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Posted inChina

‘Korea’s Tiananmen’ a success story

by Bradley K. Martin June 3, 2020June 3, 2020

In June 1989, in a hotel room in Washington, I turned on the TV and there, unfolding before my eyes, was the Tiananmen Uprising. Hooray, I thought. Those brave Chinese remind me of the South Korean demonstrators I covered in the provincial capital Gwangju in May 1980: patriots who died by the hundreds as they […]

Posted inNorth Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Gruesome find may shed light on Korea’s Tiananmen

by Andrew Salmon December 20, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, Northeast Asia, South Korea, United States, World

Korea still taking Chinese economic hits over US missiles

by Andrew Salmon December 6, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inNortheast Asia, South Korea

South Korean generals ‘considered’ cheating in 1987 election

by Bradley K. Martin July 21, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea

Kim Jong-pil: Spymaster, kingmaker, exile, last of ‘3 Kims’ passes

by Andrew Salmon June 24, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

The worst job in South Korea? The president

by Andrew Salmon April 8, 2018February 18, 2020

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