The Korea Hawk Who Wasn’t Hawkish Enough
February 2, 2018
Victor Cha is experienced, informed – and no peacenik. None of that mattered for the Trump administration.
By Geoffrey Cain
Foreign Policy
Feb 2, 2018
Victor Cha is experienced, informed – and no peacenik. None of that mattered for the Trump administration.
By Geoffrey Cain
Foreign Policy
Feb 2, 2018
As exploding batteries force recall of flagship phone, can a rising star rethink company’s business model to prevent an even bigger bang?
By Geoffrey Cain
South China Morning Post
September 26, 2016
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
Business clans have dominated the country’s economy for decades – but their time may finally be up.
By Geoffrey Cain
Foreign Policy
Jun 23, 2017
Combustible smartphones are a symptom of deeper management problems at the Korean company.
By Geoffrey Cain
The Wall Street Journal
Oct 12, 2016
IN FEBRUARY 1951, New York Times correspondent George Barrett, traveling with an American armored column, stumbled on the ghostly remains of a Korean hamlet that had been bombed out by US aircraft.
By Geoffrey Cain
Los Angeles Review of Books
May 11, 2015
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
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