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Donald Kirk

Awakening from nuclear nightmares

Stephen King, author of global best-selling novels of horror and fantasy, has written about the craving for horror stories, books and films. He thinks all of us are more or less "mentally ill," but most of us hide or sublimate our worst instincts. From there he tries to answer why we sit through horror movies that frighten us.

2018-09-20 17:57

NY Times versus Trump

WASHINGTON - We hear so much speculation as to who wrote the infamous, anonymous New York Times op-ed, “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration,” it's surprising we hear not a word about whether the piece was actually an inside job.

2018-09-13 17:03

No trusting Trump

WASHINGTON - Here in the swamp of the American capital, you appreciate how easy it is to forget about Korea when North Korea isn't firing missiles and testing warheads or, conversely, when no one's talking about another summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un.

2018-09-06 17:28

Searching for peace

The U.S.-Korea alliance is at a crossroads, and the North Koreans think they know what to do to send Washington and Seoul in different directions. How about demanding, repeatedly, a “peace declaration” that President Moon Jae-in also thinks would be great? Everybody wants peace. Nobody wants Korean War II, so why not all the protagonists in the first Korean War, North and South Koreans, Americans, Chinese too, sign a paper declaring the war's over and let us now live in everlasting peace.

2018-08-30 17:33

Hosting reunions for power and influence

The bait of reunions of members of families divided by the Korean War has got to be about the most cynical ploy devised by the North Koreans to exploit human suffering for no reason other than to inflict cruel punishment on defenseless people.

2018-08-23 17:11

Sweltering with summit fever

Summit fever these days is as hot as the weather. We face weeks of heated debate in the run-up to a third summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korea's Kim Jong-un and maybe a second summit between President Donald Trump and Kim. The Moon-Kim summit is going to test Moon's willingness to stand up to Kim.

2018-08-16 16:55

Trump's strategy for North Korea

Is President Donald Trump offering a tutorial on how to negotiate with the North Koreans _ reminding them of the riches and rewards awaiting them the moment they enter his magic kingdom?

2018-08-09 18:41

Challenging North Korea on human rights

Remember the “human rights” issue? Once upon a time, just about everyone was complaining about egregious human rights violations in North Korea.

2018-08-02 16:55

Happy 65th anniversary

Remember those initials UNC/MAC and NNSC for United Nations Command/Military Armistice Commission and Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission? It's difficult to believe these terms still exist 65 years after the signing of the truce that ended the Korean War on July 27, 1953.

2018-07-26 17:11

Exploiting GI bones

The North Koreans are reluctant to talk about “denuclearization” but are winning easy points exploiting the bones of about 5,300 Americans still missing from the Korean War.

2018-07-19 17:14

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