Category Archives: Asia

North Korea: What’s really happening

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Tim Shorrock

My latest, in Salon – A look back at 15 years of U.S.-North Korean toil and trouble.

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Coming soon…A Blast from the Past

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Tim Shorrock

As soon as I can figure out how to upload the PDF, I will re-publish a short analysis and polemic I wrote in 1980 about the emergence of the Pacific Rim economy. I did this during a time of very … Continue reading →

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Time (Again) for Direct Negotiations with North Korea

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Tim Shorrock

I was on Democracy Now! this morning talking about the latest North Korean nuclear test and its implications for U.S. policy. As usual, I spoke out for direct U.S. negotiations with the DPRK and called for a halt in the … Continue reading →

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Tall Tales About Special Forces in North Korea?

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Tim Shorrock

Foreign Policy in Focus just posted my take on the recent brouhaha about U.S. Special Forces “parachuting” into North Korea. Here’s an excerpt: A classified Pentagon document leaked to me in 1984 may shed some light on a U.S. general’s outlandish claim last … Continue reading →

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Naoto Kan and the End of ‘Japan Inc.’

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Tim Shorrock

My latest, from The Nation. An excerpt: The fact that so many media organizations had to fly journalists to Japan underscores how much that country has disappeared from our political discourse since the early 1990s, when Japan’s economic juggernaut was … Continue reading →

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