May 29, 2018 | Writing
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 the words “peace talks” in Korean and English. It...
Mar 4, 2018 | Writing
https://qz.com/1060318/samsung-verdict-the-possible-outcomes-for-south-korean-chaebol-heir-lee-jae-yong-in-his-bribery-trial/ THIS WEEK IN ASIA – David Josef Volodzko, March 3, 2018 We cannot use the full article on my page for copyright reasons. Need to...
Feb 2, 2018 | Writing
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 boisterous threats from North Korea that the regime...
Jan 1, 2018 | Writing
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/business/article/2022102/why-samsungs-recall-galaxy-smartphones-threatens-its-universe THIS WEEK IN ASIA — Geoffrey Cain, September 26, 2016 As exploding batteries force recall of flagship phone, can a rising star rethink company’s...
Nov 21, 2017 | Writing
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,...
Aug 28, 2017 | Writing
https://qz.com/1060318/samsung-verdict-the-possible-outcomes-for-south-korean-chaebol-heir-lee-jae-yong-in-his-bribery-trial/ The Cambodia Daily – Ben Paviour, August 28, 2017 Geoffrey Cain denies allegations in Cambodian state-aligned media that he is a...