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Steinem, Other Women Announce Plan to Walk Korean DMZ
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/steinem-women-leaders-announce-plan-walk-koreas-dmz-29554403Making a dramatic statement in Korean relations, Gloria Steinem and other prominent women on Wednesday announced plans for a rare walk across the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea to call for reunification.
The DMZ is the world's most fortified border, with the two countries still technically at war. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers face off across the heavily mined zone.
Organizers of the effort called WomenCrossDMZ.org on Wednesday said they hope for 30 women, including two Nobel Peace laureates, to cross from North Korea to South Korea on May 24, which is International Women's Day for Disarmament.
The walk also marks the 70th anniversary of the division of the Korean Peninsula.
