Action for Peace against War
Broad
segments of south Korean people launched actions against the US keen on unleashing
the second war on the Korean Peninsula on the occasion of victory day of the
past Korean War in 1950s.
The
People's Action for Peace against War staged a peace action at Gwanghwamun
Plaza in Seoul on July 27.
Co-representative
of the body sharply assailed the US is the country that provokes wars every parts of
the world.
Denouncing the
US that is pushing the destiny of the Korean nation to death, a student said he
would carry on action to withdraw THAAD, abrogate the south Korea-US alliance
and root out deep-rooted evils.
The
participants urged the US to come out for the conclusion of a peace treaty with
north Korea, shouting such slogans as "Stop war drills!" and
"Withdraw the U.S. forces from south Korea!"
On the same
day, the South Side Committee for Implementing June 15 Joint Declaration held a
press conference in Seoul in demand of halt to the US-south Korea joint
military drills and establishment of a peace-keeping mechanism in the Korean Peninsula.
About 30 civic
bodies held a press conference in front of the US embassy in Seoul on July 27.
The era of
dominating the world with violence is declining. The US should conclude peace
treaty with north Korea, recognizing that the showdown with north Korea is hopeless,
the statement issued on the day noted.
Stressing that
the people should propel the peace pact, they marched toward the Seoul
municipal office, while chanting slogan “Conclusion of peace treaty”.
A civic organization held a press conference
in front of the Busan Port.
Inter-Korean
dialogue should be held in order to repair the south-north relations, it is high
time to dispatch a special envoy to north Korea, withdraw May 24 step and
resume Mt. Geumgang tourism, it said.
The Solidarity
for Democracy, People's Life, Peaceful Reunification and Sovereignty proclaimed
the days from July 27 to August 26 as the period of the struggle against the US
and war and expressed its stand to struggle to urge the US administration to
stop war drills, drop the THAAD deployment, repeal the wrong policy toward the
north and conclude peace accord.
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