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Women Lead Peace in Korea: Press Coverage


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Women’s Peace Walk Activists Pledge to Cross Korean DMZ

Stitching Korea Back Together After 60 Years of Military Divide, By Jodie Evans, Alternet, June 15, 2015

A BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT IS CROSSING THE LINE NOW, By Shira & Leah,  June 14, 2015

Northern Irish march in solidarity with Korea peace walk, NK News, May 26, 2015

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Peace activists cross Korean DMZ from North to South

China Times, May 26, 2015

Peace Activists Cross the Korean Demilitarized Zone in Protest of Perpetual War

Alternet, May 26, 2015

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North and South Korea Conflict: Feminist Activists Cross Demilitarized Zone, Call for Peace Treaty Between North and South Korea

Latin Post

May 26, 2015

Meet the woman who led a march for peace across Korea’s field strewn with a million land mines:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/gloria-steinems-peace-marchers-reduced-to-tourists-in-koreas-dmz-by-bitter-opponents-10273892.html

The Independent

May 25, 2015

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Gloria Steinem and peace activists cross the DMZ between North and South Korea

http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2015/05/25/gloria-steinem-and-peace-activists-cross-the-dmz-between-north-and-south-korea/

New York Times

May 25, 2015

Korean Activists Brave the DMZ for peace and disarmament

http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/features/korean-activists-brave-dmz-peace-disarmament/

The Jakarta Globe

May 25, 2015

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Can women end Korean War? After DMZ crossing, Gloria Steinem says ‘Yes’

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/0525/Can-women-end-Korean-War-After-DMZ-crossing-Gloria-Steinem-says-Yes

Christian Science Monitor

May 25, 2015

Gloria Steinem hails DMZ crossing as symbol of peace, unification of Korea

http://www.koreaobserver.com/gloria-steinem-hails-dmz-crossing-as-symbol-of-peace-unification-of-korea-28995/

The Korea Observer

May 25, 2015

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Female Korean Activists, With an assist from Gloria Steinem, Cross the DMZ for Peace in Korea

http://www.themarysue.com/korean-activists-gloria-steinem-cross-dmz-korea/

The Mary Sue

May 24, 2015

Women Activists cross DMZ between North and South Korea

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/23/asia/north-korea-women-activists-dmz-crossing/

CNN

May 24, 2015

Peace Activists cross the demilitarized zone that separates South and North Korea

http://www.euronews.com/2015/05/24/peace-activists-cross-the-demilitarized-zone-that-separates-south-and-north/

Euronews

May 24, 2015

Gloria Steinem and female activists cross Korean demilitarised zone

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/24/gloria-steinem-and-female-activists-cross-korean-demilitarised-zone

The Guardian

May 24, 2015

Activists Cross Border of North, South Korea

http://www.wsj.com/articles/activists-cross-border-of-north-south-korea-1432460455

The Wall Street Journal

May 24, 2015

Gloria Steinem, Female Peace Activists Cross Korea Border

http://abcnews.go.com/International/gloria-steinem-female-peace-activists-cross-korea-border/story?id=31265950

ABC News

May 24, 2015

Gloria Steinem, other activists cross by bus after being denied permit to walk across Korea’s DMZ

http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/05/23/womens-walk-across-koreas-dmz-denied-they-cross-on-bus

US News

May 24, 2015

Women activists cross DMZ to S. Korea

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/923249.shtml

Global Times

May 24, 2015

Women activists denied walk across Korea’s DMZ, cross on bus instead

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/05/24/women-activists-denied-walk-across-koreas-dmz-cross-on-bus-instead/?intcmp=latestnews

Fox News

May 24, 2015

Gloria Steinem, peace activists cross Demilitarized Zone separating the Koreas

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/gloria-steinem-among-activists-crossed-dmz-north-south-korea/

PBS News

May 24, 2015

Activists cross from North to South Korea, say divide can be bridged

http://www.startribune.com/activists-cross-from-north-to-south-korea-say-divide-can-be-bridged/304866511/

StarTribune

May 24, 2015

Women’s walk across Korea’s DMZ denied; they cross on bus

http://www.conservativetalk945.com/womens-walk-across-koreas-dmz-denied-they-cross-on-bus/

Conservative Talk

May 23, 2015

Female peace activists say Korean DMZ walk is still on

http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/05/22/female-peace-activists-say-korean-dmz-walk-is-still-on/27767177/

