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`Obstructing Business`: South Koreans on the March

What I saw in Korea was a beautiful thing, true solidarity among people...

(SEOUL) - I was in Seoul, South Korea this month at the invitation of the wonderful EBS TV Documentary Festival, and was truly, happily surprised to see a resurgence of activism among ordinary Koreans.

Don't get me wrong. Since its founding, Korea has had a tradition of fierce, die-hard activism (which Koreans themselves may attribute to a diet high in garlic and red pepper, as well as their commitment to social justice), but this ferocity seemed to have gone dormant in the mid-nineties.

Agent Orange: U.S. Veterans Asked To Help Korean Government Investigation

Uncovering the reality of Monsanto and Agent Orange in South Korea.

(SEOUL, Korea) - Former U.S. Army Captain Phil Steward provided testimony to the Korean National Assembly on Monday, August 1st, on the U.S. Army’s use of herbicdes in Korea during 1968-1969, according to a news story in The Chosunilbo and confirmed in an email from Steward to me today.

The Chairman of the Korean National Sub-Committee asked Steward to help in obtaining statements from Korean veterans about their probably exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides.

Statement by the Press Secretary and Fact Sheets on Trade Adjustment Assistance and Pending Free Trade Agreements

Includes fact sheets on the proposed improvements to the Colombia, Panama, and South Korea Free Trade Agreements.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Today, Press Secretary Jay Carney made the following statement on progress on Trade Adjustment Assistance for American workers and pending free trade agreements that will support tens of thousands of American jobs.

“President Obama has fought for an ambitious trade agenda that doubles exports in five years, levels the playing field for American workers, and reflects American values..."

A One-Session Wonder: EFT heals combat trauma in Sgt. Joshua

This is out first article from PTSD intuitive coach Sue Hannibal.

(VISTA, Calif.) - This is the transcript of a successful EFT session with a three-tour Iraq War Veteran of the U.S. Army.

Disclaimer: Caution-- veterans with PTSD symptoms: This is a graphic account of severe combat trauma. If you are easily triggered, don’t read this. If you choose to read it and feel yourself becoming triggered, turn your attention away from your memories and back to the narrative.

Children Show the Way

Kids from Dhinkia, Gadkujang, Govindpur and Nuagaon villages teach adults lessons.

(NEW DELHI) - The people and especially the village children in Jagatsinghpur District in Odisha have shown the nation how people matter over governments' plans for development of business corporations at their cost.

The children “illegally” lay down on the hot earth under in the blazing summer heat and refused to move to allow entry to government officials to take over forest land and their villages for the POSCO mega-project.

Petition to Save Dogs From Being Eaten

Gaegogi (개고기) literally means "dog meat" in Korean.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - It's difficult to imagine dogs -- one of humans' most beloved companions -- abused, slaughtered and sold for people to eat.

But every year, about two million dogs suffer this fate in Korea. Most Koreans find this practice appalling, but because profit-driven industry forces aggressively promote the myth that eating severely mistreated dogs increases sexual potency, some still partake in this horrific cruelty.

Release of ESG Study on Impacts of POSCO`s India Project

“Tearing through the Water Landscape: Evaluating the environmental and social consequences of POSCO project in Odisha, India”

(NEW DELHI) - On 2nd May 2011, Indian Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh finally approved the diversion of over 3,000 acres of forest land, of the 4,000 acres demanded, for a steel-power-port complex of the POSCO India project.

Earlier, Ramesh had approved the environmental and coastal regulation zone clearances that the project had secured in 2007, even though all these clearances were obtained by fraud, and thus illegal...

Report Reveals Toxic Pollution at Numerous US Bases in Korea

Conducted in 2007, study findings were not disclosed to the public due to the SOFA

(SEOUL, South Korea) - Analysis of an environmental contamination report obtained by the Hankyoreh of 22 U.S. military bases returned to South Korea showed the discovery of high concentrations of materials.

These include phenol, a toxic material that can cause organ damage, and benzene, a carcinogen, at some of the bases.

North & South Korea Must Push Toward Peace: Window of Opportunity Still Open

The North and South need to re-unite as one people as they were in the beginning.

(SEOULE, South Korea) - North Korea went to war against South Korea in 1950. The USA assisted the South, China assisted the North, and a stalemate was declared in 1953.

There were very serious tensions between China & USA post 1953, but the two eventually became each other's biggest trade partners with the influence of very sharp American & Chinese politicians thus neutralizing any threat of war between the two nations, because of their co-dependence on each other financially.

A Holiday Message from Veterans Today

Veterans Today exists to end the unnecessary cycles of war.

(CINCINNATI) - The holidays are a time to remember what things are all about, why we are who we are, why we fight wars and why so many have sacrificed so much. It isn’t a time for blame, for envy, for recriminations.