by ZoomKorea | Jun 9, 2014 | Analysis, Trade and Neoliberalism
In South Korea, although most doctor’s offices and hospitals are privately owned, a publicly funded National Health Insurance system guarantees universal healthcare access for all citizens. Private health insurance exists to supplement what the National Health...
by ZoomKorea | May 20, 2014 | Analysis, Trade and Neoliberalism
Trade ministers gather in Singapore this week to resume talks on the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP, which started in 2005 as a multilateral trade agreement among Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, and Singapore, is a mega trade deal in negotiation,...
by ZoomKorea | Apr 22, 2014 | Asia Pacific Region, News, Peace and Militarism, Trade and Neoliberalism
President Obama is set to tour the Asia Pacific starting April 23 to strengthen military alliances and promote the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in line with the U.S. “Pivot to Asia” strategy. Zoom in Korea spoke with progressive activists...
by ZoomKorea | Apr 20, 2014 | Analysis, Asia Pacific Region, News, Peace and Militarism, Trade and Neoliberalism
President Obama is set to tour the Asia Pacific starting April 23 to strengthen military alliances and promote the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in line with the U.S. “Pivot to Asia” strategy. Zoom in Korea spoke with progressive activists...
by ZoomKorea | Apr 16, 2014 | Asia Pacific Region, News, Peace and Militarism, Trade and Neoliberalism
President Obama is set to tour the Asia Pacific starting April 23 to strengthen military alliances and promote the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in line with the U.S. “Pivot to Asia” strategy. Zoom in Korea spoke with progressive activists...
by ZoomKorea | Jan 14, 2014 | Analysis, Asia Pacific Region, Trade and Neoliberalism
By Christine Ahn Originally published in Foreign Policy in Focus The struggle for food sovereignty in the Pacific got a major boost last December when Billy Kenoi, mayor of Hawai’i’s Big Island, signed a law that prevents farmers from growing any new genetically...