by ZoominKorea | Jul 10, 2018 | Analysis, DPRK, News Headlines, Peace and Militarism, US-DPRK, US-NK Relations
By KJ Noh This article was also published in Counterpunch and Dissident Voice. On the heels of the historic June 12th Trump-Kim Singapore Summit that de-escalated tensions between North Korea and the United States, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made his third visit...
by ZoominKorea | Jul 10, 2018 | Analysis, DPRK
By Kim Soobok (Translation and edits by Hyun Lee) Continued from Part 3 On my visit to the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex in 2012, I learned about the place as merely a production plant for chemical fertilizers and plastic products. The total number of people at the...
by ZoominKorea | Jun 20, 2018 | Analysis, Audio/Video, Interviews, Peace and Militarism, Trump, US-DPRK, US-ROK Alliance
Washington’s neoliberal pundits and politicians reacted with horror at the outcome of the historic U.S.-North Korea summit on June 12. They balked at Trump’s mention of halting the annual military exercises in Korea and the possibility of withdrawing U.S. troops from...
by ZoominKorea | Jun 11, 2018 | Analysis, Peace and Militarism, Trump, US-DPRK
By Tim Beal As the Singapore Summit between President Trump and Chairman Kim approach we have been submerged under a deluge of articles and op-eds. Most are uninformed, some are ignorant. Symptoms are confused with issues, consequences with causes. Causality is...
by ZoominKorea | Jun 6, 2018 | Analysis, Democracy, DPRK, N-S Relations
By Tim Beal On 7 April 2016, thirteen North Koreans arrived together in Seoul. According to the South Korean government, the group – a manager and 12 waitresses – had “escaped” from the North Korean Ryukyung restaurant in Ningbo, China and had voluntarily “fled to...
by ZoominKorea | May 27, 2018 | Analysis, Labor and People's Struggles, Peace and Militarism, Stop THAAD, US-ROK Alliance
By Reece Chenault “The fight is never about grapes or lettuce, it is always about people.” – Cesar Chavez On a seven-day trip to learn about and build relationships with the South Korean labor movement in discussion centered around climate, workers’ rights and the...
