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...
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...
by ZoominKorea | Jan 3, 2019 | DPRK, Historical Text, N-S Relations, US-DPRK
English translation via Rodong Sinmun January 1, 2019 Dear people and service personnel of the People’s Army across the country, Dear compatriots, Dear comrades and friends, Having seen out the year 2018, in which we adorned the history of the motherland, the...
by ZoominKorea | Dec 4, 2018 | Korea-Japan Relations, N-S Relations, News, News Headlines, NK News, NK-SK Relations, Peace and Militarism, US-DPRK, US-NK Relations
NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS South Korea’s Moon Urges North Korea’s Kim to Visit Seoul South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivered a message on December 1 urging North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to pay a reciprocal visit to Seoul within the year for the promised summit...
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...
by ZoominKorea | Aug 29, 2018 | Analysis, Peace and Militarism, US-DPRK
By Hyun Lee Even after President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un agreed to establish “new US-DPRK relations” in Singapore on June 12, Washington seems in denial that the summit ever took place. The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), signed...
