14 April 2014, KOREA

People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy(PSPD) reports on behalf of 28 peace organizations in Korea.

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Read here the Joint Statement issued by Parliamentarians and civil society in South Korea on the Global Day of Action against Military Spending . 22 MPs and 28 NGOs endorsed this statement and had a joint press interview in front of Parliament.

In the afternoon on the same day, CSO activists went downtown to distribute 1000 leaflets and do picketing protest. More than 20 activists and volunteers joined this street campaign. Not only in Seoul but also in Daejeon (Middle Area) and Jeju Gangjeong(Island down south), NGOs had street campaign with one voice.

To see more pictures, Click here. View below the campaign web poster and the leaflet.

Korea campaign web poster
Korea leaflet

They also conducted various online actions including thunderclap and 1 person protest at the Online News Show. One of PSPD activists, SeungHwan Kim showed up at a live online news show.  Please check out the video clip here.