August KPNGN Newsletter

Dear Friend,

This year marks 81 years of Korea’s division and 76 years of the Korean War. Our collective call for lasting peace is urgent now more than ever. Take action for Korea peace today!

While there will be no Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network monthly meeting this August due to a short summer break, we’ll resume our regularly scheduled meetings the second Thursday every month on September 10 at 5pm PT // 8 pm ET! Mark your calendars– more info to follow.

August 4, 2026 at 5pm PT/8pm ET | Nuclear Bombs Never Again Webinar

In the meantime, join us on Tuesday, August 4 at 5pm PT/8pm ET for a webinar highlighting the current actions in the anti-nuclear weapons movement and the upcoming Seoul International People’s Tribunal on the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. WCDMZ Organizing Director Echo will present. Co-hosts WILPF and Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network will amplify the cross-generational voices at the intersection of Japan-Korea-US policy and militarization, share their lived experiences, anti-war strategies, and actions you can take to advocate for a world without nuclear bombs. Register here.

Additionally, Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Now PNW region will be participating in Nodutdol’s 8.15 Day of Action: US Out of Korea! Stop the Pacific War! We will be co-hosting a 8.15 Rally Against Forever War in Korea on August 15, at 1pm at the Seattle Center. Please join us to celebrate Gwangbokjeol – Korean Liberation Day and protest US/ROK war games! Contact haebang.pnw@proton.me more information.

September 4, 2026 at 4pm KST | Women Resisting Militarism & Demanding Feminist Peace and Justice Webinar Series

WCDMZ Board Member Ann Wright will speak on the 3rd webinar sponsored by the Asia Pacific Women in Law (APWLD). Register here.

What We’re Reading

From the Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network Education Committee:

• How South Korea’s National Security Team Is Taking the Nation into the U.S.- and NATO-Led Bloc as an Arms Exporter. 무기 수출국을 자처하며 미국·NATO 블록의 돌격대를 자처하는 위성락 안보 실장.This article reports on ROK joining the NATO summit this July.
• North Korea Condemns Largest-Ever RIMPAC 2026 as Provocative. This article reports on DPRK criticisms of the 2026 RIMPAC, a massive military exercise involving 30 countries, including South Korea, co-hosted by the U.S.
• House passes defense bill with stronger language on maintaining U.S. troops in S. Korea. This article reports on the U.S. House passing this year’s NDAA bill, which includes a provision that prevents reduction of U.S. troops in South Korea.

The Education Committee’s August’s study group will be on A Century of Queer Korean Fiction, a collection of queer and LGBTQ+ Korean literature spanning the contemporary and historical periods. To join this month’s study group, contact jennie.telfer@peacecatalyst.org.

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In peace,

Korea Peace Now! Grassroots Network