Korean War

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/2/2023
  

  One Cost of American Military Protection of South Korea? A Brutal Sex Trade

  “Our country held hands with the U.S. in an alliance and we knew that its soldiers were here to help us, but that didn’t mean that they could do whatever they wanted to us, did it?”

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  3/29/2023
  

  Do Subtle Shifts in China's References to Divided Korea Signal Pragmatism on Taiwan?

  by Hu Ping and Perry Link

  In seeking to navigate Beijing's seeming intransigence on recognizing Taiwan, the United States can look to the PRC's subtle shift in rhetoric: it has stopped including divided Korea as a comparison to an unacceptable "two China" policy and categorized it as "one country, two governments," suggesting steps toward pragmatic acceptance. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  2/24/2023
  

  Is Ukraine Headed for a Cease Fire? And Is That the Best Option?

  by Sergey Radchenko

  After an essential stalemate between 1951 and 1953, a cease-fire in Korea enabled the parties to avoid both defeat and the cost of victory. Is this the best chance for resolving the war in Ukraine? 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  1/9/2023
  

  Hundreds of Errors in Korean War Memorial Wall

  If the Korean conflict is often called a "forgotten war," the wall of remembrance added to the Korean War Veterans' Memorial doesn't meet the challenge of remembering the fallen. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  1/25/2022
  

  Will Putin Learn from Stalin's Mistakes over Korea?

  by Gregory Mitrovich

  Stalin's support for the North Korean invasion of the south galvanized Western opposition and ensured that the Cold War would be militarized, instead of remaining a diplomatic and economic conflict. In the long run, the Soviets lost. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  11/4/2020
  

  The President Confirms the World’s Fears

  Donald Trump's open questioning of the legitimacy of the yet-undecided election has provoked a global crisis of confidence in American leadership. 

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• SOURCE: Wilson Quarterly
  9/8/2020
  

  Korean War: Open Questions

  by Gregg Brazinsky, Chen Jian, Sheila Miyoshi Jager, Jiyul Kim and Michael J. Devine

  A group of historians describe the major unanswered questions about the Korean War in terms of its military conduct, its impact on the people of Korea, relations between the United States and China, and memorialization and memory.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/23/2020
  

  New Film Tells Tale of North Korean Orphans Sent to Europe

  The documentary film “Kim Il Sung’s Children” will be released June 25, the 70th anniversary of the Korean War’s start.

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• SOURCE: AP
  4/27/19
  

  PBS film ‘KOREA’ eyes social, political tolls of Korean War

  The film, a production of WETA Washington, aired Monday and examines the lasting social and political costs of the Korean War.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/1/19
  

  The toxic legacy of the Korean War

  by Mary L. Dudziak

  The conflict upended the constitutional balance. It has been cited by presidents ever since.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  8-15-18
  

  Why the Korean War didn’t end — and why it could now

  The fighting ended in 1953.  These are the reasons the warring parties didn't sign a treaty. 

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  7-4-18
  

  For the U.S., a frustrating history of recovering human remains in North Korea

  The up-and-down nature of past efforts suggests the process could be fraught with pitfalls, including a mixed record of cooperation from the North Koreans.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  6-15-18
  

  Trump-Kim Deal Promises Answers for Families of Korean War M.I.A.s

  The two sides agreed to the same thing after the 1953 armistice but have made only sporadic progress to accomplish it since then, and almost none in the last 13 years of mounting tensions over the North’s nuclear program.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  4-24-18
  

  The Koreas Are Weighing a Peace Deal. Here’s What That Might Mean.

  While the outlines of an accord between North and South Korea have been considered for decades, there are drastic differences this time.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  4-24-18
  

  Video of the Week: It’s Been 65 Years. Why Hasn’t the Korean War Ended?

  by David Botti

  After six decades, the Korean War is technically still not over. Here’s what happened – and why it still matters.

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• 4/1/18
  

  Eisenhower Ended the Korean War in 1953. Trump Could Learn From His Approach.

  by Bruce W. Dearstyne

  Trump does not seem up to the Eisenhower standard of statesmanship, alas.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  1-1-18
  

  Korean War, a ‘Forgotten’ Conflict That Shaped the Modern World

  It also helped set the tone for Soviet-American rivalry during the Cold War, profoundly shaping the world we live in today, historians said.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  10-16-17
  

  The book Mattis reads to be prepared for war with North Korea

  What America’s top military leaders have learned from a 54-year-old history of the Korean War.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  9-23-17
  

  Rocket Man Knows Better

  by Blaine Harden

  The lesson of the Korean War is that for all its Orwellian blather, the Kim family dictatorship has survived this long by being coldly rational, even as it projects wild-eyed belligerence.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  8-11-17
  

  Historian William I. Hitchcock schools policymakers: Ike never threatened to use nukes in North Korea

  by William I. Hitchcock

  The president privately discussed the possibility, but never issued a threat, not even through back channels.