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South Korea
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A Cynical Environmentalism: Protecting Nature to Prepare for War
The US military claims it spends millions on conservation but impacted communities call it “greenwashing.”
The US in Korea: Lessons Lost, Lessons Learned
To make peace in Korea, the US should reflect on historical realities and consider strategies other than military posturing.
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In Pursuit of Human Rights: Thirteen Personal Stories
A new oral history reader offers stories from people who have experienced war, poverty and miscarriages of justice throughout the world.
A Dangerous Military Buildup in Asia and the Pacific
South Korea constructs a new naval base on Jeju Island; US plans to expand military base on Okinawa; and China builds on South China Sea atolls.
In South Korea, Preaching Peace Is Now a Deportable Offense
How one Korean-American woman got tangled up with the South Korean security state after a life-changing visit to the North.
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Forcing an Island of Peace to Host a Billion-Dollar Military Base
Uncle Sam is wrecking a great deal of South Korea's top tourist destination.
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Samsung’s Broken Apology App
Once in a while, corporate chieftains actually step forward to apologize for the abuse they inflict on workers, consumers, communities, and the environment.
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Jeju Island: A Pivot on the Peace Island
Since 2007, activists have risked arrests, imprisonment, heavy fines and wildly excessive use of police force to resist the desecration caused as mega-corporations like Samsung and Daelim to build …
John Pilger | “Good” and “Bad” War – and the Struggle of Memory Against Forgetting
By 2020, China will be ringed by US missiles and nuclear weapons-armed aircraft, increasing tension. Will this history be forgotten, as was the US empire's expansion into Korea after …
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South Korea: Rail Workers, Repression and Resistance
An almost unreported strike in South Korea, which has just come to an end, epitomizes how a “free” market can be incompatible with the liberty of workers to defend …