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Sat, November 17, 2018 | 13:42

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Stagnant US policy on Korea

During his visit to Seoul last week, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken very much summed up what the current U.S. policy is toward the Korean Peninsula and the East Asian region and how it is being carried out. Nothing new, but an update of where the things are after the visits to Washington by the leaders of Japan and China and before the visit by the South Korean president.

Tong Kim | 2015-10-11 16:53

For inter-Korean relations

North Korea is expected to hold a large military parade, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of its Korean Workers Party on Oct. 10. Through such show of force, the North Korean regime demonstrates the capabilities of its military equipment and personnel to defend the country and the military's loyalty to its leader.

Tong Kim | 2015-09-13 16:58

Dialogue decreases tension

Another crisis that could have caused an outbreak of war in Korea was avoided by a dramatic inter-Korean agreement reached on Aug. 25. The two Koreas agreed to reduce tension and avoid a military confrontation, while pursuing dialogue to improve inter-Korean relations. The leaders of both sides, President Park Geun-hye and Kim Jong-un, welcomed the breakthrough as a new opportunity to resolve their differences peacefully through dialogue.

Tong Kim | 2015-08-30 16:58

US politics and Korea

President Barak Obama still has more than a year and five months left of his term, but the general mood of the American public treats him as a lame duck that cannot do much to turn around the country’s pessimistic state of affairs.

Tong Kim | 2015-08-16 15:53

Inconsistent foreign policy

Under a presidential system, democratic states can enter treaties or agreements with sovereign foreign states on important security issues, normally with the consent of their legislatures. However, the implementation of an agreement by an incumbent administration is not necessarily guaranteed by its succeeding administration.

Tong Kim | 2015-08-02 17:33

Iran deal's impact on N. Korea

In the wake of the Iranian nuclear deal - a long-term, multi-faceted plan to prevent Iran from making a nuclear weapon - attention is drawn to the North Korean nuclear issue. Would Pyongyang or Washington try one more time to settle the denuclearization issue through negotiation? Iran and North Korea are certainly different cases in several ways. Yet, the process of negotiation and the substance detailed in the final agreement reached by P5+1/EU and Iran could suggest how a resumed nuclear negotiation with North Korea might lead to success.

Tong Kim | 2015-07-19 17:00

Obama and Park Geun-hye

Last Saturday U.S. President Obama was upbeat after he scored three political gains: passage of the Trade Promotion Authority, and Supreme Court decisions on the affordable care act and same sex marriage. Obama's approval rate went up above 50 percent. Obama's powerful healing eulogy for nine slain black church members in Charlestown, South Carolina was also well received across the country, as he ended by leading those assembled in singing “Amazing Grace.”

Tong Kim | 2015-07-05 17:07

Pyongyang's statement of position

On June 15, marking the 15th anniversary of the joint inter-Korean summit declaration of 2000, the DPRK issued a special “government statement” of its latest position on inter-Korean relations. This statement deserves scrutiny to shed some light on the possible evolution of North-South relations for the rest of President Park Geun-hye’s term.

Tong Kim | 2015-06-21 17:22

Pyongyang's statement of position

On June 15, marking the 15th anniversary of the joint inter-Korean summit declaration of 2000, the DPRK issued a special "government statement" of its latest position on inter-Korean relations. This statement deserves scrutiny to shed some light on the possible evolution of North-South relations for the rest of President Park Geun-hye's term.

Tong Kim | 2015-06-21 17:12

Contending views on South China Sea

A low-key but serious exchange of views that took place between the United States and China regarding the South China Sea at the Shangri-La Dialogue, hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) May 29 - 31 in Singapore, shed some light on the fate of the disputed islands between peaceful resolution and military confrontation.

Tong Kim | 2015-06-07 17:06

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