Campaign update 2017 - Europe Advocacy - Trump

This year the NCCK's peace treaty campaign has continued apace. As you might have noticed, the change in US presidents did not bring us closer to peace. Instead, we found ourselves closer to war this past spring with the installment of the THAAD missile defence system, expanded joint military drills, naval strike groups, and missile tests. A new president in South Korea, Moon Jae-In has promised to seek peace through dialogue, but still demands de-nuclearization, for which North Korea has spurned proposals of exchanges up to now. Therefore the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) has continued its campaign for a Korean peace treaty with even more fervor. This July we took a delegation of over 20 pastors, professors, and activists to visit some of our partners in Europe, to countries such as Scotland, England, Germany, Switzerland, and France. We introduced more supporters to our campaign, collected more signatures by hand, and increased our network. We hope you continue to share with your friends and help us advocate for a peace treaty in negotiations. We will be sharing with you more updates on the campaign in the coming weeks as we prepare for the anniversary of August 15th, 1945, liberation from Japan and beginning of division. We are also going to spend the next year getting ready for a campaign trip focusing on advocacy in East Asia for summer of 2018. Your support helps propel us onward in the face of intransigence. Thank you!