An early warning for Northeast Asia – Instead of prioritising peace, South Korea, Japan and the US are preparing for war with China
The US would like to use South Korea against China in the way it is using Ukraine to fight Russia.
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Kim plays a blinder in Korea
The one thing that can be said with absolute certainty about the historic first meeting between North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and South Korea’s Moon Jae-in is that it took place despite Donald Trump’s policies towards North Korea, not because of them.
Notes from the front of 12-03-2018
*** Trump’s protectionism: Aiming at China, killing jobs
*** Trump’s concedes to talk directly with North Korea
Winter Olympics: North Korea wins gold
North Korea may not have won any Olympic medals in Pyeongchang, but it took gold for diplomacy.
Rise of nationalist right in Japan fuels regional tensions
By Jane West
The recent visits by the leader of the opposition and two members of the Japanese cabinet to the controversial Yasukuni war shrine in Tokyo solidifies a lurch to the nationalist right in Japanese politics.