truck

    During the march, a truck follows us carrying our baggage. Participants can but their bags in the truck in the morning, and find them again in the evening at the gymnasium where we sleep. Then you don’t need to have a heavy bag while you walk.

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  • Gangjeong Village Story: April/May 2017 Issue

    In this April/ May 2017 Edition:

    No to the 1st US Warship after 10 Years of Struggle /The United States should not pressure THAAD deployment!/ Resisting THAAD in the United States/ Vietnam Pieta and Fr. Bix statues placed in Gangjeong/ The Navy’s damage lawsuit and the new President Moon/ A Murderous History of Korea by Bruce Cumings / Gangjeong Peace Travel Team / Making a Demilitarized Island with No Air Base / Remembering the Sewol ferry tragedy and Gwangju uprising/ Jeju march 2017 ad. etc.

     

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  • Gangjeong Village Story: Monthly Newsletter | February/March 2017 Issue

     

    In this February/ March 2017  Edition:

    Remember Gureombi: Neither Zumwalt Nor THAAD/Unilateral Enforcement of the Jeju Air Force Base/ The 4·3 Massacre and the USA/ A Future of Hawaii and Today of Jeju/ Zumwalt 12 Trial Update/ Peace school with Kyoko Okumoto/ Lecture on Women’s Voices in Militarism/ Demilitarized Peace Island a Work in Progress/ No More Dolphin Imports from Japan/ Navy’s strategic lawsuit against participation /The navy secretly works to restore soft corals/ Park Out, People In/ The GN 25th annual conference ad.

     

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    Corrected: Regarding an article on ‘Zumwalt 12 Trial Update,’ in page 2, the USS Zumwalt is a 4 ‘billion’ USD, not 4 ‘million’ USD. Please see the renewed version in the ‘Download the PDF,’ above.

  • Japanese Buddhist Monks Visit Gangjeong

    NA MU MYO HO REN GE KYO

     

    When I got to Gangjeong Village, I soon met many beautiful spirits there, I quickly regretted my past mistakes, in other words, I thought “Why was I not one of peace group members who visited Jeju twice from Tacoma, U.S. in 2013 and 2014?”

    My little sister Melissa from US and Korean sister Choi Sung-Hee picked us up at the bus stop on Jan. 20 with big smiling faces. Rev. Imai Shonin, 86 years old, my teacher monk from Japan got off the bus too. We had an unusual snowstorm during our short 3 day stay in Jeju, including our visit to 4/3 Museum.

    Only a few hours and one overnight passed, I’ve already recognized the people here are real, and that was a really beautiful moments in my life. The very next morning we joined the 100 prayer bows with long time activists and young students visitors at the gate of the Navel base.  Although the obnoxious construction was completed, that prayer is still continuing not just in my heart but also on the earth for our better future. I will never forget it and I promise to come back here again in my life time.  Thank you everybody include Dongsok-san who has great spirit.

    Gangjeong is in the same latitude as my hometown Usa in Kyushu, Japan and we also produce sweet mandarin orange.  “Usa” is proud of it’s ancient history and advanced people from Silla settled here. Since after WW2 the reservoir area “Hijudai” behind my hometown has been used as a live firing field by US Marine Corps in Okinawa. I visited Okinawa for one week with 23 US citizens before visiting Jeju. To my regret we could not stay Jeju in even for 5 days because I wished to visit Putagol(Pagoda) Park in Seoul for the prayer for the souls of Korean victims under Japanese occupation especially for Jugun-ianfu(comfort women). I came back to Seattle now and I am thinking what is the next step for peace walking with the people whom I met in Gangjeong. Not just a word.  Gassho(palms together)

    Kanaeda, Senji,  Japanese Buddhist monk belong to Nipponzan Myohoji order-Gangjeong visit Jan 20-23rd 2017

  • Gangjeong Village Story: Monthly Newsletter |January 2017 Issue

    In this January 2017  Edition:

    No Samsung! the No.1 power of South Korea!/ For a Jeju native to survive/ Solidarity Trip to Hawaii From Jeju Island/ Henoko struggle goes on despite hardships/ Welcome the judgment of acquittal on reservist objector/ Jeju sea, covered with wind farms?/ Trial update/ The 18th Gangjeong Peace School etc.

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  • Gangjeong Village Story: Monthly Newsletter |November 2016 Issue

     

    november-2016_final-page-1In this November Edition:

    Step Down Park Geun Hye! Mass Anti-Government Rallies; GSOMIA etc. are INVALID; Navy brings children to experience war culture; International Tribunal on Forced Eviction’s recommendation on Jeju navy base; Choi Soon-sil gate with Lockheed Martin and Samsung; Why I object to my fourth year of military reserves training; Trial updates; Solidarity message for the Standing Rock protesters etc.

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  • Gangjeong Village Story: Monthly Newsletter |October 2016 Issue

    october-2016_-page-1In this October Edition:

    Gangjeong Case at The International Tribunal on Evictions; The 5th Anniversary of the Gangjeong Life and Peace Mass; Cultural relics found, buried, destroyed again at Jeju naval base site; No life can live near Jeju naval base The National Assembly inquiry on the navy lawsuit; Trial update; Peace Festival and Keep Space for Peace Week; Calls for Park Geun-hye to resign in wake of “Choi-Gate”: Three COs declared Not Guilty: Security meeting amid protest etc.

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  • Gangjeong Village Story: Monthly Newsletter |September 2016 Issue


    september-2016-final_page-1In this September Edition:

    The 3rd Gangjeong Peace Conference; The wrongful arrest of Mayor Cho Kyung-chul; Military explosive vehicle passing by the village; Peace Educators’ Solidarity; International Tribunal of Eviction; Jeju naval base for the US aircraft carrier?; THAAD and Jeju naval base; Delivery of the claim for reimbursement to the Navy has commenced; Baek Nam-gi, Presente; Solidarity with Pyeongtaek: Stop the Air Show! etc.

     

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    Name spelling correction: In the page 3, the photo on Dunguree protest is by Mr. Lee Joon-heon (not Lee Joon-hun).

  • Gangjeong Village Story: Monthly Newsletter |July/August 2016 Issue


    julaugmain-final_page-1In this July/August Edition:

    2016 Jeju Peace March; Does South Korea need THAAD?; Veterans for Peace Joining the March; Two Korean American peace activists were deported; Reflections and photos on the march in Jeju and Peace for the Sea camp in Taiwan; Seongsan residents against the 2nd airport project; Jeju’s militarization presented in the East Asia Tribunal of Eviction; Hula Girls; Everyday protest in front of gates; Hotpinkdolphins summer camp in Gangjeong; Refusing to be investigated; A sea voyage for peace  and more.

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