Wow....just wow! I think this is just too awesome for words...not that I'm not about to try.
Gloria Steinem (which if you don't know how amazing SHE is, go educate yourself. I'll wait here while you do a quick Google search. She's an incredible woman. Among other things, she is actor Christian Bale's, AKA Batman's, stepmother.) and other notable women are planning to walk across the DMZ as part of a Korean Unification Movement.
I think this is awesome on so many levels. It's unbelievably fearless. Let's face it, the action in and of itself is fairly illegal and North Korea is not exactly know for its gender equality and shining human rights record. But it could also be dangerous and counter-productive to unification efforts. How responsive can you expect a government to be when you blatantly disregard its laws and culture. I think this is especially important if a majority of participants are Westerners....NK is already hostile because of Western influences in the South.
There are far too many issues surrounding Korean unification to discuss properly here. I personally believe that it is possible and would love to see it happen. However, realistically, the longer the two Koreas remain separated and North Korea remains isolated the more difficult unification is going to be. I feel like the clock is really ticking on this one and only time will tell.
All that being said, I wish Ms. Steinem and her compatriots good luck!
Read the article here:
http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3001860&cloc=joongangdaily%7Chome%7Cnewslist1
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