Could Russia pipe gas to Seoul via North Korea?
Coyner’s Comment: If anything, this helpful review does an excellent job illustrating how strategically Korea is located in NE Asia and yet how secondary in overall importance is Korea to the major...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s ‘Dear Young General’ Has Made His Mark
Coyner’s Comment: A common topic of conversation among Seoul-based diplomats and business leaders is “how is the North Korean succession going?” From all recent accounts, bar Kim Jong-Il suddenly...
View Article“Brain Factory” China Overtakes Korea
Coyner’s Comment: This is one of those incidents where it is debatable which is more interesting? Is it the issue itself or the fact that issue is being raised? It is fairly typical for a Korean think...
View ArticleWhy Nobody Wishes for Regime Change in North Korea
Coyner’s Comment: The below is pretty much old hat for many KER subscribers, but it does serve as a neat summary of affairs. I must admit, however, I hadn’t encountered the possible scenario of a post...
View ArticleNorth Korea: The War Game
Coyner’s Comment: A KER subscriber sent this to me yesterday with a comment that I totally agree. That is, though the below-reported war game took place six years ago, the overall North Korea situation...
View ArticleIn SKorea, a mass market for luxury goods/ S Korea: Living it up in luxury
Coyner’s Comment: With all the economic doom and gloom that dominates today’s newspapers, we should recognize that South Korea remains, so far, relatively unscathed. And, as anywhere, the wealthy or...
View ArticleChina’s Newest Province?
Coyner’s Comment: Since Dear Leader’s demise, it’s been impossible in S Korea not to trip over the many essays by and become engaged in conversations with Koreans about what is the future of Korea....
View ArticleSuccession in North Korea
Coyner’s Comment: This week’s The Economist has three pieces on North Korea. Two of them are lightweight and can be concisely stated. The Leader: “This is as good of a time as any for other nations to...
View ArticleImage industry weds Korea cool to China’s new rich
South Korean wedding companies woo rich Chinese eager for touch of Seoul’s style sense By Elizabeth Shim Associated Press Aug 12, 2013...
View ArticleAsia’s real problem is boosterism
Coyner’s Comment Recently, when Asian senior financial bureaucrats met with their American counterparts in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, they asked the US for better coordination with the Feds future changes...
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