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Women Cross DMZ is no longer active on this platform. We encourage you to follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/womencrossdmz Working to end the US' oldest forever war, the Korean War. Join our int'l campaign @koreapeacenow.bsky.social

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Women Cross DMZ @womencrossdmz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Women Cross DMZ calls for diplomatic engagement and an end to military exercises on the Korean Peninsula 🧵 womencrossdmz.org/women-cross-...
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Women Cross DMZ calls for diplomatic engagement and an end to military exercises on the Korean Peninsula
“For over 70 years, the ongoing Korean War and escalating tensions have undermined security for 80 million people living on the Korean Peninsula and millions more throughout the Pacific. In the past, ...
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Women Cross DMZ @womencrossdmz.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
🔔 Join us on Monday 1/26 for a webinar on the history and impact of U.S. militarism and camptowns in Korea and how Korean women are organizing for justice. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) will share remarks alongside our speakers. RSVP at bit.ly/wwmc
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Women Cross DMZ @womencrossdmz.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
📌 Join us next Tuesday 9/2 at 8pm ET (9/3 at 9am KST) for a webinar debriefing SK President Lee Jae-myung’s first meeting with U.S. Pres. Trump, including discussions on military defense spending, diplomatic relations, economic issues, and more. RSVP at bit.ly/trumpleesummit
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Korea Peace Now! @koreapeacenow.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
✌️Our July KPNGN meeting is happening next Thursday at 5pm PT/8pm ET! We'll share updates on the upcoming People's Summit in NYC, taking place July 25-27, plus upcoming regional and committee events! Join us! 🔗 RSVP at bit.ly/julykpn or the link in bio!
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 04/06/2025
Lee’s election offers an opening not only for peace but also for restoring democracy and advancing women’s rights in the country, says @cathichoi.bsky.social of @womencrossdmz.bsky.social: www.commondreams.org/opinion/sout...
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This New Dawn for Korean Democracy Must Center Feminist Peace | Common Dreams
As the rising far-right threatens peace, stability, and democracy around the world, Lee Jae-myung and South Korea’s leadership must prioritize and support women’s leadership and peace building.
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Women Cross DMZ @womencrossdmz.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
IPS is hosting an virtual panel this Thursday, April 17 with leading experts to discuss South Korean resistance to rising authoritarianism, especially the role of activists, labor, and media, with Women Cross DMZ Founder Christine Ahn! RSVP and learn more at ips-dc.org/event/south-...
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Women Cross DMZ @womencrossdmz.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The ongoing struggle for self-governance in South Korea has seen a powerful movement act quickly and strategically to prevent martial law. We'll hear voices from Korea on lessons from recent experience, the U.S role in Korea, and take your questions in this panel webinar. RSVP at bit.ly/wbw0425
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Women Cross DMZ @womencrossdmz.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
BREAKING: South Korean court unanimously removes Yoon from office — a huge win for the Korean peoples’ democracy movement! We look now to lasting changes: ending the 75+ year war and “permanent emergency state.” Read more context from Executive Director Cathi Choi below ⬇️⬇️
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Christine Ahn @christineahn.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
South Korea’s pro-democracy movement is a shining model of the power of people to fight back the tyrannical impulses of leaders. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @ips-dc.org @womencrossdmz.bsky.social
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Korea Peace Now! @koreapeacenow.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
✌️Join our April KPNGN meeting next Thurs 4/10 at 5pm PT/8pm ET! This month, we'll be joined by Resist U.S.-Led War who'll share an overview of their movement work and discuss ways to collaborate for antiwar organizing, Korea peace, and more! RSVP at bit.ly/aprkpngn
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Korea Peace Now! @koreapeacenow.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
📍Join us on April 2 at 1pm HST/4pm PT/7pm ET for a presentation on the connections between the Jeju 4.3 Tragedy retrials and the 1980s coram nobis reopening of the resistors of the WWII Japanese American mass incarceration, with scholars Eric Yamamoto and Miyoko Pettit-Toledo! RSVP at bit.ly/jejuja
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Women Cross DMZ @womencrossdmz.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
On last night's webinar launch of "Women's Rights Under the Division System in Korea" report, we hosted speaker Lee Jung Ah from Gyeonggi, the region where this happened. She has said that women in Korea are still "living in conditions of war." www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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Seven hurt in South Korea after shell lands in civilian area during military drills, YTN says
Seven people were hurt on Thursday after a shell was dropped on a civilian district during live-fire military exercises in Pocheon, South Korea, broadcaster YTN said.
