Just about every corner watering hole whips up dazzling barbecues, stews and pickled vegetables. It’s spicy, and that’s a good thing.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Mar 10, 2015
SEOUL, South Korea — Wearing traditional garb and wielding a 10-inch fruit knife, the assailant stood up and shouted for the unification of the two Koreas before slashing his supposed enemy: the guest of honor, US Ambassador to Seoul Mark Lippert.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Mar 5, 2015
Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Jan. 7, 2014. Please scroll to the end of this article for a response that South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent GlobalPost on Jan. 9. 2014. GlobalPost stands by the piece in its entirety.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Dec 9, 2014
SEOUL, South Korea — Menacing battalions of police, wearing neon yellow uniforms and carrying anti-riot shields, regularly march through the South Korean capital, at times showing up en masse to small and harmless protests.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Aug 5, 2014
SEOUL, South Korea — Asia’s rapidly mounting tensions just helped deliver a blow against democracy, with the Obama administration’s backing.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Dec 6, 2013
DONGDUCHEON, South Korea — Amid the cacophony of North Korean war threats, the streets are uneventful outside Camp Casey, an often-buzzing American military base about 20 miles south of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) near the North Korean border.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Apr 6, 2013
What the first systematic survey of North Korean refugees tells us about life inside the Hermit Kingdom, and about whether the regime might be ready to fall.
By Geoffrey Cain
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For years, Tim Cook insisted Apple could change China from the inside. Instead, China changed Apple.
The latest evidence? Apple spent billions developing cutting-edge electric vehicle battery technology with Chinese automaker BYD, only to watch its innovations become the cornerstone of BYD’s rise to global electric vehicle dominance. Apple walked away with nothing. China walked away with everything.
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