ORGANIZATIONS PROMOTING PEACE IN KOREA
US Peace Groups working on Korean Peace Issues
The Alliance for Scholars Concerned about Korea - Organization of Scholars and professors formed in March 2003 to deal with peace and societal issues in Korea.
Friends Committee on National Legislation
The Korea Armistice to Peace Treaty Campaign
The New Zealand Korean Peace Committee
Veterans for Peace/Korea Peace Campaign
National Campaign to End the Korean War - The National Campaign to End the Korean War is a coalition of concerned Korean American, veterans, and human rights organizations as well as individuals in the United States who are working together to promote permanent peace on the Korean peninsula and a new US policy toward Korea by informing, educating, and mobilizing American people at both local and national levels.
Nodutol - A Korean community development organization advocating for equality, justice and the peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula.
South Korean Peace Groups
Peoples Solidarity For Participatory Democracy Founded in 1994 by more than 200 members, the People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) is a civil organization dedicated to promoting justice and human rights in Korean society through the participation of the people.
Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK) concentrates its efforts on the “Movement for a Korean peninsula peace treaty and the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Korea.
NLG Korean Peace Project members Chris Orton, Eric Sirotkin
and Linette Tobin visit PSPD
Pan Korean Truth Commission on Civilian Massacre in Korea War
(82 + 2) 773 5158 Mobile : (82) 17 717 0062
email : genocide2002@hanmail.net homepage : http://genocide.or.kr
Nautilus/ARI - From its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, the Nautilus Institute's Northeast Asian node is building a regional network of partners to help solve global problems such as nuclear proliferation, energy insecurity, and climate change.
Minbyun (Progessive Lawyers For a Democratic Society Association) MINBYUN makes efforts to contribute to the development of democracy in South Korea through litigation, research, and investigation,and by increasing public awareness and joining in the activities to protect basic human rights and attain social justice.
Women Making Peace - Women Making Peace is a specialized movement organization formed to realize reunification and peace on the Korean peninsula and to make peace in Asia and the world.
Our organization was founded on March 28 1997. We conduct research on the conditions and methods necessary for the peaceful reunification of Korea, and present policies toward that goal from a feminist perspective.
Peace Network- Goal is to build a framework where citizens and students can freely exchange opinions on North Korea, peace, and unification. We put foremost emphasis on public involvement, the process of exchanging different ideas and forming a general opinion, rather than unilateral announcement to the public about directions and strategies toward North Korea. In this regard, we will make continued efforts to establish CNPK as a public-based and socially acceptable organization with our long-term programs.
Sarangbang Group for Human Rights -
Official News
Korea Central News Agency (website based in Japan ); This is the official DPRK news agency.
Korea Information Service This is the official ROK information service.
Other NGO’s
National Lawyers Guild - Formed in 1937, the National Lawyers Guild is committed to human rights and social and economic justice. Its numerous international committees and projects extend around the planet.
Government Groups
Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea information site, including links to news articles and solidarity groups. http://www.kimsoft.com/dprk.htm
