27 July marks 68 years of ceasefire after the Korean war of 1950-53. A peace treaty has never been signed and the Demilitarised Zone Forum has launched the Korea Peace Appeal, a campaign for a formal end to the war. The DMZ Forum is a peace and nature conservation which seeks to transform the no-man’s land between the two Koreas into a symbol of peace between humans and nature.
London CND has been asked by the Centre for Peace and Disarmament in South Korea, a peace appeal partner and part of the People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy who toured the UK at our invitation a few years back, to support the Korea Peace Appeal call by posting photographs on social media with the message: Let’s End the Korean War! Sign the Korean Peace Appeal.
We responded with the photo above which shows our co-chairs Carol Turner and Hannah Kemp-Welch and National Council member Sophie Selby, left, with CND general secretary Kate Hudson, right. We urge you to do likewise. Post your photos on social media using the hashags #19530727 #EndtheKoreanWar and #KoreaPeaceAppeal. Then send them to endthekoreanwarnow@gmail.com for display on the campaign website. Find out more and sign the Korea Peace Appeal and sign it too.