Military Times

May 22, 2015

Gloria Steinem among peace activists to walk across Korean DMZ

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/05/22/female-peace-activists-say-walk-across-korean-dmz-will-go-on-despite-criticism/

Fox News

May 22, 2015

Peace activists and Gloria Steinem ready to cross Korea DMZ

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/0522/Peace-activists-and-Gloria-Steinem-ready-to-cross-Korea-DMZ

Christian Science Monitor

May 22, 2015

Women activists’ plan to march Korea’s DMZ draws ire

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/21/world/dmz-march-north-korea/

CNN

May 21, 2015

Letter urges WomenCrossDMZ to consider COI recommendations

http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?num=13210&cataId=nk00100

Daily NK

May 21, 2015

Gloria Steinem’s peace delegation periscope live from Pyongyang

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/21/north-korea-gloria-steinem-periscope-pyongyang

The Guardian

May 21, 2015

Women peace activists trying to cross Korea’s DMZ at symbolic site hit government roadblock

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/05/20/women-peace-activists-trying-to-cross-korea-dmz-at-symbolic-site-hit-government/

Fox News

May 20, 2015



Women peace activists to cross no man’s land

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gloria-steinem-dmz-march-north-korea-south-korea-female-activists/

CBS News

May 20, 2015

Gloria Steinem Joins Female Activists in North Korea for DMZ Peace March

http://time.com/3890280/gloria-steinem-north-korea-south-womencrossdmz/

TIME

May 20, 2015

Peace Activists Hit Roadblock Ahead of DMZ Crossing

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/05/20/world/asia/ap-as-nkorea-dmz-crossing.html?_r=0

The New York Times

May 20, 2015

Women’s Peace Walk Activists Pledge to Cross Korean DMZ

http://www.alternet.org/activism/womens-peace-walk-pledges-cross-dmz-and-calls-un-assist

Alternet

May 20, 2015

Women’s Peace Walk Across the DMZ Impeded

http://dissidentvoice.org/2015/05/womens-peace-walk-across-the-korean-dmz-impeded/

Dissident Voice

May 20, 2015

South Korea Rules Stall DMZ Peace March

http://news.antiwar.com/2015/05/20/south-korea-rules-stall-dmz-peace-march/

AntiWar

May 20, 2015

Gloria Steinem’s North Korea Peace Walk Draws Ire Despite Lack of Any Better Ideas

http://time.com/3891844/north-korea-border-walk-gloria-steinem-dmz/

TIME

May 21, 2015

Women activists leave for North Korea and DMZ peace march

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/19/us-northkorea-southkorea-idUSKBN0O40CZ20150519

Reuters

May 19, 2015

Steinem, Nobel laureates in North Korea for march across DMZ

http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/world/article/Steinem-Nobel-laureates-in-North-Korea-for-march-6272336.php

San Francisco Chronicle

May 19, 2015

Gloria Steinem Lands in North Korea for Peace March Across DMZ

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gloria-steinem-lands-north-korea-peace-march-across-dmz-n361141

NBC News

May 19, 2015

Women activists in North Korea for DMZ peace march

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/05/19/Women-activists-in-North-Korea-for-DMZ-peace-march/2231432047378/

UPI

May 19, 2015

What is Gloria Steinem doing in North Korea?

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/0519/What-is-Gloria-Steinem-doing-in-North-Korea

Christian Science Monitor

May 19, 2015

(LEAD) Nobel laureates hopeful for peace on Korean peninsula

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2015/05/19/76/0401000000AEN20150519005200315F.html

Yonhap News

May 19, 2015

Undeterred by purge rumors, women peace activists leave for Pyongyang

http://www.nknews.org/2015/05/border-crossers-leave-for-pyongyang/

NK News

May 19, 2015

Gloria Steinem, Nobel laureates arrive in N. Korea for peace march across Demilitarized Zone

http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/05/19/steinem-nobel-laureates-in-north-korea-for-march-across-dmz

US News

May 19, 2015

North Korea’s Fellow Travelers

http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/04/30/fellow-travelers-gloria-steinem-dmz-north-korea-christine_ahn/

Foreign Policy

April 30, 2015

Empty marching in Korea

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/protest-at-north-koreas-border-with-china/2015/04/26/294e7860-e877-11e4-9767-6276fc9b0ada_story.html

The Washington Post

April 26, 2015

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