{"id":1275,"date":"2020-05-29T06:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapeacenow.org\/?p=1275"},"modified":"2020-06-26T15:25:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T19:25:36","slug":"watch-gloria-steinem-jody-williams-rep-barbara-lee-discuss-peace-in-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapeacenow.org\/watch-gloria-steinem-jody-williams-rep-barbara-lee-discuss-peace-in-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Gloria Steinem, Jody Williams, &#038; Rep. 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