By Geoffrey Cain Mekong Review May 29, 2018 I trekked through Washington DC on a mission. The US government had released a commemorative coin showing Donald Trump and Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un face-to-face. Their respective flags were behind them and above them...
By Geoffrey CainForeign Policy Feb 2, 2018 Victor Cha is experienced, informed – and no peacenik. None of that mattered for the Trump administration. SEOUL and WASHINGTON — South Koreans are so accustomed to on-again, off-again nuclear tests and...
By Geoffrey Cain South China Morning Post September 26, 2016 As exploding batteries force recall of flagship phone, can a rising star rethink company’s business model to prevent an even bigger bang? For Samsung, the Galaxy smartphone was once an unlikely saviour....
By Geoffrey Cain The Nation Nov 21, 2017 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...
By Geoffrey Cain Foreign Policy Jun 23, 2017 Business clans have dominated the country’s economy for decades – but their time may finally be up. “I was a god,” the scion proclaimed to me over dinner, reminiscing about the glory before his downfall. “Now...
By Geoffrey CainThe Wall Street Journal Oct 12, 2016 Combustible smartphones are a symptom of deeper management problems at the Korean company. The Galaxy Note 7 recall and cancellation isn’t the first time Samsung has suffered a quality crisis. But the scale and nature...
