Rev. Jesse L. Jackson News Conference to Call for Expanded & Inclusive Korean Peace Talks

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MEDIA ALERT:

Rev. Jesse Jackson held a press conference in New York City at the First United Methodist Church Manhattan Mission Center on Monday March 4, 2018.

We are grateful to the ministers of Flushing United Methodist Church for hosting and making arrangements for the press conference.

Making Peace between North and South Korea

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A JOINT STATEMENT BY REV. JESSE L. JACKSON, SR, REV. DR. GRACE JI-SUN KIM AND BISHOP SALLY DYCK ON THE MAKING OF PEACE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA

Seeing myself in the eyes of a North Korean

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Read my new piece, “Seeing myself in the eyes of a North Korean” for The Christian Century. Please do share!

Fence of the military demarcation line, South Korea (Getty images).

‘Koreans live in Hope’: What the Summit Could Mean for Reunification

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This is my latest piece for Sojourners. I hope and pray that the Summit will lead to peace and reunification of Korea.

‘The Interview’: No Laughing Matter

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This is my latest Huffington Post on the movie The Interview. It was a difficult movie to watch and here is my reflection below.  Feel free to comment on the original post, ‘The Interview’: No Laughing Matter.

Psy’s “Gentleman”

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Psy’s new song, “Gentleman” may be just what the world needs after all the negative rhetoric coming from North Koreas’ Kim Jong-un.  Kim Jong-un has filled our news headlines for quite some time now.  His threats of missiles and wars have brought world leaders to take him more seriously than in the past.  It has even motivated U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry to make a visit to South Korea, China and Japan in hopes of garnering enough support from them to deter an attack from North Korea.