{"id":1026,"date":"2020-01-31T11:44:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T16:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapeacenow.org\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2020-01-31T17:47:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T22:47:55","slug":"korea-peace-now-condemns-the-trump-administrations-decision-to-loosen-restrictions-on-the-use-of-landmines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapeacenow.org\/korea-peace-now-condemns-the-trump-administrations-decision-to-loosen-restrictions-on-the-use-of-landmines\/","title":{"rendered":"Korea Peace Now! Condemns the Trump Administration\u2019s Decision to Loosen Restrictions on the Use of Landmines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For immediate release<br>January 31, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Korea Peace Now! campaign strongly condemns the Trump administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2020\/1\/30\/21115027\/trump-landmine-policy-obama-state-cable\">decision<\/a> to loosen restrictions on the US military\u2019s ability to use landmines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given that the DMZ has one of the highest concentrations of landmines in the world, that the United States has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefings-statements\/joint-statement-president-donald-j-trump-united-states-america-chairman-kim-jong-un-democratic-peoples-republic-korea-singapore-summit\/\">stated<\/a> its commitment to build a \u201clasting and robust peace regime on the Korean Peninsula,\u201d and that the two leaders of Korea <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/uk-northkorea-southkorea-summit-statemen\/panmunjom-declaration-for-peace-prosperity-and-unification-of-the-korean-peninsula-idUKKBN1HY193\">pledged<\/a> to transform the Korean Peninsula \u201cinto a land of peace free from nuclear weapons and nuclear threats,\u201d the decision to expand the use of landmines is antithetical to the goal of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, as well as a threat to the peace and security of Koreans, Americans, and people all over the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe United States, South Korea, and\nNorth Korea should be signing the Mine Ban Treaty to once and for all end the\nuse of these horrific weapons of war,\u201d said Jody Williams, the chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nobelwomensinitiative.org\/\">Nobel\nWomen\u2019s Initiative<\/a>. \u201cMr. Trump should not be rolling\nback U.S. landmine policy when we have been making steady progress in creating\na landmine-free world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams shared the 1997 Nobel Peace\nPrize with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icbl.org\/en-gb\/home.aspx\">International Campaign to Ban Landmines<\/a>, which she helped create. In 2018, she met with soldiers in\nSouth Korea who described to her how the process of de-mining portions of the\nDMZ with North Korean soldiers led to a greater understanding of their shared\nhumanity. \u201cArtificial borders and weapons keep us apart when we need to come\ntogether,\u201d said Williams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nwomen leaders of Korea Peace Now! point out that while the Obama administration\nrestricted the use of landmines and put a moratorium on production, it excluded\nthe Korean Peninsula, allowing the US military to continue to use landmines\nthere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLandmines have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/08\/27\/754811189\/hundreds-of-thousands-of-landmines-remain-from-korean-war-but-serve-no-purpose\">killed and maimed hundreds of people in South Korea<\/a> since the Korean War, and hundreds of landmines remain,\u201d said Youngmi Cho, executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KWMP2020\/\">Korean Women\u2019s Movement for Peace<\/a>. \u201cThey are not making us any safer, and they will not make the world any safer. This is a dangerous step backward for peace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For immediate releaseJanuary 31, 2020 The Korea Peace Now! campaign strongly condemns the Trump administration\u2019s decision to loosen restrictions on the US military\u2019s ability to use landmines. 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