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!
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.
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.
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.
In this February Edition:
Gangjeong will not Give up, In remembrance of Father Bix, Okinawa, Jeju, Taiwanthe
Peace Triangle, Keep THAAD out of South Korea, Hotpinkdolphins meets Taiwan pink dolphins, International Solidarity, Choosing jail to resist unfair fines, Deported for Loving Korea, Interview with a Jeju Activist, Seeking justice from the chimney top, “To Exist is to Resist” Gangjeong Peace School, trial updates and much more!
In this January 2015 Edition:
Crackdown on the Village, Cork City Council passes the motion to support Gangjeong, Proposed Petition of Veterans For Peace-Korea Peace Campaign, Damage to Fishermen, Henoko State Violence, Realizing the Island of Peace, Different frontlines for Life and Peace, Interview with a Gangjeong Villager, The Story of Magazi, Documenting present day Gangjeong, Aotearoa’s Anti-Base Movement trial updates and much more!
In this December Edition:
Gangjeong Mayor’s message for 2015, Encountering of Nanjing and Jeju’s suffering, Navy plans crackdown on 24 hour sit-in tent, A priest’s getting pushed down by a construction vehicle and the negligence of police, Republic Of Korea Navy Chief involved in corrupt arms purchase, Love is the only answer, tangerine harvest season, The struggle by villagers and Island people to stop the resumption of the construction
for military residence, Palestine Come and See, Korea loses Father James Sinnott, Christmas Eve in Gangjeong village, Metburi report, United Progressive Party, Introducing Gangjeong struggle through movies, trial updates and much more!
In this this July and August Special Edition:
The Pope visits Korea, more caissons broken by typhoons, World Council of Churches calls for a stop to the base, special section on the 2014 Grand March, special section on the 2014 Peace for the Sea Camp, update on Milyang, Emergency Jeju DMZ forum, youth camps in Gangjeong, Gangjeong housing co-op, prison updates, trial updates, international solidarity, and more!
At the time, Gangjeong’s struggle was also brought before the assembly as an issue to be discussed in the official statements released each time by the WCC. The public issues committee and the WCC delegates which had the delegated authority to choose which issues would appear in official statements, voted to choose Gangjeong. Gangjeong and its supporters were overjoyed, however due to unresolved issues, there was not time to finish and release the official statement by the end of the assembly and it was pushed back to July 2014 when the WCC central committee would meet again to resolve remaining issues.
The World Council of Churches central committee, meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, 2-8 July 2014, therefore calls on member churches and related ministries and networks to:
[…] 8. Oppose the expansion of military bases, nuclear forces and missile defences in Asia or targeting Asia, and raise awareness of public resistance to such military expansion including the new naval base at Gangjeong Village on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea.
Please spread this great news around and encourage those you know in WCC related churches, networks and ministries, to join in this new mandate of the WCC!
The official English poster for the 2014 Grand March for Life and Peace
The time for the annual Gangjeong Grand March for Life and Peace is almost here! From July 29 to August 2, Gangjeong friends and supporters will march across Jeju from Jeju City to Gangjeong. Then in Gangjeong there will be a festival and celebration.
Join us! Internationals are welcome! See the poster above for details and contact us at gangjeongintl@gmail.com & peace@pspd.org for info! It will be very helpful if you inform your participation to us through email in advance for the logistics purpose though your participation fee can be paid in the march site.
For the international friends who can physically join the march: For more concrete guide, please see the below. Any peace flags and talents that you may bring and share with the marchers would surely encourage the villagers and activists here. Thanks for joining us in march!
