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Hither and Yon

Shooting it out in America, and may the good guys win

By World Tribune on June 17, 2016
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By Donald Kirk, EastAsiaIntel.com

[Editors’ Note: Don Kirk normally lives in Seoul under the constant threat of a nuclear missile attack from North Korea. Currently on a road trip back in the USA, he’s taking dead aim at the “gun nuts” on this  Read More 
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Healing history’s bitter Japan-Philippines wounds

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By Donald Kirk, EastAsiaIntel.com
MANILA -- No city suffered more in World War II than this sprawling metropolis of more than 10 million people.
No enemy was more cruel, more hostile, more destructive than the Japanese after defeating U.S. forces in the Philippines at the outset of the war in  Read More 
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Harsh memories from the Northeast Asia cauldron of last century live on

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By Donald Kirk, EastAsiaIntel.com
The trilateral summit last weekend was long on promises but short on hard-and-fast commitments and planning.
Yes, the fact that leaders of Korea, China and Japan could meet at all was remarkable considering Japan’s ongoing occupation of the Senkaku Islands, Diaoyu to the Chinese,  Read More 
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Obama, man of peace and not of war, has yet to back up his words with action

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By Donald Kirk, EastAsiaIntel.com
President Obama might be considering the motto on which Woodrow Wilson ran for president in 1916 as his enduring legacy: “He kept us out of war.” That is, if he can forget that Wilson, after election to his second term, reversed course and sent American soldiers  Read More 
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Asian wars and the American psyche: From a truce in South Korea to defeat in Vietnam

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By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com
SEOUL — Anniversaries have their special appeal. The first anniversary on April 16 of the sinking of the Sewol off South Korea’s southwestern coast evoked emotions of outrage and sadness over the loss of 304 lives, 250 of them teenagers from the same school near Seoul.
Anniversaries of  Read More 
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This film’s no joke to North Korea

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By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com
The North Koreans could not have come up with a better way to publicize a movie.
Can anyone imagine a Hollywood comedy causing a diplomatic storm involving United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and threats of “resolute and merciless” retaliation against the country that spawned this  Read More 
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