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If you are reluctant to criticize China, you are no friend of social justice. By Geoffrey CainPersuasionApril 12, 2023 In 2017, I was in
If you are reluctant to criticize China, you are no friend of social justice. By Geoffrey CainPersuasionApril 12, 2023 In 2017, I was in
In Kim Jong Un’s North Korea everyone seems to live in fear, even as living standards rise slightly thanks to minorreforms.
By Geoffrey Cain
The Wall Street Journal
Jun 11, 2019
Having only a hazy idea of what, exactly, fascism consists of makes it hard to explain why fascist rhetoric needs to be excluded from public discourse.
By Geoffrey Cain
The New Republic
Jun 3, 2019
Expecting the brutally repressive state to liberalize magically the way Vietnam did is a pipe dream.
By Geoffrey Cain
The New Republic
Feb 28, 2019
At half-past-midnight on September 3, more than 100 police raided the home of Cambodia’s opposition leader, Kem Sokha. The security forces hustled him away to a maximum-security prison just outside of Phnom Penh. More than two months later, he’s languishing in a cell, awaiting trial for treason.
By Geoffrey Cain
The Nation
Nov 21, 2017
The Korean version of this essay appeared in the Kyunghyang Shinmun on 12 February 2015. The English version here has been published with the permission of the newspaper and the author.
By Geoffrey Cain
Kyunghyang Shinmun
Mar 31, 2015
SEOUL, South Korea — For many North Korean defectors, the escape to freedom in the South is, sadly, the start of another lifelong struggle.
By Geoffrey Cain
USA TODAY
Mar 26, 2015
SEOUL, South Korea — Until a few years ago, legions of food-loving Americans had never heard of bulgogi or kimchi, those Korean staples that are now available in most cities and towns across the country.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Mar 22, 2015
SEOUL, South Korea — If all goes according to plan, about 10,000 North Koreans will get to endure an hour of toilet humor from Seth Rogen and James Franco. And then watch a rocket-propelled grenade incinerate their supreme leader, Kim Jong Un.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Mar 19, 2015
SEOUL, South Korea — There is a glamorous nouveau riche neighborhood in Seoul called Gangnam. You may have heard the song. Gangnam is renowned for its culture of beauty and style. And its plastic surgery.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Mar 13, 2015
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