For the international friends who cannot physically join the march: Even though you may not be able to physically join the 2014 Gangjeong Grand March for Life and Peace, you may join us by sending us international solidarity messages(up to 100 words)/photos/videos through gangjeongintl@gmail.comby no later than July 23. As in 2012 and 2013, the village international team thankfully receives solidarity messages from the friends in the world upon the 2014 Grand March for Life and Peace which is followed by the Peace for the Sea International Peace Camp(Aug. 3 to 6), and boosted by other campaigns like writing a letter to Pope campaign . All the messages you send will be publicly shared. Please check the solidarity messages collected in 2012 (Click here) and 2013(Click here) . We want to let you know how Kang Dong-Kyun, ex-mayor of the Gangjeong village, has much appreciated all your messages, sitting and reading all the translated messages printed in 20 pages, with awe and gratitude, without moving for a while. None of your messages will go in vain. We also want to display some of your messages with translation in the Village Peace Center where many villagers and activists always gather. Thanks for encouraging us.
………………………………. Guide to 2014 March……………………………….
1. Accommodation and meal:
Tent and food are provided during march but you may bring your personal tent and/or sleeping bag(s). Please bring your personal washing tool (tooth brush, tooth paste, shampoo, towel etc) , You may also bring jacket, umbrella etc.
2. Brief scheduleJuly 29 (Tues.):
Please gather across the main gate of the Jeju Island government hall by noon. If you join march in the middle of it, please contact Jungjoo (English,010-8560-3734), Emily (Chinese, 010-6469-9413 ), and Dongseok(Japanese, 010-9334-0933) for information.
Aug. 1 (Fri.):
There will be a Peace Bus in the Jeju airport at 2 pm. The bus directly goes to the village where there will be events (see the below) Once arrived in the village around 5 pm, there will be a Great gathering for people’s talk in the Gangjeong soccer field from 8 to 9 pm. Then movie night after it.
(* 6-7 pm: dinner 7-9 pm: Great gathering for people’s talks (Maningongdonghoe)
9:30 pm ~ : Movie night with Yang Yoon-Mo and Grace)
Aug. 2 (Sat.):
In the morning, there will be various program such as peace mass and human chain. From 7 pm, there will be a Cultural Event for the Stop of the Jeju Naval Base Project and Citizens’ Prayer for Peace in the Gangjeong Soccer Field.
(* 9-11 am: Gangjeong village tour
11 am -12 pm: Life and peace mass
12-1 pm: Human chain, Peace ribbons
1-2 pm: Lunch
2-6 pm: Peace prayer tower building, Peace-Protection Totemic Pole building, Writing wishes, peace prayer ceremony, Ieodo-ro Peace Market, Treasure-search (peace book village team), water play in the Gangjeong stream(watermelon party)
6-7 pm dinner
7-9 pm Cultural Event for the Stop of the Jeju Naval Base Project and for Peace Prayer )
Aug. 3 (Sun.):
Breakfast together at 8 am. You may join Seeding Flowers, Wish tower-building. The official events end on Aug. 2. Therefore Aug. 3 program is optional.
3. Schedule in detail
July 29(Tues.):Jeju Island Government Hall-A small park in the Halla University four way intersection- A Funeral House, Hagwi Agricultural Cooperative(Nonghyup)-Youngmowon-Gosungri Sports Field-HangpaduriJuly 30(Wed.): Hangpaduri-Yusooamri Small Park-Saemangreu Research and Training Institute-Saebyul Oreum(Oreum-climbing. Please notice that there is no bathroom here)
Aug. 1 (Fri.):Hwasoon Beach-Andeok Valley-A Small Park-Cheonje Fall-International Convention Center-Yakcheon Temple-Gangjeong Soccer Field (Arriving around 5 pm)
4. Guide on the Peace Bus (At 2 pm, Aug. 1, Jeju Airport): The bus directly goes to the village to join the events that start 7 pm on the day. If you need to use this bus, Please contact gangjeongintl@gmail.com andpeace@pspd.org in advance for the reservation of the bus seats! It is mandatory!
5. Elementary school studentsFor the elementary school students, participation fee is free but a t-shirt should be purchased at the price of 10,000 KRW. Please contact gangjeongintl@gmail.com and peace@pspd.org in advance.
6. Support for the participation feeFor the participants who come from the outside of the Jeju and join more than three nights four days, 20,000 KRW of participation fee will be supported.
