South Korea’s GSOMIA Withdrawal Opens the Door to a New Peace Paradigm in East Asia

by ZoominKorea | Sep 3, 2019 | Analysis, Asia Pacific Region, Korea-Japan Relations, Peace and Militarism

By Jeremiah Kim   For nearly a century, Japan posed the greatest threat to the security of Korea and most of Asia through its agenda of aggressive militarism and Western-style imperialism; today, that distinction belongs primarily to the United States. Yet the casual...

A Stumble at Hanoi, but Negotiations Remain on the Agenda

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...

The Hanoi Summit: Recognising the Irony and the Lessons of Vietnam

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...

[Interview] S Korea’s Labor Fight against Moon’s “Flexible Work Hour” Policy

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...

[Statement] President Moon’s visit – a lost opportunity

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...

How ‘The New York Times’ Deceived the Public on North Korea

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...