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 | Aug 17, 2018 | News, NK-SK Relations, SK News, Weekly News
NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS Moon and Kim to Meet again in September; U.S. Ambassador says “Too early” to End the Korean War The leaders of North and South Korea will meet for the third time, this time in Pyongyang in September, announced Ri Son Gwon, chairman of the North...
by ZoominKorea | Jul 3, 2018 | Labor and People's Struggles, News, SK News
On June 30, one hundred thousand South Korean workers took to the streets in Seoul to call on President Moon Jae-in to keep his campaign pledge of creating “a world that respects labor.” Top among their list of concerns was the recent passage of a retrogressive...
by ZoominKorea | Jun 19, 2018 | Democracy, News, News Headlines, SK News, South Korean Elections
The day after the historic U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore on June 12, South Korea made its own history as the liberal Democratic Party won landslide victories in nationwide local elections. Moon Jae-in’s party won 14 of the 17 contested provinces, as well as...
by ZoominKorea | Mar 7, 2018 | News, News Headlines, SK News, Trade and Neoliberalism, Trade and Neoliberalism
Workers of General Motors (GM) Korea took to the streets on February 28 to demand the company rescind its unilateral decision to shut down one of its three plants in South Korea. Members of the GM Korea branch of the Korean Metal Workers Union (KMWU) weathered...
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by ZoominKorea | Nov 11, 2017 | News, News Headlines, Peace and Militarism, SK News, Trump, US-ROK Alliance
Moon-Trump Summit: Summary U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met in Seoul on November 7 and held a joint press conference following their summit. Trump’s statement was noticeably toned down in contrast to his past remarks on North...
