'Hloov' ua raws Txoj Kev Taug Kev Rau Kev Thaj Yeeb Thaum Nws Hla Tebchaws Kaus Lim Kauslim

Thaum Kaus Lim Kauslim Asmeskas tus neeg tawm tsam Christine Ahn thov Deann Borshay Liem koom nrog cov poj niam kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb thaum lawv hla thaj chaw tsis muaj tub rog sib cais North thiab Kaus Lim Qab Teb, Liem tsis yig. Cov neeg ua yeeb yaj kiab uas tau txais txiaj ntsig tau txais txiaj ntsig tsis yog nrog cov pab pawg ntawm lawv txoj kev txaus ntshai, tab sis tau ntes cov kev paub hauv nws zaj duab xis. Hla.

"Christine tau hu rau kuv thiab hais tias, koj puas xav tuaj rau ntawm pawg neeg no kom muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb thiab kev sib koom ua ke ntawm Kaus Lim Kauslim," said Liem. “Nws rub kuv lub siab. Kuv tam sim ntawd hais, yog. "

Liem yug hauv Kaus Lim Qab Teb thiab tau txais los ntawm tsev neeg Asmeskas. Ntau xyoo tom qab ntawd nws tau kawm tias zaj dab neeg kev saws me nyuam nws paub tsis muaj tseeb. Nws tsis yog tsov rog menyuam ntsuag. Nws tsev neeg tsis tau tuag hauv Kaus Lim Kauslim. Liem cov yeeb yaj kiab ua ntej -Thawj Tus Neeg Plural, In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee thiab Memory of Forgotten War—sau nws lub rooj sib tham nrog nws tsev neeg yug thiab sim nkag siab txog keeb kwm ntawm Kaus Lim Kauslim.

Liem hais tias "Los ntawm qhov kev paub dhau los ntawm kev rov qab los ntawm kev poob ntawm kuv tsev neeg qub hauv Kaus Lim Kauslim, kev sib koom ua ke thaum kawg, thiab ua haujlwm rau ntau yam kev ua yeeb yaj kiab sib txawv," Liem hais. "Kuv yeej tuaj pom kev faib cov tsev neeg los ntawm kev saws me nyuam thoob ntiaj teb hais txog qhov dav dav ntawm kev faib ntawm cov tsev neeg nyob rau sab qaum teb thiab sab qab teb."

Cov poj niam txoj kev sib haum xeeb delegation nws tau koom nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm Gloria Steinem, Nobel Peace Laureates Leymah Gbowee thiab Mairead Maguire, qub tub rog Colonel Ann Wright, Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin thiab ua yeeb yaj kiab Abigail Disney. Ntau tus neeg sawv cev tau ua haujlwm rau kev sib haum xeeb hauv lawv thaj av thiab vam tias ib pawg poj niam tuaj yeem muab qhov kev xav tshiab. Raws li Liem, cov kev tshawb fawb tau pom tias thaum cov poj niam tau koom nrog hauv txoj kev sib haum xeeb, kev sib haum xeeb yuav nyob ntev dua.

Liem tau hais tias "Lawv tau muaj kev paub ua haujlwm ntawm cov teeb meem hauv lawv lub tebchaws," Liem hais. "Ua hauj lwm rau cov teeb meem ntawm kev sib faib kev xav, kev ntseeg sib txawv, kev faib haiv neeg, kev faib haiv neeg, txhua yam kev tsis sib haum xeeb. Kuv xav tias yog cov poj niam los ntawm txhua lub teb chaws sib txawv tuaj yeem tuaj koom ua ke thiab pab txhawb kev tsim choj thiab kev sib koom ua ke, tsom mus rau lawv cov kev siv zog rau Kaus Lim Kauslim, tias nws tuaj yeem nqa lub zog tshiab thiab qhov kev xav tshiab rau qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb hauv Kaus Lim Qab Teb. "

Txawm hais tias muaj kev sib haum xeeb tau kos npe rau xyoo 1953, yeej tsis tau muaj kev sib haum xeeb los xaus Tsov Rog Kauslim. Kev ntxhov siab ntawm North thiab Kaus Lim Qab Teb ib ntus hem kom ua rau muaj kev tsis sib haum xeeb tag nrho thiab ntau tsev neeg Kauslim tseem nyob sib cais ntawm cov neeg hlub. Liem xav tsim ib zaj yeeb yaj kiab tawm tsam qhov kev xav tias Kaus Lim Kauslim yog qhov sib txawv ntawm peb lub xyoos tub ceev xwm, tias nws dhau lawm, thiab txhua tus neeg yuav tsum tau txav mus los.

"Txawm hais tias peb lab tus neeg Kauslim tuag, Kaus Lim Kauslim tseem raug xa mus rau hauv lub tebchaws no ua 'kev ua tsov rog tsis nco qab.' Nws yog kom meej meej tsis nco qab lawm. Nws ua rau kuv xav tsis thoob tias lo lus yuav raug siv rau kev ua tsov rog uas ntau tus neeg poob lawv txoj sia. "

Cov neeg sawv cev thiab cov neeg ua yeeb yaj kiab tau ntsib hauv Beijing, tom qab ntawd mus rau North Kauslim, qhov chaw lawv tau cuam tshuam nrog North Kauslim cov poj niam ua haujlwm rau kev thaj yeeb thiab kev sib koom ua ke. Pawg neeg sawv cev tau tawm tsam qhov txaus ntshai ntawm kev tswj hwm kom hla DMZ thiab mus txog Kaus Lim Qab Teb, qhov chaw uas lawv tau cuam tshuam nrog South Kauslim cov poj niam kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb thiab cov neeg txhawb nqa, tab sis kuj tau ntsib kev tawm tsam.

