My interview with Foreign Policy magazine about key groups who were included –and excluded–from the recent agreement between Seoul and Tokyo on the “comfort women.” The Wisdom of Japan’s Cunning Contrition
Tag: South Korea
History’s not standing in the way
Observers of poor relations between Japan and South Korea often lament that history sustains poor relations between the two countries. In a new article at Foreign Affairs, I argue that this gets the causal arrow[…]
Before the Bonanza
Since ROK President Park Geun-hye’s speech last year in Dresden, Germany, Korea-watchers have been debating how the unification of the two Koreas would affect the fortunes of the ROK. Unification optimists see many gains, starting[…]