Posts Tagged ‘ Jeju ’

A Call Against Arms (Aljazeera report on Jeju naval base)

March 13, 2012
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In a tiny village on a small island off the coast of South Korea an entire community is taking on the might of the South Korean navy and government to contest the construction of one of the region’s largest naval bases.  The village of Gangjeong on the island of Jeju has fewer than 2,000 inhabitants but it has become the epicentre of growing discontent over one of the world’s biggest arms races. The South Korean government is adamant that the Gangjeong naval base, which it began constructing in 2007, will strengthen national security. But those opposed to it fear that…

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Save Jeju Island

January 31, 2012
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As this article by Matthew Hoey indicates, the protest movement against the military base on Jeju Island in South Korea is the “absolute front line of the struggle for international peace, and is increasingly gaining recognition as such in the minds of leading scholars, activists and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).” According to Hoey, peace activists see the Save Jeju Island campaign as an entirely winnable cause for peace with significant international implications. The following short video by Hoey gives some background on the military base and the resistance movement. To learn more about the movement and how you can contribute to it, visit…

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Containing China

January 31, 2012
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Recent headlines from Democracy Now describe the US plans to increase its military presence in the Philippines and the growing opposition movement there. Renato Reyes, spokesperson for the New Patriotic Alliance, states that: “We are very opposed to the plans to re-align and deploy more U.S. troops in the Philippines, and we are very aware that this is in line with the U.S. strategy to build up its armed forces in Asia to counter China. And we feel that the Philippines might be caught in the rising tension between the two countries if we allow the U.S. to base their troops in…

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