Qhov kev nkag ntawd yuav raug txwv hauv North Kauslim yog muab, tab sis pawg neeg sawv cev kuj tau ntsib teeb meem nyob rau sab qab teb, qhov twg qee tus liam tias lawv txhawb North Kauslim, ib qho kev coj ua uas tuaj yeem ua rau raug xa tawm mus. Cov poj niam thawj zaug tau npaj hla ciam teb ntawm Panmunjom, tab sis vim kev nyab xeeb yuav tsum tau tsiv mus nyob thiab tsuas yog tso cai taug kev ib feem ntawm txoj kev.

Liem kuj tau ntsib cov teeb meem hauv kev nrhiav nyiaj txiag, uas ua rau qeeb tom qab tsim khoom. "Kev ua yeeb yaj kiab txog North Kauslim yog qhov nyuaj heev," nws hais. "North Kauslim yog ib lub tebchaws uas phem tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no thiab peb cov yeeb ncuab xav tias yog, txij li kev tsov rog yeej tsis xaus. Kev ua yeeb yaj kiab hais txog ib pawg poj niam sim txhawb kev sib tham thiab kev sib tham nrog 'tus yeeb ncuab' nthuav tawm ntau qhov kev sib tw, suav nrog kev nrhiav nyiaj txiag. "

Liem tseem ntseeg tias kev qhia ntawv rau pej xeem yuav pab daws qhov teeb meem thiab kev koom tes hauv Asmeskas yog qhov tseem ceeb.

Liem hais tias "Cov tib neeg tsis paub tias kev ua tsov rog yeej tsis tau xaus thiab qhov ntawd yeej mus rau lub plawv ntawm kev kub ntxhov tam sim no ntawm Asmeskas thiab North Kauslim," said Liem. "Nws tsis yog ib qho teeb meem North Kauslim / South Kauslim. Lub neej yav tom ntej ntawm qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb tsis sib haum xeeb yog nyob rau ntawm kev ua nom ua tswv ntawm Asmeskas thiab North Kauslim. Kev kawm ntxiv tuaj yeem pab tsim kom muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb. "

Hla yog ib zaj yeeb yaj kiab txhawb siab txog kev ua haujlwm - uas ib pab pawg poj niam tau teeb tsa kom ua tiav lub luag haujlwm zoo li tsis yooj yim sua thiab, txawm tias muaj kev cuam tshuam loj heev thiab kev poob qis, ua tiav cov lus tseem ceeb.

"Peb cia siab los ntawm xyoo tom ntej, uas yog 70th hnub tseem ceeb ntawm Kev Tsov Rog Kauslim Teb, tias zaj yeeb yaj kiab yuav tshaj tawm rau cov neeg tuaj saib hauv tebchaws, hais tias Liem. "Thiab peb yuav muaj peev xwm coj tsom mus rau cov teeb meem no thaum lub sijhawm ntawd."

Hla yog tam sim no ua lub Festival Circuit Court, tshwm sim ntawm lub Asian American International Film Festival, thiab yuav raug tshuaj xyuas los ntawm ntau lub koom haum, suav nrog Veterans for Peace thiab Kaus Lim Kauslim Kev Thaj Yeeb Tam Sim No!

Liem tau siv xov xwm ntev los cuam tshuam qhov kev hloov pauv zoo. Raws li ib tug neeg ua yeeb yaj kiab thiab yav dhau los tus thawj coj (1993 txog 1996) rau Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), nws tau mob siab ua haujlwm los qhia cov dab neeg ntawm cov zej zog tsis muaj npe. "Peb lub koom haum tag nrho lub luag haujlwm yog sim ua kom muaj ntau haiv neeg ntawm pej xeem TV, coj cov suab ntawm Neeg Esxias, African, Latino, Native American, thiab Pacific Islanders, los nthuav lawv cov suab thiab coj ntau txoj haujlwm los ntawm cov zej zog. "

Rau Liem, ib qho khoom plig ntawm kev ua Hla yog pom daim ntawv cog lus uas cov poj niam delegates forged thaum lawv lub hom phiaj. Nws kuj mob siab los ntawm kev siv zog txuas ntxiv ntawm Poj niam hla DMZ, lub koom haum tsim los ntawm Ahn, raws li lawv txuas ntxiv mus txhawb cov poj niam kom muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb hauv Kauslim.

Liem hais tias "Yog tias cov neeg Asmeskas tuaj yeem rov qab qhov ua rau muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb tiag tiag," “Peb tuaj yeem ua qhov txawv. Peb txhua tus tuaj yeem ua qhov txawv. "

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanmacdonald/2022/08/07/crossings-follows-a-walk-for-peace-as-it-crosses-the-korean-divide/