Publications and periodicals Archives

North-South Joint Declaration (2000)

Posted April 26th, 2018

Adopted in June 2000 through diplomatic talks held June 13 to 15, 2000, between leaders of North and South Korea. In this declaration, North and South agreed to settle humanitarian… Read more »

Joint Declaration of South and North Korea on the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula (1992)

Posted April 25th, 2018

This is a declaration regarding nuclear weapons and the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

Agreement on Reconciliation, Nonaggression, and Exchanges and Cooperation Between South and North Korea (1991)

Posted April 25th, 2018

Although not a peace treaty, this agreement renouncing armed forces against one another, signed by leaders of North and South Korea 38 years after the fighting ceased, has been described… Read more »

Declaration of the Churches of Korea on National Reunification and Peace (1988)

Posted April 25th, 2018

This document outlines the mission tradition of the Korean churches for justice and peace, the reality of people in the divided Korea, a confession of the sins of division and… Read more »

South-North Joint Communiqué (July 4, 1972)

Posted April 25th, 2018

This is a document written in 1972, following talks in Pyongyang and Seoul to discuss issues related to improving South-North relations and bringing the divided country together through three principles… Read more »

10 Reasons Why the U.S. Must Sign a Peace Treaty with North Korea

Posted April 25th, 2018

The Korean Armistice, which called for a peace process and the withdrawl of all foreign forces from the Korean peninsula temporarily stopped the raging war in Korea in 1953; however,… Read more »

Silenced No More: Korean Americans Remember the “Forgotten War”

Posted April 25th, 2018

Ramsay Liem, Boston College Silence is a common signature of profoundly traumatic events not the least of which are wars. For survivors of armed conflict, it attests to unspeakable violence… Read more »

Beyond Numbers: The Brutality of the Korean War

Posted April 19th, 2018

Ji-Yeon Yuh, Northwestern University The cost of the Korean War is commonly tallied in numbers: soldiers killed and wounded, civilians killed and wounded, villages destroyed, refugees evacuated, orphans created, families… Read more »

Minutes for Mission: Young Adult Volunteers

Posted February 13th, 2018

Kristen Young served her volunteer year in Peru at a shelter for young survivors of sexual abuse and domestic violence. She saw God at work in helping these women heal… Read more »

Minutes for Mission: Youth Ministries

Posted February 13th, 2018

First Presbyterian Church in Morganton, North Carolina, took their youth to Faith in 3D to learn about what it means to be a Christian in the global world and to… Read more »

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