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...

[Interview] Lessons from the “Candlelight Revolution” and S Korea’s Plaza Democracy

by ZoominKorea | Sep 15, 2018 | Analysis, Democracy

By Joseph Essertier Introduction I interviewed Ms. Yoon Heesook on Monday, August 27, 2018. She is the head of the Records and Commemoration Committee of the Emergency People’s Mobilization for the Resignation of the Park Geun-hye Administration–a coalition of...