Very important interview with @christineahn in order to understand the social mobilization behind the Korean peace movement -- a part of the story that is generally omitted or downplayed in most "western" coverage
#KoreaSummithttps://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/ep-35-the-total-blackout-of-the-korean-left …
“the way we treat South Korea is as almost a colony. ... it’s just incredible to read people like that saying, just assuming that South Korea does not have the sovereign right to try to unify and reconcile within its own country.”https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1034966728307032064?s=21 …
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"President Moon Jae-in became the first South Korean leader to give a speech to the North Korean public ... Mr Moon is on a three-day visit to Pyongyang where he signed a landmark agreement with Kim Jong-un."https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45578491 …
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President Moon Jae-in's speech in front of 150,000 North Korean citizens, at Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, was the first time a South Korean head of state ever addressed North Korean citizens directly [ENG subtitles]:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmNQ89I5GIc …
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@TimothyS: "the leaders of North and South Korea [...] sent an unmistakable message that the two Koreas have moved into a new phase of reconciliation and are ready to overcome the barriers that have kept them divided since 1945."https://www.thenation.com/article/moon-and-kim-stage-an-exuberant-summit-in-pyongyang/ …Show this thread -
"The two Koreas will start clearing mines from the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on October 1 as a first step after they agreed to disarm the border area starting with land mines."http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2018/10/356_256216.html …
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