All posts tagged "DMZ"

  • International women activists including Gloria Steinem and two Nobel Peace laureates on Sunday return to South Korean side after being allowed to cross the demarcation line on bus. (Yonhap)
    Women’s walk across Koreas’ DMZ denied; they cross on bus

    DORASAN STATION, South Korea (AP) — International women activists including Gloria Steinem and two Nobel Peace laureates on Sunday were denied an attempt to walk across the Demilitarized Zone dividing North and South Korea, but were allowed...

    • Posted May 23, 2015
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  • Organizers of the effort called WomenCrossDMZ.org, including lead coordinator Christine Ahn, left, and honorary co-chair Gloria Steinem, right, hold a United Nations news conference announcing plans for a rare and risky women's walk across the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea to call for reunification, in this March 11, 2015 file photo. Ahn said in an email Friday April 3, 2015 they have Pyongyang's cooperation and support.". (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
    Activists cancel original plan to cross N. Korean border

    SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) — A group of foreign activists who planned to cross the inter-Korean border southward from North Korea has decided to use a western land route instead of the truce village of Panmunjom, officials...

    • Posted May 22, 2015
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    Seoul voices concerns over activists’ plan to cross DMZ

    SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) — South Korea expressed concerns Thursday that a campaign by dozens of foreign activists to walk across the heavily fortified inter-Korean border will increase tensions on the peninsula. About 30 female activists from...

    • Posted April 16, 2015
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    Women’s group gets North Korea support to walk across DMZ

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea has decided to support a proposed walk across the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas by prominent women including Gloria Steinem, and organizers say they hope South Korea will give its...

    • Posted April 3, 2015
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  • In this 1972 publicity photo provided by PBS, courtesy of Ms. Foundation, writer, lecturer, editor and feminist activist, Gloria Steinem, who co-founded Ms. Magazine, which became a landmark institution for women's rights, is seen in the film,"Makers: Women Who Make America." The three-hour PBS documentary about the fight for women's equality, airs Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, and features prominent activists including Steinem and Marlo Thomas. (AP Photo/PBS, Courtesy of Ms. Foundation)
    Nobel Peace laureates, other women announce plan to walk along Korean DMZ

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Making the ultimate statement in Korean relations, Gloria Steinem and other prominent women on Wednesday announced their plans for a rare and risky walk across the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea...

    • Posted March 11, 2015
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  • President Park Geun-hye, of South Korea, addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    Seoul wants UN office in DMZ

    By Shim Jae-yun, Yi Whan-woo South Korea is seeking to host an office of the United Nations within an envisioned peace and ecological park inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), according to a key unification policy architect. The...

    • Posted October 29, 2014
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