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Women Cross DMZ @womencrossdmz.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🧵 Women Cross DMZ has just released a report, Women’s Rights Under the Division System in Korea, which sheds light on the urgent and overlooked consequences of Korea’s division on women’s lives. Read the full report at bit.ly/wrdreport and scroll for key findings and more:
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MADRE @madrespeaks.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Led by @marieberry.bsky.social at @siecenter.bsky.social‬, IGLI initiates research, education, & programming aimed at elevating & amplifying the work that women-identified & gender non-conforming activists are doing at the grassroots to promote peace, justice, & human rights around the world.
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MADRE @madrespeaks.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The Feminist Peace Initiative—led by the Global Grassroots Justice Alliance, MADRE, and @WomenCrossDMZ.bsky.social—seeks to reorient U.S. foreign policy away from militarism and endless wars and towards one that advances justice, peace, and collective security.
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MADRE @madrespeaks.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The Feminist Peace Playbook, organized by the Feminist Peace Initiative and the Inclusive Global Leadership Institute at the University of Denver, is a roadmap to transforming US foreign policy. Join us at #CSW69 as we launch a new resource, uplifting lessons from grassroots feminist campaigns.
Flyer for upcoming event titled, "Launching the Feminist Peace Playbook: A Guide to Transforming US Foreign Policy" featuring Christine Ahn, Kate Alexander, Marie Berry, Diana Duarte, Janene Yazzie on the second floor of UN Church Center on Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 2:30 pm EST.
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Women Cross DMZ @womencrossdmz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
🧵 On this National Day of Remembrance, in the midst of relentless anti-immigrant attacks that rely upon similar narratives and policies, we join Tsuru for Solidarity, @buildingmovement.bsky.social, and 100+ orgs in recommitting to community care and solidarity: bit.ly/dor-solidarity-statement
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Korea Peace Now! @koreapeacenow.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
A big thank you to our speakers and everyone who joined "The Stories We Bring to Bear: Flipping the Script on Adoption," our joint gathering with GYOPO! You can watch and listen to the conversation below ✌️🔽 youtu.be/Sk7tMaC2s2o #koreapeacenow
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The Stories We Bring to Bear: Flipping the Script on Adoption | A KPN X GYOPO Gathering
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Christine Ahn @christineahn.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Really important piece on the link between MAGA and the attempted coup in South Korea. We need to watch what’s happening in South Korea; a lot of linkages to oligarchs here and the MAGA playbook.
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Korea Peace Now! @koreapeacenow.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
✌️Our February meeting is happening next Thursday 2/13 at 5pm PT/8pm ET! Coordinators of the KPNGN Steering Committee will present their work and promote ways to participate in knowledge-building, strategy meetings, collective actions to advance Korea peace. Join us at bit.ly/febkpngn
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Korea Peace Now! @koreapeacenow.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
THURSDAY! The Stories We Bring to Bear: Flipping the Scripts on Adoption What exists beyond, around, and throughout the lives of adopted people and their various families and communities? Join us to hear from Deann Borshay Liem and Meejin Seol, moderated by Anna Kook. RSVP at bit.ly/kpngyopo
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Cathi Choi @cathichoi.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
My latest for @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social “How MAGA Made Its Way to South Korea”
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