.@TimothyS provides important context to understanding South Korea politics, US relations, meaning of Moon election
https://www.thenation.com/article/the-united-states-should-listen-to-south-korea-or-it-will-reap-the-whirlwind/ …
.@TimothyS on @democracynow : “The US cannot control Korea anymore. The US has been in Korea militarily since 1945, and its time to end this colonial-like relationship with South Korea.”https://www.democracynow.org/2018/4/30/tim_shorrock_on_north_korea_nuclear …
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@TimothyS: "if peace does come about, it won’t be due ... to Trump’s hard-line policies ... . Instead, it will be because of Moon’s diplomacy, as well as support from the mass movement that swept him into power"https://www.thenation.com/article/historic-korean-summit-sets-the-table-for-peace-and-us-pundits-react-with-horror/ …Show this thread -
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@adamjohnsonNYC: “When 88 percent of the subject of a news story think something is good, and 95 percent of US media say that thing is bad, one should ask why that is. ”https://fair.org/home/what-do-us-pundits-know-about-north-korea-that-88-of-south-koreans-dont/ …Show this thread -
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@stephenWalt: "tendency to treat foes as inherently irrational has real costs" - preventive war becomes a more attractive option - it can blind us to the real reasons behind an adversary’s behavior - it makes normal diplomacy seem like a waste of timehttp://foreignpolicy.com/2018/06/14/never-call-kim-jong-un-crazy-again/ …Show this thread -
Thorough, informative, balanced account by
@TimothyS of Trump and Kim Jong-un's "unprecedented meeting"after months of intensive negotiations that began when Kim unexpectedly invited Trump "to meet and settle their vast differences"https://www.thenation.com/article/trump-meets-kim-averting-threat-nuclear-war-us-pundits-furious/ …Show this thread -
“the way we treat South Korea is as almost a colony. ... it’s just incredible to read people like that saying, just assuming that South Korea does not have the sovereign right to try to unify and reconcile within its own country.”https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1034966728307032064?s=21 …
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"President Moon Jae-in became the first South Korean leader to give a speech to the North Korean public ... Mr Moon is on a three-day visit to Pyongyang where he signed a landmark agreement with Kim Jong-un."https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45578491 …
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President Moon Jae-in's speech in front of 150,000 North Korean citizens, at Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, was the first time a South Korean head of state ever addressed North Korean citizens directly [ENG subtitles]:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmNQ89I5GIc …
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@TimothyS: "the leaders of North and South Korea [...] sent an unmistakable message that the two Koreas have moved into a new phase of reconciliation and are ready to overcome the barriers that have kept them divided since 1945."https://www.thenation.com/article/moon-and-kim-stage-an-exuberant-summit-in-pyongyang/ …Show this thread -
"The two Koreas will start clearing mines from the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on October 1 as a first step after they agreed to disarm the border area starting with land mines."http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2018/10/356_256216.html …
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