War clouds are gathering once again over the Korean Peninsula, and at the same time, there

are massive protests in South Korea opposing the policies of the new right-wing government.

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Today we're talking with KJ Know, a peace activist, organizer with Pivot to Peace.

KJ is a scholar on the geopolitics of Asia.

He's a frequent contributor to counterpunch and dissident voice.

KJ. No, welcome back.

Thank you.

Pleasure to be with you.

KJ, we have a lot of ground to cover.

I want to be able to talk to you about these truly massive protests

that are taking place against the right-wing government in South Korea, protests that have been

largely underreported or completely ignored in the West. They're big, they're massive. We know that

earlier governments, the government before was actually taken down because of mass protests against

corruption. And these protests are partly motivated by corruption. So we're going to talk about that.

But I also want to talk about the growing war danger in Korea, the United States, South Korean

military, and Japan are making signs or indicating that they're ready to climb the escalation ladder and

possibly leading to confrontation a new Korean War. We have to talk about that. I want to be

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