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WorldTribune.com: Exploiting tragedy for political gain

Special to WorldTribune.com
By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com
SEOUL — The tragedy of the sunken South Korean ferry the Sewol is now old news. The international press barely covers the long aftermath as divers look for the last missing bodies. The news has receded from the lead position in the Korean media and sometimes  Read More 
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Forbes: Arrested Development

Obsessed with Control, Some Korean Tycoons End Up In Handcuffs
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By Donald Kirk

The arrest records of some of South Korea’s top corporate chieftains are as remarkable as their commercial success. The leaders of the three biggest chaebol—and at least six members of  Read More 
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Chung Mong-Joon Wants To Lead the City of Seoul Out of Its Funk, Forbes Staff, Contributor

By Donald Kirk

Chung Mong-Joon owns the biggest chunk of shares in the world’s biggest shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries , but he gave up any role in the company years ago. Instead his passion is politics. He’s been far more interested in selling South Korea as a global power than in selling ships  Read More 
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Forbes.com: U.S. Asian Allies Ask: Is U.S. Ready To Fight China Over Small Islets?

President Obama’s much-hyped “pivot” to Asia is leading to misunderstandings between what America’s Asian allies expect and what the U.S. is likely to do in case serious trouble blows up in the seas and small islands claimed by China all around its periphery.

The possibility for misunderstanding is most obvious in  Read More 
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Legacy of a Feudal Society

The outpouring of grief over the Sewol, unlike memories of other ferry disasters that have cost many more lives, will never go away. That’s because almost all the 302 victims were kids who died slow deaths. They drowned after the captain and most of his crew had escaped.
Like the sinking of the Titanic  Read More 
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WorldTribune.com: The more things change....

‘I shall return’: 70 years after MacArthur’s triumphant return to the Philippines, history repeats itself
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By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com

MANILA — U.S. forces were supposed to be gone from the Philippines for good by 1991 when the U.S. pulled out of Clark Air Base after ashes from the eruption  Read More 
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Future Korea Weekly: Tragedy of the Sewol

JINDO -- The Korean response to the tragedy of the Sewol is both personal and corporate. On a personal level, individuals come to Jindo for the day, for an overnight stay, maybe for a few days, offering their services in food stands, clean-up crews, telephone centers, anywhere they might be useful.

Some of them  Read More 
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