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Wed, January 16, 2019 | 23:06

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Hosting reunions for power and influence

The bait of reunions of members of families divided by the Korean War has got to be about the most cynical ploy devised by the North Koreans to exploit human suffering for no reason other than to inflict cruel punishment on defenseless people.

Donald Kirk | 2018-08-23 17:11

Sweltering with summit fever

Summit fever these days is as hot as the weather. We face weeks of heated debate in the run-up to a third summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korea's Kim Jong-un and maybe a second summit between President Donald Trump and Kim. The Moon-Kim summit is going to test Moon's willingness to stand up to Kim.

Donald Kirk | 2018-08-16 16:55

Trump's strategy for North Korea

Is President Donald Trump offering a tutorial on how to negotiate with the North Koreans _ reminding them of the riches and rewards awaiting them the moment they enter his magic kingdom?

Donald Kirk | 2018-08-09 18:41

Challenging North Korea on human rights

Remember the “human rights” issue? Once upon a time, just about everyone was complaining about egregious human rights violations in North Korea.

Donald Kirk | 2018-08-02 16:55

Happy 65th anniversary

Remember those initials UNC/MAC and NNSC for United Nations Command/Military Armistice Commission and Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission? It's difficult to believe these terms still exist 65 years after the signing of the truce that ended the Korean War on July 27, 1953.

Donald Kirk | 2018-07-26 17:11

Exploiting GI bones

The North Koreans are reluctant to talk about “denuclearization” but are winning easy points exploiting the bones of about 5,300 Americans still missing from the Korean War.

Donald Kirk | 2018-07-19 17:14

Role models for North Korea

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has compounded the debacle of his weekend in Pyongyang by a plea that North Korea partake of the same “once unimaginable prosperity and partnership we have with Vietnam today.”

Donald Kirk | 2018-07-12 17:32

US versus the world

The U.S. is fighting everyone, it seems. Not in shooting wars, more or less limited these days to off-and-on skirmishes in the Middle East, but in trade wars that could erupt eventually into the shooting kind.

Donald Kirk | 2018-07-05 17:40

Time of transition for US forces

The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) is going through agonizing changes. Cancellation of joint U.S.-South Korean war games is not the only sign of the shifting U.S. military role.

Donald Kirk | 2018-06-28 16:53

'The more things change…'

The most obvious lesson of the Singapore summit is that “complete denuclearization” is mission impossible. The North Koreans since then haven't used the “n” word _ “n” for nuclear _ while talking in generalities about the need to respect everyone's “sovereignty” along with the statement signed by President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un on June 12 and the Panmunjom declaration of April 27, signed by President Moon Jae-in and Kim.

Donald Kirk | 2018-06-21 16:31

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