Seeds Will Grow

TIME: Wednesday, Dec. 18th, 8-9 pm ET (USA) // Thursday, Dec. 19th, 10-11 am KST (Korea)

The South Korean President declared martial law on December 3rd. The world watched with amazement as the Korean people rallied to their National Assembly in the middle of the night. Lawmakers pushed through police, and soldiers to gain access to their parliament and voted to overturn martial law within hours.

What lies underneath this strong reaction? What’s happening in the aftermath? And what can we learn from it?

Join us for a discussion with Peace Catalyst’s peacebuilder in South Korea and the director of the Catholic Institute for Northeast Asia Peace.

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ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

Fr. Peter Ju Seok Kang is a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Uijeongbu. He earned a doctorate in North Korean Studies from the University of North Korean Studies. Currently, he serves as the Director of the Catholic Institute of Northeast Asia Peace and the Secretary of the Committee for the Reconciliation of the Korean People under the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea.

Jennie Telfer is Peace Catalyst’s program director in South Korea and holds a master’s certificate in Conflict and Dispute Resolution from Missouri State University. In solidarity with Koreans and Korean organizations, she currently provides peace education, advocates to end the Korean War, and mobilizes people for peacebuilding.

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To follow up to this webinar, the impeached President of South Korea has refused multiple summons to testify about the insurrection. The Constitutional Court must rule to certify or dismiss his impeachment by June. Because of the Korean people’s unified desire to defend their democracy from authoritarian rule, and the lingering uncertainty that the court will certify impeachment of a President strongly in line with US military interests, Korean people are still demonstrating and welcome your solidarity in the following ways:

• Respond to the current crisis in South Korea:
  • Contact the Korean embassy or email the Ambassador to the US in solidarity with South Koreans resisting military rule and urging the President’s resignation.
  • Ask your Congressional Representative and Senators to speak out publicly in support of South Korean citizens defending democracy and urging accountability for the unconstitutional martial law order.
• Join the call to end the Korean War:
  • You can start by signing this letter to your representatives.
  • Join the Korea peace grassroots movement in the USA.
• Keep learning:
  • Find Korean American organizations in your area, follow their social media, attend their events, and make friends.
  • Read more about the unended Korean War.

Reach out directly to Jennie for more ways to join this work.