This is a local re-posting of an article I wrote for The National Interest last week. Basically, I am continuing to bush back on all this insane talk that we are on the verge of a conflict, can’t live with … Continue reading
This is a re-post of an essay I just wrote for the Lowy Institute, available here. And yes, that Godfather pic is meant to imply that I accept the last of the interpretative frameworks suggested: North Korea as a gangster … Continue reading
Newsweek Japan ran a story last week on the continuing history disputes in Northeast Asia. I love that cover (left). Here is internet link to that issue. I was asked to contribute regarding South Korea. My essay, originally in English, … Continue reading
It was the 70th anniversary of the North Korean communist party – officially, the Korean Workers Party (KWP) – on October 10. The event got lots of press for the usual military bluster, but given that the event ostensibly celebrated … Continue reading
The challenge to South Korea this picture represents is my argument for where South Korea’s extraordinary national hang-up about Japan comes from. Last month, I wrote about ‘anti-Japanism’ in South Korea. I tried to make an argument for why I … Continue reading
That is Wendy Sherman in Korea before the flap over her ‘history’ remarks. The following essay was originally posted here, at the Lowy Institute. The idea for this essay came from watching Abe’s successful trip to the US last month … Continue reading
The China Policy Institute of the University of Nottingham in Britain is running a blog symposium – cool idea! – this week on Asia’s territorial disputes. Here is the series page, and here is my submission. I’d like to thank … Continue reading
I just published a long essay about Korea’s view of Japan for Newsweek Japan. Please contact me if you would like the Japanese version. Below is the reprint in English. As so often when I write in this area, I … Continue reading
Nothing verifies the claims of my last two posts about the jingoism and politicization of world sport as much as the national euphoria here that greeted Yuna Kim’s Olympics victory last week. Koreans reacted to her medal the same way … Continue reading
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