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[Updated; Scroll down.] If the military and the peasantry unite as one, then none on this earth could possibly subvert them. –MaoRural uprisings in China are becoming so frequent, it’s getting hard to keep track of them. BEIJING (Reuters) – China has sealed off a village in southern Guangdong province after days of protests over land grabs ended at the weekend in clashes with police that killed a teenage girl, two residents said on Monday. Last week’s protest came a...

A group of Korean-Americans has sent a pointed message about the MacArthur statue: A group including Washington State Senator Paull Shin on Monday delivered the signatures of some 8,129 Korean Americans opposing calls to topple a statue of U.S. general Douglas MacArthur in Incheon to Grand National Party chairwoman Park Geun-hye. The signatories said today’s Republic of Korea would not exist without the sacrifices of Allied forces led by MacArthur in the Korean War. If Incheon City cannot defend the...

By now, you may or may not have heard that North Korea has already reneged on the deal it signed just yesterday (scroll down; next post). But in Pyongyang, agreement and disagreement are both wispy things, and you never know if we’ll have a deal again in six or eight minutes. I keep a stock ticker next to my coffee pot for just that purpose. Deal or not, it’s an interesting parlor game (albeit, one with deadly serious consequences for...

Nicholas Kristof is a man who knows the power of righteous indignation to save lives by hitting genocidal dictators where they’re most often vulnerable: their economies. Listen to the moral authority of Nick Kristof and the New York Times in full roar when millions face imminent mass murder: So what can stop this genocide? At one level the answer is technical: sanctions . . . , a no-fly zone, a freeze of . . . officials’ assets, prosecution of the...

Yes, I still think it was a stunt. But why, specifically, does that make it wrong? For one thing, there’s the false drama of feigned outrage, but there’s plenty of reason for real outrage at China’s treatment of the North Koreans, its arrogance toward its neighbors, and its dictatorial quashing of free speech (but not for shock that the Chinese cops blundered in the way they did). There’s the Grand National Party’s own hypocrisy on the North Korea issue, but...

Yes, I still think it was a stunt. But why, specifically, does that make it wrong? For one thing, there’s the false drama of feigned outrage, but there’s plenty of reason for real outrage at China’s treatment of the North Koreans, its arrogance toward its neighbors, and its dictatorial quashing of free speech (but not for shock that the Chinese cops blundered in the way they did). There’s the Grand National Party’s own hypocrisy on the North Korea issue, but...

The Korean papers, already sensing that Korea has marginalized itself out of any meaningful role in solving the North Korea crisis, are expending much anxiety on what the United States now intends to do about North Korea, with or without their cooperation. I mostly agree with and recommend the Marmot’s analysis of Michael Horowitz’s statement that North Korea is certain to collapse within a year. Prediction is a dangerous business. I once had this, um, friend, who kept extending his...

The Korean papers, already sensing that Korea has marginalized itself out of any meaningful role in solving the North Korea crisis, are expending much anxiety on what the United States now intends to do about North Korea, with or without their cooperation. I mostly agree with and recommend the Marmot’s analysis of Michael Horowitz’s statement that North Korea is certain to collapse within a year. Prediction is a dangerous business. I once had this, um, friend, who kept extending his...

In the spirit of South Korea’s spirited netizens, I decided to spend a few minutes tossing grenades over at OhMyNews tonight. One woman, embittered by the election result, wants to boycott products from red states. Helpfully, I suggested food. Another suggests that those who voted differently than he did were closed-minded, a unifying and winning message for the red states if I ever saw one. I commented on Kim Dae-Jung’s concern for the gap between rich and poor everywhere except...

It’s probably too late to save these people. Just remember them when China talks about its interest in the “stability of the region” and the sanctity of its territory. China has forfeited its moral case for those interests by consigning the North Korean people to a brutal fate. Perhaps they’ll realize this when some North Koreans turn to violence against the Chinese authorities, a result that’s probably inevitable now. China has brought that result on itself by depriving these refugees...

It’s probably too late to save these people. Just remember them when China talks about its interest in the “stability of the region” and the sanctity of its territory. China has forfeited its moral case for those interests by consigning the North Korean people to a brutal fate. Perhaps they’ll realize this when some North Koreans turn to violence against the Chinese authorities, a result that’s probably inevitable now. China has brought that result on itself by depriving these refugees...

Kerry was right about one thing–the whole world will be watching what we say through our votes. What they know is that no one can defeat us on a battlefield. Today, they use our political divisions and the opportunism that widens them to defeat us at the ballot box. That is precisely what those who mean us harm will conclude they have done if Kerry wins tomorrow. France and Russia will conclude that they have a free hand to continue...

Kerry was right about one thing–the whole world will be watching what we say through our votes. What they know is that no one can defeat us on a battlefield. Today, they use our political divisions and the opportunism that widens them to defeat us at the ballot box. That is precisely what those who mean us harm will conclude they have done if Kerry wins tomorrow. France and Russia will conclude that they have a free hand to continue...