{"id":6323,"date":"2010-03-08T09:22:16","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T17:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=6323"},"modified":"2010-03-08T09:22:16","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T17:52:16","slug":"south-korea-nationwide-protests-against-us-rok-war-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=6323","title":{"rendered":"South Korea: Nationwide Protests Against US-ROK War Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mahalo to Sung Hee Choi for these reports on peace\/anti-war\/anti-militarism demonstrations across Korea in response to provocative U.S.-Republic of Korea joint military exercises.<\/p>\n

>><<<\/p>\n

http:\/\/nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/key-resolve-us-sk-annual-war-exercise.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Monday, March 8, 2010<\/p>\n

Key Resolve, US-SK Annual War Exercise Starts in the Korean Peninsula on March 8 and Nationwide Protests against it, as Well<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n
\"\"<\/a>* Image source: Solidarity for Peace And Reunification of Korea (SPARK)<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\n‘Let\u2019s stop the war and blossom the flowers’<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>TANGO, CFC, Sungnam <\/span>
\n(reference source: Koh Sung-Jin
\nimage source: Cho Sung-Bong, Tongil News, March 8, 2010<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>The civil society organizations including Solidarity for Peace And Reunification of Korea<\/a>,
\nKorean Confederation of Trade Unions<\/a>, Korea Alliance of Progressive Movements<\/a> and Pan-Korean Alliance for Reunification (PKAR), South Korean branch<\/a>, by starting with the press interview on March 8, in front of Theater, Air, Navy, Ground Operation (TANGO), Combined Forces Command<\/a><\/span>, in Chungye Mt. Sungnam, South of Seoul, announced that, \u201cBy coming 18, we, through \u2018the simultaneous anti-war & peace joint actions\u2019 centered in the main USFK bases and cities nationwide, including Seoul, <\/span>will urge to sop the invasive war exercise, and will spread our will for the realization of peace <\/span>that has been longtime wished for.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/a>image source: Cho Sung-Bong, Tongil News, March 8, 2010<\/a>
\n<\/span>“Let\u2019s stop the war and blossom the flowers”<\/span><\/span>
\n
\n<\/span><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/a>image source: Cho Sung-Bong, Tongil News, March 8, 2010<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Pyeongtaek<\/a>
\n<\/span>( reference\/image source: Pyeongteak Peace Center<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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About 30 activists from various organizations in Pyeongteak have gathered in front of Songtan branch, Pyeongteak City Hall on March 8, to denounce the Key Resolve <\/a>exercise and to urge the stop of the additional runway in the Songtan USFK. The Pyeongtaek activists pointing out that the construction for additional runway in the Songtan USFK, which is planned to be completed by 2011, is for the realization of the strategic flexibility in the Korean peninsula,<\/span> appealed to Pyeongtaek citizens to stop the construction. [The activists also pointed out that the planned return of the war time operation right from the USFK to ROK military has also been conditioned under the strategic flexibility]. The participants decided that they would make the issue of runway by the coming local election on June 2.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>\"\"<\/a>Click the image for larger view<\/span><\/p>\n

“Stop the Key Resolve\/ Foal Eagle War exercise and
\nthe 2nd Runway Construction in the Songtan USFK Base!”<\/span><\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>-Leaflet distributed to the citizens in Pyeongteak on March 8-<\/span><\/p>\n

The leaflet was made by Gyunggi-do branch, Korean Alliance for Progressive Movement, Gyunggi-do headquarter of Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and the Pyeongtaek Area Democratic Organizations\u2019 Council. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Incheon
\n<\/span>( reference\/image source:
\nIncheon branch, Solidarity for Peace And Reunification of Korea<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The Incheon activists, having the protest in front of Incheon City Hall criticized that the Key Resolve <\/span>
\nthat has been with the advanced weapons, was not for the defense exercise but for the attack against North Korea, <\/span>and was the illegal war exercise, a violation of constitution that pursed the peaceful unification<\/span>. <\/span>
\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
They also said that, if the United States and South Korea truly want the dialogue with North Korea, <\/span>
\nboth authorities of them should stop the Key Resolve war exercise, <\/span>as they had stopped the Team Spirit military training in 1994 for the talk with North Korea. <\/span>Saying that the western sea in front of Incheon is always in tension including the military clash, <\/span>they denounced the war exercise that threatened the peace and heightened tension in the Korean peninsula. <\/span><\/span>
\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Finally activists appealed to the citizens to abolish the US-SK war alliance with anti-war peace actions.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>\"\"<\/a>Chungnam-do <\/span>(province)<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span>Image source: SPARK <\/a>
\nIn front of Chungnam Province Hall (original source: Ohmynews<\/a>)<\/p>\n

<\/span>\"\"<\/a>Kunsan<\/a>
\n<\/span>Image source: Solidarity for Peace And Reunification of Korea (SPARK)<\/a>
\nIn front of Kunsan AFB (original source: Newsis<\/a>)<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>Busan
\n<\/span> Image source: Solidarity for Peace And Reunification of Korea (SPARK)<\/a><\/span>
\nIn front of the United States Consulate (original source: Voice of People<\/a>)<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mahalo to Sung Hee Choi for these reports on peace\/anti-war\/anti-militarism demonstrations across Korea in response to provocative U.S.-Republic of Korea joint military exercises. >><< http:\/\/nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/key-resolve-us-sk-annual-war-exercise.html Monday, March 8, 2010 Key Resolve, US-SK Annual War Exercise Starts in the Korean Peninsula on March 8 and Nationwide Protests against it, as Well * Image source: Solidarity for … <\/p>\n

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