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Women peace activists cross DMZ

U.S. activist Gloria Steinem and two Nobel Peace Prize laureates were among a group of 30 women denied permission to walk across the Demilitarized Zone from North to South Korea on May 24. They were allowed to cross by bus and complete what one of them called a landmark peace event.

U.S. activist Gloria Steinem and two Nobel Peace Prize laureates were among a group of 30 women denied permission to walk across the Demilitarized Zone from North to South Korea on May 24. They were allowed to cross by bus and complete what one of them called a landmark peace event.

  (Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press)

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A group of 30 women peace activists from 15 countries crossed the Demilitarized Zone into South Korea on May 24, 2014, amid heavy security and criticism over their trip to North Korea.

2015 Women Cross DMZ

Activists march to the Imjingak Pavilion along the military fences near the border village of Panmunjom, in Paju, South Korea.

  (Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press)

2015 Women Cross DMZ

Women activists, including Gloria Steinem and two Nobel Peace Prize laureates, cross the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Kore by bus after being denied permission to walk across.

  (Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press)

2015 Women Cross DMZ

South Korean activists attend the welcoming ceremony for “Women Cross DMZ” at Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom, in Paju, South Korea, on May 24, 2015.

  (Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press)

2015 Women Cross DMZ

A protester, heavily outnumbered by police, holds an accusatory sign while waiting for the bus carrying the women from North Korea to South Korea.

  (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press)

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