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Post #139: People Power in Seoul

14 Dec 201627 Feb 2017
Over the last several weekends, roughly 4 million Koreans have taken part in demonstrations in Seoul and other cities with the aim of bringing down President Park Geun-hye, who has…
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Post #129: Carrots or Sticks? Addressing North Korea’s Fifth Nuclear Test

20 Sep 201627 Feb 2017
As many experts predicted, North Korea (DPRK) followed another ballistic missile test with its fifth nuclear-weapon test on September 9.  The event continues a pattern of testing increasingly sophisticated weapons…
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Post #115: Sanctions and Defiance in North Korea

23 Apr 201627 Feb 2017
Part 1: Sanctions—A Failed Strategy (Note: This is the first of a two-part commentary on North Korea.  The second part will discuss the North’s latest weapons programs, which have evidently…
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Post #106: Deadlock: North Korea’s Nuclear Test and US Policy

2 Feb 201627 Feb 2017
North Korea continues to rattle the cages of both friend and foe.  Despite near-universal condemnation of its fourth nuclear test and a deplorable human rights record, Kim Jong-un defiantly disregards…
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Post #54 – Is North Korea Having a Coming-Out Party?

18 Nov 201427 Feb 2017
Considering the overwhelming margin by which a UN General Assembly committee voted on November 18 to condemn North Korea for human-rights violations, one might think that establishing a stable relationship…
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Post #35 – Mr. Xi Goes to Seoul

17 Jul 201427 Feb 2017
China and Korea watchers jumped to attention when it was announced that Xi Jinping would visit South Korea from July 3-4, rather than visit North Korea first.  Although the trip…
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Post #19 – China on the Mind: Obama’s Asia Trip

5 May 201427 Feb 2017
In post #17 I analyzed the Japan portion of President Obama's Asia trip.  Following is a fuller assessment of the entire trip. Obama arrived in an Asia torn by grief. …
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Post #2-What to Do About North Korea?

19 Feb 201427 Feb 2017
            For a number of years, I and many other specialists on North Korea have urged the United States and other governments to engage that…

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