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Global Women Leaders Call for Justice for Korean Women Survivors of U.S. Militarized Sex Trade

Global Women Leaders Call for Justice for Korean Women Survivors of U.S. Militarized Sex Trade

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Women Cross DMZ, info@womencrossdmz.org On International Women’s Day, over 100 prominent global women leaders and organizations have sent a letter calling on the U.S. Congress to pursue accountability measures and redress for Korean women survivors of the U.S. militarized sex trade. The letter, signed by leading directors of women’s rights organizations, peacebuilders, […]

No Money for War: Take Action on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

No Money for War: Take Action on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

Congress is beginning to draft the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027; this is the bill that funds the Department of Defense, and by extension the U.S. military, and dictates a large chunk of U.S. defense policy. Why does this matter for peace efforts in Korea? The NDAA outlines Congressional military spending […]

With the Election of the New South Korean President, US Advocates Organize for Korea Peace

(June 3, 2025) – As Lee Jae-myung has been newly elected as South Korea’s president, hundreds of peace advocates across the country will participate in the tenth annual Korea Peace Advocacy Week to urge their members of Congress to support a diplomatic solution to the conflict and a peace-first approach. Running from June 9-13, 2025, […]

New Report Highlights How Women’s Rights Have Suffered Under Korea’s Division System

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 3, 2025 Contact:Solby Lim, Communications Associatesolby@womencrossdmz.org Women Cross DMZ, a leading organization in the global movement for peace on the Korean Peninsula, has released a new report, Women’s Rights Under the Division System in Korea, shedding light on the urgent and often overlooked consequences of Korea’s division on women’s lives. The report […]

Letter Sent to the Trump Administration Regarding Korea Peace Priorities

January 30, 2025 The Honorable Donald TrumpPresident of the United StatesThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 Dear President Trump, The undersigned coalition of national organizations write to urge you as you take office to pursue a diplomatic, peace-first approach with North Korea focused on improving relations, ending the Korean War, and reducing nuclear […]

Our Statement on Yoon’s Martial Law

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 3, 2024 Women Cross DMZ calls on President Biden, President-elect Trump, U.S. lawmakers, and democratic leaders around the world to condemn the illegal imposition of martial law by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, and join growing South Korean calls to safeguard their hard-won democracy by calling for President Yoon’s resignation. Thanks […]

Our statement on the U.S. elections

Like many of you, we are grieving the results of the U.S. elections and are deeply concerned about the most vulnerable in our communities, our democracy, and the potential consequences for the Korean Peninsula. Arguably no other U.S. president has had a more wildly unpredictable and extreme relationship with North Korea than Donald Trump. In […]

Korean American Peace Activist Barred From South Korea

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 30, 2024 [Honolulu, HI] — Women Cross DMZ is deeply concerned by the recent decision by the South Korean government to prohibit Women Cross DMZ Founder and Co-Director Christine Ahn, a longtime and prominent Korean American peace activist, from entering the country. This action raises serious questions about the Yoon Suk Yeol […]

Letter Sent to the U.S. State Department Regarding Travel Restrictions to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Daniel J. Kritenbrink Assistant Secretary of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520 August 2, 2024 Dear Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink: This letter is for purposes of continuing our dialogue concerning the current travel ban restricting U.S. citizens from traveling freely to the Democratic […]

Women Cross DMZ Announces Cathi Choi as New Co-Director

As the nation’s leading feminist organization working to advance peace in Korea, Women Cross DMZ is pleased to announce that effective July 1, 2024, Cathi Choi will become the Co-Director of Women Cross DMZ, along with Founder and Co-Director Christine Ahn. Together, they will oversee the organization’s core work of education, organizing, and advocacy; manage […]

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Inaugural Feminist Peace Summit Calls for Reshaping United States Foreign Policy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 24, 2024 Inaugural Feminist Peace Summit Calls for Reshaping United States Foreign Policy DENVER, Colo., April 24, 2024—As President Biden faces intensifying criticism over his support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the threat of a wider conflict looms in the Middle East, leading feminist and demilitarization scholars, activists, and movement […]

As Tensions Escalate in Korea, Americans Demand Peace

(March 12, 2023) – As tensions run dangerously high on the Korean Peninsula, hundreds of peace advocates across the country will participate in the ninth annual Korea Peace Advocacy Week to urge their members of Congress to support a diplomatic solution to the conflict and a peace-first approach. Running from March 18-22, 2024, Korea Peace […]

Women Cross DMZ Statement on Israel-Palestine

As a feminist peace organization that advocates for ending war and militarism, we mourn for the Israelis and Palestinians who have been needlessly killed, oppose violence against civilians, and condemn the collective punishment that Israel is inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza. We join global calls for an immediate de-escalation and ceasefire, an end to violence […]

Letter Sent to the State Department Regarding Travel Restrictions to Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Daniel J. Kritenbrink Assistant Secretary of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520 July 25, 2023 Dear Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink: We previously have corresponded concerning the current travel ban restricting U.S. citizens from traveling freely to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). […]

Rep. Barbara Lee to Host 7/27 Media Briefing to Mark the 70th Anniversary of the Korean Armistice

Top military, geopolitics experts and Korea peace advocates join Reps. Barbara Lee, Jan Schakowsky, and Judy Chu to call for a formal peace agreement with North Korea Location: House Triangle, Washington, D.C. With tensions rising dangerously on the Korean Peninsula—including a sharp escalation of U.S.-South Korea joint military drills and U.S. plans to deploy a […]

National Mobilization to Call for Peace on the 70th Anniversary of the Korean Armistice

Media Contact: Jungwon Kim jungwon@womencrossdmz.org 917-547-8363 Korea peace advocates from across the United States will convene in Washington, D.C., on July 26-28, 2023, to call on President Biden and Congress to support a formal peace agreement with North Korea Washington, D.C. — With tensions rising dangerously on the Korean Peninsula — including the U.S. and […]

Americans Demand an End to the Korean War

Washington, DC (June 1, 2023) – Korea Peace Advocacy Week will bring together more than 170 peace advocates across the country — who will meet with their members of Congress during the week of June 5-9, 2023 to advocate for an official end to the Korean War. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the […]

Christine Ahn Awarded Honolulu City Council Honorary Certificate

On Wednesday, May 17, Honolulu-based Korean American peace activist Christine Ahn was awarded an Honorary Certificate by the Honolulu City Council “for her tireless work as a peace activist and her efforts trying to end war in a conflict area.” (Watch the council hearing here.) Christine Ahn is the Founder and Executive Director of Women […]

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