Mr. Kirk, based in Seoul and Washington, has been covering Asia for decades for newspapers and magazines and is the author of books on Korea, the Vietnam War and the Philippines.
Topics should range from trade, tariffs, AI and security, including China’s unremitting pressure on the independent free state of Taiwan.
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Iran and the UAE buried their differences long enough to endorse a statement denouncing ‘deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure and peaceful nuclear facilities.’
By DONALD KIRK
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Exercising its pugnacity, Beijing blasts the Philippine’s defense secretary at a forum after he accused China of ‘coercion, bullying and aggression.’
By DONALD KIRK
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The transportation secretary warned Ford in a letter that ‘skilled American workers’ are suffering ‘as Ford continues to manufacture vehicles with Chinese companies abroad instead of building in America.’
By DONALD KIRK
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Kim Jong-un, with daughter Ju-ae at the commissioning of a new destroyer, declares, ‘We must establish more clearly a powerful and reliable nuclear war deterrent.’
By DONALD KIRK
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She insisted, ‘No joke, no joke,’ but said she would have to be killed first before getting ‘someone’ she knew to kill her worst foes.
By DONALD KIRK
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Trump says ‘love to have him’ and ‘a lot of good things to discuss,’ but hopes for real deals are slim.
By DONALD KIRK
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India’s Prime Minister Modi warned, ‘Terrorism can never be a strategic asset for anyone’ and ‘there can be no place for double standards on terrorism.’
By DONALD KIRK
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The Reverend Moon’s wife called herself the ‘true mother,’ but the Moonies’ church has lost funding since being declared illegal in Japan.
By DONALD KIRK
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Polls show more than half of Koreans now have ‘an unfavorable view of the U.S.’
By DONALD KIRK
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Kim Yo-jong says topic of Trump visit has not come up despite the brother’s ‘fond personal memories and feelings’ dating to their first summit in Singapore in 2018.
By DONALD KIRK
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‘We have laid the groundwork,’ noted analyst says. ‘The two leaders will talk, but they just won’t produce anything.’
By DONALD KIRK
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