Skip to content or view mobile version

Home | Mobile | Editorial | Mission | Privacy | About | Contact | Help | Security | Support

A network of individuals, independent and alternative media activists and organisations, offering grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues.

2010 Peace and Disarmament Fair – Seoul, South Korea (War Profiteers' News)

War Resisters' International | 22.10.2010 12:38 | Anti-militarism | World

Work against war profiteering has emerged in South Korea in recent years. An important step in its development was the 2010 Peace and Disarmament Fair, which took place between the 2nd and 3rd of October, organised by the Peace and Disarmament Fair Preparatory Committee.

 http://wri-irg.org/epublish/19/403

Work against war profiteering has emerged in South Korea in recent years. An important step in its development was the 2010 Peace and Disarmament Fair, which took place between the 2nd and 3rd of October, organised by the Peace and Disarmament Fair Preparatory Committee. The disarmament fair was timed to coincide with the South Korean Armed Forces Day – this year was the 60th anniversary of the Korean War – this is also the date of the biannual “Seoul International Aerospace & Defence Exhibition” (which will take place next in 2011). The Seoul arms fair unites what used to be separate fairs by the three branches of the military – army, navy and air force. The organisers of the fair are the Korea Defence Industry Association(KDIA), the Korea Aerospace Industries Association (KAIA) and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), and it is strongly supported by the South Korean Ministry of Defence. The South Korean government is increasing military and defence spending to build a strong military industry as one of the nation's core industries. As part of these efforts it has been holding events such as the Defence Trade Exposition, air shows and military parades on the Armed Forces Day.

The Peace and Disarmament Fair aimed at highlighting that South Korea is a big arms producer, and one of the major arms importers – 6th in the world according to SIPRI. This role of South Korea in the arms trade is not well known by its citizens, which shows the urgent need for such activities as the disarmament fair.

The Disarmament Fair was a series events. There were places to share civil society concerns about armed conflict and the proliferation of armaments. At the same time, it presented an alternative plan for citizens creating peaceful coexistence. Although it rained throughout the event, nearly 500 people visited the fair.

This Fair ended but this was just the beginning. The preparatory committee is planning to have an exhibition in the South Korean National Assembly building and will be holding lobbying meetings with members of the National Assembly during its annual inspection by the South Korean Administration. A major plan is to have local exhibitions, which will consist of more than 60 panels showing the impact of the South Korean arms trade, to travel through the country and to be organised together with local groups. This will also be a way to get more organisations to join the committee.

The Peace and Disarmament Fair Preparatory Committee so far consists of 14 organisations: World Without War, the Weapon Zero Team, Peace Ground, the Peace Network, Amnesty International Korea, People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, the Peace Museum, the Asia Regional Initiative, Nanum Munwha, the Pyongtaek Peace Centre, Jeju Solidarity for Participation and Environment, the Hansin University Peace and Public Centre, the Korean Sharing Movement and the Buddhist practice group. We expect more organisations to join in the work against the arms trade.

 http://www.withoutwar.org

War Resisters' International
- e-mail: info@wri-irg.org
- Homepage: http://wri-irg.org/publications/war_profiteers

Upcoming Coverage
View and post events
Upcoming Events UK
24th October, London: 2015 London Anarchist Bookfair
2nd - 8th November: Wrexham, Wales, UK & Everywhere: Week of Action Against the North Wales Prison & the Prison Industrial Complex. Cymraeg: Wythnos o Weithredu yn Erbyn Carchar Gogledd Cymru

Ongoing UK
Every Tuesday 6pm-8pm, Yorkshire: Demo/vigil at NSA/NRO Menwith Hill US Spy Base More info: CAAB.

Every Tuesday, UK & worldwide: Counter Terror Tuesdays. Call the US Embassy nearest to you to protest Obama's Terror Tuesdays. More info here

Every day, London: Vigil for Julian Assange outside Ecuadorian Embassy

Parliament Sq Protest: see topic page
Ongoing Global
Rossport, Ireland: see topic page
Israel-Palestine: Israel Indymedia | Palestine Indymedia
Oaxaca: Chiapas Indymedia
Regions
All Regions
Birmingham
Cambridge
Liverpool
London
Oxford
Sheffield
South Coast
Wales
World
Other Local IMCs
Bristol/South West
Nottingham
Scotland
Social Media
You can follow @ukindymedia on indy.im and Twitter. We are working on a Twitter policy. We do not use Facebook, and advise you not to either.
Support Us
We need help paying the bills for hosting this site, please consider supporting us financially.
Other Media Projects
Schnews
Dissident Island Radio
Corporate Watch
Media Lens
VisionOnTV
Earth First! Action Update
Earth First! Action Reports
Topics
All Topics
Afghanistan
Analysis
Animal Liberation
Anti-Nuclear
Anti-militarism
Anti-racism
Bio-technology
Climate Chaos
Culture
Ecology
Education
Energy Crisis
Fracking
Free Spaces
Gender
Globalisation
Health
History
Indymedia
Iraq
Migration
Ocean Defence
Other Press
Palestine
Policing
Public sector cuts
Repression
Social Struggles
Technology
Terror War
Workers' Movements
Zapatista
Major Reports
NATO 2014
G8 2013
Workfare
2011 Census Resistance
Occupy Everywhere
August Riots
Dale Farm
J30 Strike
Flotilla to Gaza
Mayday 2010
Tar Sands
G20 London Summit
University Occupations for Gaza
Guantanamo
Indymedia Server Seizure
COP15 Climate Summit 2009
Carmel Agrexco
G8 Japan 2008
SHAC
Stop Sequani
Stop RWB
Climate Camp 2008
Oaxaca Uprising
Rossport Solidarity
Smash EDO
SOCPA
Past Major Reports
Encrypted Page
You are viewing this page using an encrypted connection. If you bookmark this page or send its address in an email you might want to use the un-encrypted address of this page.
If you recieved a warning about an untrusted root certificate please install the CAcert root certificate, for more information see the security page.

Global IMC Network


www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa

Europe
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
brussels
bulgaria
calabria
croatia
cyprus
emilia-romagna
estrecho / madiaq
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
liguria
lille
linksunten
lombardia
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
napoli
netherlands
northern england
nottingham imc
paris/île-de-france
patras
piemonte
poland
portugal
roma
romania
russia
sardegna
scotland
sverige
switzerland
torun
toscana
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
chiapas
chile
chile sur
cmi brasil
cmi sucre
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso
venezuela

Oceania
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india


United States
arizona
arkansas
asheville
atlanta
Austin
binghamton
boston
buffalo
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
dc
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
sarasota
seattle
tampa bay
united states
urbana-champaign
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
Armenia
Beirut
Israel
Palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
fbi/legal updates
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech