by ZoominKorea | Dec 15, 2018 | Analysis, Interviews, Labor and People's Struggles
160,000 South Korean workers walked off the job last month to protest President Moon Jae-in’s labor policy. The following is an interview with Wolsan Liem of the Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union (KPTU) about the strike, the current...
by ZoominKorea | Dec 15, 2018 | News, News Headlines, NK-SK Relations, SK News, US-ROK Alliance
US-ROK ALLIANCE Trump Wants South Korea to Pay More for U.S. Troops President Trump’s demand that South Korea increase its funding for U.S. troops deployed there has reportedly soured on-going negotiations over the Special Measures Agreement (SMA) between the two...
by ZoominKorea | Dec 10, 2018 | Analysis, N-S Relations, Peace and Militarism, Statement
A statement by the New Zealand DPRK Society on South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s recent visit to New Zealand This statement was originally released on December 6, 2018. Whilst we welcome President Moon Jae-in’s recent visit to New Zealand we are disappointed...
by ZoominKorea | Dec 4, 2018 | Korea-Japan Relations, N-S Relations, News, News Headlines, NK News, NK-SK Relations, Peace and Militarism, US-DPRK, US-NK Relations
NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS South Korea’s Moon Urges North Korea’s Kim to Visit Seoul South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivered a message on December 1 urging North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to pay a reciprocal visit to Seoul within the year for the promised summit...
by ZoominKorea | Nov 20, 2018 | Analysis, DPRK, Peace and Militarism, US-DPRK
This article was originally published in The Nation on November 16, 2018. By Tim Shorrock The New York Times may still have a Judith Miller problem—only now it’s a David Sanger problem. Miller, of course, is the former Times reporter who helped build the case for the...