Tag: South Korea
South Koreans Vote for President
The Story:
South Korea, more formally known as the Republic of Korea, held its presidential election on March 9. Under South Korea's law, all citizens...
Fareed: North Korea played Trump from the start
CNN's Fareed Zakaria reacts to North Korea test firing several short-range projectiles from the country's eastern coast, according to South Korean officials. #CNN #News
North Korea says it tested new missile, wants Pompeo out of talks
Reaction and analysis from U.S. ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell on 'The Story.' FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation.…
President Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un open to third summit
President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un weigh the possibility of a third summit. Though he is open to the idea, Kim wants the U.S. to ease sanctions on North Korea. FOX News operates the FOX News Channel…
Trump attacks alleged spying in 2016 campaign: ‘It’s treason’
FULL REMARKS: While meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House, President Trump answers reporters' questions on his relationship with North Korea, the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and Attorney General Bill Barr's testimony that there…
Bay Area political events: Two Koreas, Bernie Sanders
$25 for non-Commonwealth Club members, $10 for students.
Noon, 110 Embarcadero, San Francisco.
$10, students free.
Party for Socialism and Liberation.
Gates open at 11 a.m., rally at 12:30 p.m. More information is here.
6 p.m., Pinole City Hall, 2131 Pear St. More information is here.
Sponsored by the Community Water Center, Sierra Club California, and the David Brower Center.
Sponsored by Berkeley College Republicans.
7 p.m., Evans Hall, UC Berkeley.
$25 for members, $10 for students.
Bay Area political events: Two Koreas, Bernie Sanders
$25 for non-Commonwealth Club members, $10 for students.
Noon, 110 Embarcadero, San Francisco.
$10, students free.
Party for Socialism and Liberation.
Gates open at 11 a.m., rally at 12:30 p.m. More information is here.
6 p.m., Pinole City Hall, 2131 Pear St. More information is here.
Sponsored by the Community Water Center, Sierra Club California, and the David Brower Center.
Sponsored by Berkeley College Republicans.
7 p.m., Evans Hall, UC Berkeley.
$25 for members, $10 for students.
Trump’s Hanoi Walkout Upends South Korean Politics
When President Donald Trump stunned the world last year by agreeing to hold a summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un—the first-ever meeting between an American president and a North Korean head of state—it felt like a punch in the gut to South Korean conservatives.
Hard-liners on North Korea, they were already roiling from corruption scandals that had brought down President Park Geun-hye with massive protests in 2016 and led to the election of President Moon Jae-in.
Now, after Trump’s abrupt decision late last month to walk out of talks with North Korea during his second summit with Kim, he has pulled the rug out from under South Korean liberals, most of all Moon.
South Korea’s president, who has pushed for diplomacy with the North, was all set to celebrate what he thought would be a successful summit in Hanoi.
Instead, Trump’s moves on North Korea have roiled South Korea’s politics even more.
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S. Korea intel confirms activity at N. Korea missile site
Satellite images appear to show that North Korea has begun rebuilding a portion of a facility previously used to test long-range missile engines, analysts said, raising potential questions about the future of US-North Korea negotiations. #CNN #News
Asian Cup fails to live up to billing as politics leave sour taste
When it comes to the 2019 Asian Cup however, there can be no complaints.
“But I would mention that if [the tournament] is broadcast all over the world, you don’t want to see any stupid things, especially after the game,” Japan’s Maya Yoshida said.
The same can be said of the tournament overall.
The Maroons scored 18 and conceded just once in seven games and the 2022 World Cup hosts have been the story of the Asian Cup in more ways than one.
They were by some distance the best team in what was a mediocre field.
The opener between UAE and Bahrain was far from a sell out and while there is a general culture in the country of watching football in cafes and not stadiums, too much of the action on the pitch in Asia’s biggest tournament was framed by empty seats.
The blockade of the 2022 World Cup hosts was established by Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt in 2017 and remains an attempt to isolate Doha.
A day before the final, the UAE made a formal complaint to the body alleging that Qatar were fielding ineligible players.
But this tournament is over.
The Asian Cup had its moments but overall, it will be remembered more for what happened off the pitch than on it, though perhaps not, ironically in the end, in Qatar.
