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The Royal Asiatic Society Korea: Hanok Preservation and Cultural Excursion into Bukchon Hanok Village, Seoul City

June 3rd, 2023. During a pleasant sunny Saturday afternoon in Seoul city, a group of enthusiasts gathered to set foot on a cultural excursion called “A Deep Dive into the History of Hanok Preservation in Bukchon” led by Robert J.…

North-South Korean Art Diplomacy For Peace  and Non-violence 

Here we go! La la la… we are at the historical moment of our time on the planet. It is an interesting time, soon…  January 22nd, 2021 heralds a new day as a turning point for world peace that will be…

Conflict & Peace, Which Way Should We Choose?

Seoul, South Korea – Amid rising concerns of peace and security on the Korean Peninsula from the recent nuclear tests and satellite launch by North Korea, the organisation Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) hosted a peace forum,…

Veterans For Peace Calls upon U.S. to Reduce Military Tensions in Korea

Veterans For Peace, a major peace organization of veterans in the U.S., welcomed the  announcement on Tuesday, August 25th, of an inter-Korean agreement to de-escalate the current military tensions in Korea. Among the items agreed to, the South agreed to…

Korea – call for a Political Peace Conference

“On May 19th, after traveling thousands of miles to reach North Korea, our international group of women arrived in Pyongyang in preparation for our walk on Sunday across the Demilitarized Zone into South Korea. This group is passionate and diverse,…

Ann Wright: where your conscience can take you – North Korea

Following my conscience to challenge US policies began with my resignation as a US diplomat in 2003 in opposition to the Bush war on Iraq. Before working as a diplomat I was a US Army Reserve Colonel. Over the past…

Korea-UN: Political peace conference needed

UNITED NATIONS: POLITICAL PEACE CONFERENCE NEEDED! Please sign our petition: Dear United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, On this 70th anniversary of Korea’s division, we urge the United Nations to broker a Political Peace Conference, as called for in Article…