Donald Kirk

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Victory by Leftist in South Korean Election Could Mean Changes in Washington-Seoul Relations

4 days ago | nysun.com | Donald Kirk

SEOUL — A left-leaning politician with deep ties to anti-American activists is taking over as South Korea’s president six months to the day after his arch-enemy tried to muzzle him by imposing martial law.
South Koreans Set To Head to the Polls, With Leftists and Rightists Seemingly Further Apart Than Ever

5 days ago | nysun.com | Donald Kirk

SEOUL — Koreans elect a new president Tuesday in a contest that’s sure to deepen divisions after a whirlwind campaign that has accentuated the rift between embittered forces on the right and left. Polls show nearly half of Korea’s 44 million eligible voters backing the left-leaning leader of the Minju, Lee Jae-myung, who is mired in corruption scandals.
South Korean Defense Officials Fret About Potential American Troop Withdrawals

6 days ago | nysun.com | Donald Kirk

With the Memorial Day recess coming to an end and the fights resuming in Washington, Democratic Party leaders are calling for more aggressive tactics to confront the Trump administration. The new urgency could be coming from a lack of change in Democrats’ political standing, as new polling shows voters view the party as weak and ineffective.
Hegseth Throws Down a Gauntlet on China, Warning That America, While Seeking Peace, Will Be ‘Ready for War’

1 week ago | nysun.com | Donald Kirk

SEOUL — America’s defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, threw down the gauntlet before Communist China, warning Beijing that America “will be ready for war” if the People’s Republic persists in its bid to “become a hegemonic power.” Mr. Hegseth, in his maiden address to the Shangri-la dialogue at Singapore before defense ministers and senior officials from upwards of 40 countries, put the Chinese on notice that they had better cease and desist from their bid for China “to become a hegemonic power”...
Hegseth, With China at Top of His Agenda, Is Set To Make His Debut on the World Stage, Addressing Defense Leaders at Shangri-La Dialogue

1 week ago | nysun.com | Donald Kirk

America’s neophyte defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, on Saturday makes his maiden appearance on the world stage, during which he is sure to address the need to stand up to Communist China. At the so-called Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Mr. Hegseth won’t have to engage in fire-eating rhetoric when he speaks to many of the world’s top defense officials to convey the sense that China is public enemy no. 1 in Washington’s evolving Indo-Pacific strategy.
Even as South Korea Looks Set To Move Leftward, Top American General Assures That War Games Will Go On

1 week ago | nysun.com | Donald Kirk

SEOUL — The Pentagon can rest easy, as American and South Korean forces will be roaring up and down South Korea’s craggy training grounds while warplanes zip overhead and warships blast imaginary targets at sea during their annual war games in August.
With Leftists Expected To Regain Power in South Korea’s Presidential Election, Expect Conservatives To Cry Foul

1 week ago | nysun.com | Donald Kirk

SEOUL — South Korea’s presidential election next Tuesday is sure to wind up with conservatives leveling a flurry of heated charges, from fraud to the Chinese having influence on the leftist who’s favored to win. Korean conservatives are signaling their strategy while fearful the transition to left-leaning rule from conservative will reverse the gains in Seoul’s relations with Washington in the three years before the impeachment and ouster of Yoon Suk-yeol last month.
Koreans, Heading to the Polls to Elect a New President, Worry That Trump Will Pull Some American Forces

1 week ago | nysun.com | Donald Kirk

SEOUL – The fear is pervasive. South Koreans are responding as if they were already on notice. The Americans may soon be pulling troops out of Korea, according to one report, and South Korea will be more exposed than ever to attack. South Korea’s biggest-selling newspaper, Chosun Ilbo, headlined the concerns as if the plan for withdrawing several thousand American troops was already in the works.
North Korean Dictator Expected To Seek Vengeance After Botched Launch of High-Profile Naval Vessel

2 weeks ago | nysun.com | Donald Kirk

Heads are sure to roll in Pyongyang as North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, seeks scapegoats for the humiliating failure of the launch of a sleek new destroyer that was supposed to be the pride of the North Korean naval fleet. During a ceremony to which foreign ambassadors and top-level aides were invited, “a serious accident occurred in the launch of the destroyer,” the North Korean propaganda machine, not given to reporting bad news, had to admit.
American Navy Back at Subic, Philippines, This Time With the Government’s Enthusiastic Support

2 weeks ago | nysun.com | Donald Kirk

OLONGAPO, Philippines — American warships rest at anchor in Subic Bay, on the South China Sea about 90 miles west of Manila, nearly 33 years after the Americans shut down their largest overseas naval base here after a wave of nationalism led to the refusal of the Philippine senate to renew a bases agreement.

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