New, Rare and Unreleased Material from the DMZ Empire
New, Rare and Unreleased Material from the DMZ Empire
May 18 marks the 40th anniversary of the Gwangju Massacre and Uprising, which shook the foundations of South Korea in 1980 and marked the beginning of the country’s long march towards democracy. I’ve written extensively about Gwangju and the unfortunate…
Abe’s Japan and its people are thinking twice about sending their “Self Defense Forces” to the Gulf, at Trump’s request. Now, it’s South Korea’s turn. Hankyoreh: “Iran warns US allies may become targets if they partake in American counterattack.” Shortly…
The “Christmas Surprise” that wasn’t It’s 2020, and after a long hiatus (caused in part by physical ailments, sigh!) I’m starting to post here again. I started the year off with a bang by posting a story on January 1…
That line from Johnny Cash was all I could think of when these bizarre photos were posted on social media today. Here’s how the Washington Post reported the story. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was shown riding a white horse in…
The roots of the historical divisions between South Korea and Japan go back to a 1965 normalization treaty that was signed by Seoul and Tokyo after years of U.S. economic and diplomatic pressure. In a 2016 article in The Nation,…
I just wrote an editorial for The Nation on the US and North Korea, paying attention to the Democrats who are even more to the right than Trump. It will run in the magazine’s next print edition, which comes out…
Latest CNN story on Hanoi gives the real scoop. A few days ago, I posted my latest article in The Nation about the failed talks in Hanoi between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. Here’s what the POTUS had to…
Spreading disinformation on North Korea’s satellite launch facility is a new low. So I got some answers about the site from 38 North. On Tuesday and Wednesday, NBC Nightly News broadcast a story by Andrea Mitchell making lurid allegations that…
Just posted at The Nation: “The Trump-Kim Talks Ended Abruptly—but Negotiations Will Continue.” I wrote this from DC after staying up all night watching Trump announce the failure of this go-round with the DPRK. My colleague Kathleen Richards reported from…
Last night, February 26, I went to Twitter to rip Vox.com and Vox reporter Alex Ward for a story they had posted quoting Moon Chung-in, a senior adviser to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, that a pending deal it described…
My latest, just published in The Nation. Here’s the lead: 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…
Note: This was reported and written in 2018, at a time when a peace agreement between North and South Korea seemed within reach. Seems like a long time ago. In my latest article, published today by The National Interest, I ask…
My interview with The Real News On Friday, I spoke to Aaron Mate of The Real News in Baltimore about this week’s agreement by the ROK, the DPRK and the UN Command to remove guard posts along the DMZ. I noted…
In a surprise development, the Pentagon just announced it was suspending the next round of military exercises with South Korea to give diplomacy a chance to work. This comes after days of acrimony between the Trump and Moon administrations over…
Who says North and South Korea can’t get along? This strikes me as very significant. Yonhap: SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) — The two Koreas are wrapping up their demining operations in part of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to carry out…
Over at Harper’s yesterday, Washington journalist Max Blumenthal broke a major story about the Trump administration and North Korea. His scoop was buried in a typically gutsy story from Max about UN Ambassador (and major neocon) Nikki Haley and a speech she…
In the midst of the massive pushback in Washington against the Trump administration’s denuclearization talks with Kim Jong Un, a former US intelligence analyst did some truth-telling about past negotiations. “The Agreed Framework did not fail; it was murdered. It…
In a commentary today in 38North, Leon Sigal hit the nail on the head. Before we get to it, some background. A week after President Trump met Kim Jong Un in Singapore, the US foreign policy establishment has settled on a simple…
This is the rather amazing and highly unusual film produced by the DPRK about Kim Jong Un’s summit meeting with President Trump. Yes, I know the meeting is being trashed by many Democrats and national security experts. But, hey, it’s…
Guest Post: Join the music festival on the DMZ June 23 and 24! By John R. Eperjesi On August 14, 1945, US Army colonel Dean Rusk and Army staffer Charles Bonesteel went into a room with a copy of National…
