Archivo etiqueta «Corea del Sur»
By Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group and author of The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations? (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 25/05/10):
Following weeks of careful investigation, South Korea has publicly accused North Korea of an overt and deliberate act of war. The evidence is compelling that the North torpedoed the Cheonan, a South Korean navy ship, killing 46 sailors.
The South Korean president, Lee Myung-bak, has promised to take “stern action,” but Seoul won’t risk a war it can’t win. Sanctions are possible, but they won’t impose hardships the North hasn’t … Seguir leyendo
By Jim Hoare, a freelance writer and broadcaster on Korean Affairs (THE GUARDIAN, 21/05/10):
The report is in, and the evidence points overwhelmingly to an attack by a North Korean torpedo as the cause of the massive explosion that sunk the South Korean vessel Cheonan on 26 March. The loss of 46 sailors when the ship sank in South Korean waters in the West (or Yellow) Sea caused much distress in South Korea, and immediately there were claims that Pyongyang was behind the attack. The government urged caution, reserving judgment until the remaining 58 crew members could be interviewed, the vessel … Seguir leyendo
By David Bartram, a freelance journalist currently based in Brussels (THE GUARDIAN, 19/05/10):
As the occasional shot continues to ring over the Yellow Sea, recriminations are traded between North and South Korea. The relatives of the 46 sailors killed in March when the Cheonan warship sank in disputed circumstances still mourn. In Pyongyang, rumours of Kim Jong-il’s poor health abound, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea takes ever-increasing measures to ward off the instability of a succession in leadership.
This might seem an unlikely backdrop to a friendly game of football, but next month North and South Korea … Seguir leyendo
THE WASHINGTON POST, 12/04/10:
Editorial page editor Fred Hiatt interviewed President Lee Myung-bak in Seoul on April 7. A translation and transcript of President Lee’s remarks were provided by his staff:
Q: What do you hope to accomplish on your trip to Washington?
A: I think President Obama convening the very first nuclear summit meeting in Washington, D.C., is very significant. . . . I believe it’s going to contribute a lot to bringing about global security and safety, especially [as] we are all concerned about the development of, let’s say, small, suitcase-sized nuclear weapons, because the threat is … Seguir leyendo
By Brad Patty, who has deployed multiple times as an information operations specialist and is a fellow of the Warrior Legacy Institute (THE WASHINGTON TIMES, 19/02/10):
Last week, German president Horst Kohler warned South Korea to prepare to reunify with North Korea sooner than is commonly expected. The German president’s ad- -vice is a warning, drawn from the experience of integrating East Germany with West Germany at the end of the Cold War. The situation with North Korea is much worse, because the poverty is at levels East Germany never knew, and the population has been so cut off … Seguir leyendo
By Suki Kim, the author of The Interpreter, a novel (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 18/05/09):
As President Obama stages a populist campaign against credit card companies’ predatory practices, the United States Senate is working on new regulations to protect card holders. Meanwhile, Americans’ credit card debt has risen to the point where it now tops $960 billion. And with the economy in a downswing, it’s hard to see how the debt can ever be paid back.
If it’s any consolation, South Koreans have been there, done that and come out alive — if just barely.
In 1999, after … Seguir leyendo
Por Pablo Bustelo (REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO, 25/03/08):
Además de China, en Asia nororiental hay otros grandes consumidores de energía: Japón y Corea del Sur. Esas economías, que pertenecen a la OCDE, son altamente dependientes de las importaciones (que suponen más del 80% del consumo interno en los dos casos), especialmente de petróleo y gas natural, y su seguridad energética se ha visto sujeta a importantes amenazas en los últimos años. Este documento de trabajo aborda brevemente la situación y las previsiones energéticas de los dos países. Analiza seguidamente las respuestas estratégicas de Tokio y Seúl ante el deterioro (percibido o real) de su seguridad energética, destacando los puntos fuertes y las debilidades de cada enfoque. Finalmente, el trabajo enumera algunas de las enseñanzas que otros países muy dependientes de las importaciones de energía pueden extraer de la experiencia de Japón y Corea del Sur.
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By Nicholas Everstadt, the Henry Wendt chair in political economy at the American Enterprise Institute and a member of the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (THE WASHINGTON POST, 26/12/07):
Last week’s presidential election in South Korea presages a sea change in that key U.S. ally’s policies toward North Korea. The resounding defeat of the candidates who favored more of Seoul’s all-carrot, no-stick approach to Kim Jong Il presents Washington with a horizon of new possibilities for reining in Asia’s most troublesome dictator. The question now is whether the Bush foreign policy team will be adept enough … Seguir leyendo
By Suki Kim, a 2006 Guggenheim fellow, is the author of the novel “The Interpreter” (THE WASHINGTON POST, 25/07/07):
The Taliban‘s abduction of 23 South Korean Christian missionaries in Afghanistan last Thursday has put South Korea‘s evangelical fervor under a microscope. Despite its long-standing shamanist, Buddhist and Confucian roots, South Korea has about 12,000 missionaries in 173 countries, second only to the United States. Today, almost half of South Korea’s population is Christian. I remember looking through the window of our fifth-floor apartment in Seoul as a child and finding the night sky peppered with bright-red neon … Seguir leyendo
Por Delfín Colomé, ex director ejecutivo de la Asia-Europe Foundation, es embajador de España ante las dos Coreas (EL PAÍS, 12/02/07):
Coincidiendo con la visita de Estado del presidente de la República de Corea, Roh Moo-Hyun, que hoy comienza, Madrid está viviendo un verdadero desembarco cultural coreano en torno al hecho de que Corea es este año el país invitado a ARCO.
En la magna muestra madrileña participarán quince galerías coreanas, con un elenco de unos cuarenta destacados artistas. Junto a ello, en un programa que lleva el título de Corea, ahora, otras siete exposiciones instaladas en prestigiosas instituciones culturales … Seguir leyendo
By Daniel Sneider, a former foreign correspondent, is associate director for research at Stanford’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. He is working on a diplomatic history of the American alliances with South Korea and Japan during the Cold War (THE WASHINGTON POST, 12/09/06):
The U.S. visit this week by South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun offers yet another opportunity to bemoan the crisis of confidence in our alliance. Anti-American views, particularly among the young, remain widespread in South Korea. On an official level, there are strains over the role of U.S. troops based in Korea and a stark divergence in … Seguir leyendo