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Pathway to peace

U.S. commentary about North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's New Year speech last week was largely skeptical. The prevailing tone was that Pyongyang was up to its usual tricks.

John Burton | 2019-01-07 17:39

Cause for Christmas cheer

Is the spirit of Christmas, which is supposed to be a time of “goodwill to all men,” influencing U.S.-North Korea negotiations?

John Burton | 2018-12-24 17:14

The nuclear talks with North Korea have fallen into a twilight zone - a state of suspended animation - six months after U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met in Singapore.

John Burton | 2018-12-10 17:59

The headline does not refer to disagreements between the governments in Seoul and Washington, D.C., over North Korean policy. Rather it describes the running argument between my Korean wife and I about the respective merits of the two cities since we moved from Korea to the U.S. two years ago.

John Burton | 2018-11-26 17:50

Spinning wheels

Cars and semiconductors are the two industrial stalwarts of the Korean economy. Both are now under threat.

John Burton | 2018-11-11 17:13

Don't speak Korean

Xenophobia is nothing new in U.S. politics, but it appears to be reaching new lows in the latest congressional campaigns ahead of the Nov. 6 elections. One example is a white Democrat candidate in Buffalo, New York, who has been attacked by his Republican opponent for speaking Korean, implying he is un-American.

John Burton | 2018-10-29 18:09

Korea's economic cul-de-sac

Korea is likely to be among the most vulnerable economies in Asia if the Sino-American trade war escalates. While Korea's economic strength rests on exports, this also proves to be its biggest weakness when global trade slows.

John Burton | 2018-10-15 17:39

When Moon Jae-in was elected Korean President last year, the general consensus among most pundits in Washington, D.C., was that relations between him and U.S. President Donald Trump would be tense, mirroring the troubled relationship between the administrations of the liberal Roh Moo-hyun and conservative George W. Bush in the 2000s.

John Burton | 2018-10-01 18:02

North Korea's road to riches

Seymour Hersh, one of America's most prominent investigative journalists, recently spoke about a psychological profile of Kim Jong-un, based on electronic intercepts, that was done by a team of top experts for the U.S. government. They concluded that Kim “has a real desire to have money. He wants to be a leader in tourism,” Hersh said.

John Burton | 2018-09-17 19:15

Calm before the storm?

The North Korean nuclear issue abruptly fell off the radar of most in Washington, D.C. this summer in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's summit with Kim Jung-un on June 12 in Singapore. The war-like rhetoric about North Korea was suddenly toned down as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Pyongyang to negotiate the details of the Trump-Kim accord to denuclearize North Korea.

John Burton | 2018-09-03 17:01

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