Denis Staunton
China Correspondent at Irish Times
Co-Host at The Irish Times World View Podcast
China Correspondent, The Irish Times
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Denis Staunton
It was shortly after 4am on Saturday and Yeouido Park near Seoul’s financial district was dark, a little chilly and mostly deserted. But on a plaza just inside the park stood a large group of adults, some of them accompanied by children and dogs, chatting and laughing as if they were at a party. These were members of Seoul’s Irish community and their friends and they were about to set off on a walk through the park, emerging into the neighbourhood nearby as dawn was breaking.
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Denis Staunton
Xi Jinping has told Donald Trump that the United States should rescind its “negative measures” against China and conduct trade talks in a spirit of mutual respect. The two leaders spoke on Thursday for the first time since January, China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported, adding that the call was at Mr Trump’s request.
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Denis Staunton
Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung is projected to win a sweeping victory in South Korea’s snap presidential election, with exit polls suggesting he will take more than 50 per cent of the vote. The election, which saw the highest turnout since 1997, could herald a foreign policy shift for one of the United States’ closest allies in the Asia-Pacific region.
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4 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Denis Staunton
The crowd outside Seoul Children’s Grand Park was a few hundred strong, many of them holding blue balloons and some with flags on flexible poles about 10 metres tall. The mood was buoyant, principally because their Democratic Party candidate, Lee Jae-myung (61), was more than 10 points ahead in the polls. He is on course to win South Korea’s presidential election next Tuesday.
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4 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Denis Staunton
It had been a long time since we last met and although the traffic was bad and Xiang was going to be almost two hours late, we were determined to meet for dinner regardless. But before he arrived he told me there was something I should know. “I’m very angry and sad,” he said. Xiang worked at a forest park outside Beijing where he led a team of 12 people who spent their days planting, pruning and trimming.
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