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New coins, no change

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.

By Geoffrey Cain
Mekong Review

May 29, 2018

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The rail North Korea: An eye-opening train journey through the secretive state

It was refreshing not to be in the constrained confines of Pyongyang, but in a more natural environment watching people go about their daily routine unhindered. However, the narrative is never as linear as it seems. It helped that we were travelling with Geoffrey Cain, a former journalist and author, now studying for a doctorate in Korean Studies

By Monisha Rajesh
The Telegraph

May 12, 2016

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Scorched Earth Doctrine

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

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