The ongoing outbreak of wanton violence in the US has moved well past mere vengeance or shock over the vicious killing of a black man by a brutal and stupid thug wearing the uniform of a policeman in a large Midwestern city. It has unleashed emotions buried deep in American and world history that extend […]
Author Archives: Donald Kirk
Veteran reporter Donald Kirk has been covering Asia since the early 1960s, taking in Indonesia’s “Year of Living Dangerously,” the Vietnam War and the rise of South Korea among many other events and trends. He divides his time among Manila, Seoul and Washington, DC, and is the author of multiple books, notably Korea Betrayed: Kim Dae-jung and Sunshine.