We are diasporic Koreans and comrades organizing for a world free of imperialism, and for Korea’s re/unification & national liberation.
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Years before 1950, a de facto civil war broke out in US-occupied southern Korea, as progressive forces resisted the imperialist attempt to split apart our homeland and prevent the emergence of socialism and national sovereignty. 
On May 17, 1980, Col. Chun Doo Hwan of South Korea declared martial law in the face of a rising movement for democracy led by students and workers.
Kim Jong Un recently announced major changes in north Korea’s stance towards reunification. This marks a huge breakdown in inter-Korean relations after years of US, south Korean, and Japanese aggression.
As Koreans whose homeland is divided, we know imperialism is our common enemy. Following our liberation from Japanese colonialism and the beginning of independent socialist construction in Korea, the US split our country in two and indiscriminately bombed and killed our people.
The Hidden History of the Korean War by I.F. Stone
In Oct 1979, former President Park Chung-hee was assassinated by his own head of security. Chun Doo-hwan then seized power via military coup. 
In 2019, 100% of overseas adoptees from Korea were the children of unwed mothers.
After years of brutal Japanese colonialism, Koreans finally won their independence in 1945. But Korea was not yet free. 
1. THE US – NOT NORTH KOREA – IS THE WORLD'S GREATEST NUCLEAR THREAT.
In 1910, Japan colonized Korea, placing it under military rule. The colonial government stole swaths of Korean land and industries, heavily taxed people and caused widespread hunger by forcing Koreans to send rice to Japan. 
On January 18, the National Intelligence Service raided multiple offices of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU). 
The June 15th Committee is an organization of both domestic and international committees organizing for Korean reunification. It was created in honor of the June 15, 2000 North-South Joint Declaration between south Korea and north Korea. 
Starting in the 1880s, Western Christian missionaries primarily facilitated adoptions.
Since 1966, north Korea has stood in solidarity with Palestine, supporting and helping train members of various Palestinian liberation organizations while refusing to recognize Israel. 
The son of a textile worker, Jeon Tae-il left school at an early age to work to support his family before running away from home as a teenager.
The US & south Korea typically hold joint military exercises 2x a year. Exercises can involve up to 300k soldiers & rehearse invasions of north Korea and assassination of north Korean leadership.
A handful of north Korean defectors have become human rights celebrities. But not everyone who leaves north Korea identifies as a defector. "Defector" implies a political motive, but most leave for economic reasons, and some plan to return.
Korean students in Japan became radicalized and challenged the colonial government. 
Abe was a member of fascist group Nippon Kaigi. 