New, Rare and Unreleased Material from the DMZ Empire
New, Rare and Unreleased Material from the DMZ Empire
A 1947 comparison by the U.S. Embassy in Seoul of the costs of American vs South Korean troops. Basically, a ratio of $200 to $1. Cheap labor indeed.
BOX 2, FILE 3 (1980) July 1980 – These documents describe back-and-forth communication between the US Embassy in Seoul and the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs about MOFA’s refusal to transmit to the Blue House a letter signed by…
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…
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…
This was the best response I ever got to a story, as chronicled in 1996 by the Washington Post. “U.S.-South Korean relations have been roiled in the past week by the disclosure of declassified U.S. government documents stating that Washington decided…
This week I agreed to donate my entire collection of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents on U.S. policy in South Korea from 1979 to 1980 to the city of Kwangju. Mayor Yoon and I worked out the agreement on May 18…