by ZoominKorea | Mar 4, 2019 | Analysis, Peace and Militarism, Trump, US-DPRK
By Gregory Elich President Trump’s hasty decision to pull the plug on the Hanoi Summit ahead of schedule came as a stunning surprise. The feeling of disappointment in those who were hoping for success contrasted with the sense of relief in the U.S. foreign policy...
by ZoominKorea | Feb 25, 2019 | Analysis, Peace and Militarism, US-DPRK
By Tim Beal The second Kim-Trump, scheduled to be held in Hanoi scheduled for February 27-28 has attracted voluminous comment, much of it disapproving and most of either ill-informed or deliberately misleading. One way to cut through the nonsense is to focus on the...
by ZoominKorea | Feb 17, 2019 | News, News Headlines, NK-SK Relations, SK News, US-NK Relations, US-ROK Alliance
SOUTH KOREA NEWS Grocery Chain to Convert Contract Workers to Full-time Status The labor union representing workers at Homeplus, one of the largest Korean grocery chains, won a decisive victory this month. A settlement was reached in which the company agreed to...
by ZoominKorea | Feb 4, 2019 | News, News Headlines, SK News, US-NK Relations, US-ROK Alliance
US-DPRK RELATIONS Plans for Second Kim-Trump Summit Under Way The US special representative on North Korea Stephen Biegun arrived in Seoul on Sunday, February 3 for meetings with North and South Koreans ahead of the second US-North Korea summit slated for later this...
by ZoominKorea | Jan 16, 2019 | News, News Headlines, NK-SK Relations, US-NK Relations, US-ROK Alliance
North-South Korea Relations South Korea’s Defense Ministry’s Report omits language describing North Korea as “the enemy” The first defense white paper released during the administration of South Korean President Moon Jae-in deleted a phrase about the North Korean...
