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The Korea Policy Institute (KPI) is an independent research and educational institute whose mission is to provide timely analysis of United States policies toward Korea and developments on the Korean peninsula. Please support KPI’s efforts to provide the information and analysis needed to inform a U.S. policy that respects the Korean peoples’ desire for peace, sovereignty, reconciliation, and the reunification of Korea.

Tell the South Korean consulate: Yoon must go!

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On Tuesday, December 3, President Yoon Seok Yeol of South Korea declared martial law for the 13th time in the country’s history. While our brave people in South Korea have gained the upper hand, this fight is not yet over.

 

South Korea’s largest progressive union has called a general strike until President Yoon resigns. South Koreans need your solidarity now—help us lift up their demands by calling and sending emails to the ROK Embassy demanding Yoon’s resignation.

 

Click here to send an email to the embassy urging President Yoon to resign.

 

️Click here for instructions on calling the embassy to demand President Yoon resign.️

Yoon’s regime has cracked down on the South Korean people, who have faced a mounting economic crisis and political repression under his administration. As a result, throughout November on multiple occasions, over 100,000 people showed up on the streets of Seoul to protest Yoon. Over 1 million have signed a civilian referendum demanding Yoon’s resignation. Before his coup attempt, Yoon had already faced 22 impeachment attempts in the national legislature.

Until Yoon resigns, we can’t say the threat of martial law is entirely over. As long as Yoon is in power, there’s a possibility the US will support him in committing more atrocities against our people.

That’s where you come in. Applying international grassroots pressure on the Yoon regime is one of the best ways we can help keep our people in South Korea safe from retaliation. Don’t wait—take action now!​

Events

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Webinar: Despotism, Desperation, and Yoon Regime's Failed Coup

 

US, December 6, 2024, 4PM PST/7PM EST

Please join us to support Koreans in their demand for an end to Yoon's legacy of betrayal and his assault on democracy itself!

Register: Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85881279714?pwd=bISbjsssqDgR0cB7ahCIxldEl7WMor.1

Meeting ID: 858 8127 9714/Passcode: 745363

 

Youtube Live: https://www.youtube.com/live/kQ0zrmdxMc4

해외 진보 인사-윤석열 쿠데타 규탄 긴급 웨비나

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Martial Law Interrupted: Views from South Korea

Sunday, 12/8, 4 pm PST | Sunday, 12/8, 7 pm EST | Monday, 12/9, 9 am KST

For a Zoom link, please register here.

This conversation brings together labor organizers, opposition politicians, scholars, and peace activists from South Korea to discuss the extraordinary attempt by President Yoon Seok-yeol to impose martial law on South Korea, a key U.S. ally. What are the structural conditions that enabled Yoon to declare martial law? Why is martial law in South Korea not assuredly a thing of the past? Even as the political landscape has shifted since the Carter administration authorized the deployment of South Korean military forces against the people of Gwangju who rose up for democracy in 1980, what is the U.S. role in this unfurling saga? What lessons are to be drawn from the organized resistance of the South Korean people, and what lies ahead?

What Does Trump Mean for Korea

Monday, December 2, 5PM PST / 8PM EST

Join "What Does Trump Mean for Korea" -- a webinar featuring a moderated panel discussion and strategy session on the incoming Trump administration’s plans for Korea. Co-hosted by Nodutdol and Korea Peace Now, this panel will feature:

 

Cathi Choi (Women Cross DMZ)

KJ Noh (Pivot to Peace)

Colleen Moore (General Board of Church and Society)

Dae Han Song (International Strategy Center)

 

RSVP Here

Featured Project

Ending the Korean War Teaching Collective

The online, open-access Ending the Korean War Teaching Collective syllabus is a political education platform serving as an anti-imperialist tool against permanent war. The syllabus is organized into thematic modules designed for scholars, educators, and activists alike.

Ending the Korean War Teaching Collective

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Dae-Han Song & Christine Ahn 

On Mass Protests Force South Korean President to Revoke Shocking Martial Law Declaration After 6 Hours

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Democracy Now

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RT International 

December 1, 2024

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KPI Projects

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Voices of Peace contest

KPI READERS

The Korea Policy Institute readers are free downloadable resources for classrooms, study groups, and individuals seeking critical context to the unfolding situation on the Korean peninsula. 

VOICES FOR PEACE IN KOREA

KPI is pleased to announce the winners of its 2021 Voices of Peace contest. The winners are “Obangsaek” by Andy Seungu Choi (essay), Untitled essay by Quynh-May Nguyen (essay), Untitled Poem by Sydney Gil (poetry), and “Silhouette Video” by Joan Gwak (visual). Click here to view submissions.

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