In New York City, hundreds gathered outside of the United Nations headquarters Saturday demanding the Trump administration cancel next week’s huge military drills, known as Freedom Shield, on the Korean Peninsula.
Miyeon Jang: “My name is Miyeon. I’m with Nodutdol for Korean Community Development. And I’m here today alongside thousands of Koreans and their allies in the U.S. to declare an end to the U.S.-led Freedom Shield war exercises and to demand an end of U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund endless war in Korea. The Korean War has not ended. We’re still in a ceasefire, just like in Palestine, except for Korean history has told us, 75 years later, the U.S. is still in our homeland, it’s still dividing Korea, so we need to demand a complete end to ceaseless war provocations and war games.”
South Korea is the site of Camp Humphreys, the world’s largest overseas U.S. military installation.