Urge your US Representative to support peace in Korea!

The Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act, was re-introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Brad Sherman (CA-District 30), along with 19 members of Congress, on March 1, 2023. This bill:

  • calls for serious, urgent diplomacy in pursuit of a binding peace agreement to formally end the Korean War.
  • requires a report from the Secretary of State that describes a clear roadmap for achieving a permanent peace agreement on the Korean peninsula.
  • requires the Secretary of State to conduct a full review of the travel restrictions to North Korea.

The Korean War never formally ended; we have yet to replace the 1953 ceasefire with a peace agreement. The ongoing state of war between the US and North Korea is the root cause of the security crisis on the Korean Peninsula, with both sides pointing weapons at each other, ready to fire at any time.

The United States maintains tens of thousands of troops in South Korea as well as wartime operational control over the combined U.S.-South Korea forces. In the absence of a peace agreement, renewed military conflict could resume at any time and drag Americans into an unnecessary additional war.

Since 2017, US citizens have been restricted from traveling to North Korea. This ban prevents Korean Americans from visiting their family members in North Korea, hinders humanitarian organizations from delivering critical assistance, and obstructs US citizens from engaging in people-to-people exchanges and peace-building efforts.

We urge all members of Congress to finally end this seven-decades-old war.

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