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Seoul’s Moonshine Policy is Likely a Washington Nonstarter
North Korea has crossed a red line in its brutalization of Otto Warmbier
Will Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans “Win Just One for the Gipper?”
Is China Trying to Turn the Tiananmen Square Massacre into Fake News?
What Happens When China Excludes Taiwan from the World Stage
Why does Trump think it would be an “honor” to meet Kim Jong Un?
Want to Wreck the Trump-Xi Bromance? Sell F-35s to Taiwan.
North Korea after Regime Change: Who Takes Over?
Armageddon: The Devastating Consequences of a Second Korean War
Trump and Moon Jae-in: possible train wreck over North Korea?
Trump-Xi Summit and the Folly of a Fourth Communique
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From America Magazine:
From the Washington Post:
Responding to the interview with Taiwan’s new president
From the Weekly Standard:
Seoul’s Moonshine Policy is Likely a Washington Nonstarter
Trump and South Korea: It’s Awkward
How Beijing Is Penalizing Two U.S. Strategic Partners in Asia
The Pivot to Asia Is In Deep Trouble
Another Abduction by North Korea?
Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Sino-South Korean Relations Sour Over U.S. Missile Defense System
The South China Sea Ruling: The Ball is Squarely in Manila’s Court
The Randy Forbes Defeat: Anchors Away for China?
Obama’s Hiroshima Visit Could Have Unintended Consequences
China’s Internet Fire Wall: A True Great Wall
Trump Would Have Trouble in the General Election in Virginia
China Punctures Asia Pivot with South China Sea Provocations
The Taiwanese Elections: The China Dream Still Includes Taiwan
Beijing Moves to Further Muzzle Hong Kong’s Free Press
South Korea to Show Its Mettle as an Ally with THAAD Deployment?
Xi, Following in Francis’s Footsteps
So Long, Harry: Will Obama’s Apology Tour End in Hiroshima?
Blinking is Not A Strategy Especially when dealing with a nuclear North Korea.
The Abe War Anniversary Statement: More Equivocation than Eloquence
Déjà Vu: Lessons for Iran from the Failed North Korean Nuclear Negotiations
Japan Pushes South Korea Into China’s Arms
The Other Racial Divide: Were Asian-American businesses targeted in the Baltimore riots?
Man Who Attacked American Ambassador in Seoul Has Pyongyang Connections
From Russia with Love: Pyongyang and Moscow renew their friendship.
North Korea’s Sony Hacker: Meet Kim Yong-chol, the man who keeps the secrets.
North Korea: Breaking the Silence
Beyond the Barricades: Xi lowers the boom on Hong Kong.
The Sick Man of Asia: North Korea’s downward spiral.
Which Way Will Seoul Go? The diplomatic courtship of South Korea’s president.
Farewell to America’s ‘Unbroken’ Hero
Japan and the Comfort Women: Not a ‘Beautiful Country’
‘The June 4th Incident’: Tiananmen Square and truth-telling.
Deserter in N. Korea May Provide Precedent for Bowe Bergdahl
North Korea’s Hateful Rants Continue to Get a Pass
The Asian Pivot: Does America Still Rule the Waves?
Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement: Impasse Ends on TRA Anniversary Date
Japan’s ‘Irish Question’: Is South Korea slipping away?
Rodman Brings Bread and Circuses to Pyongyang
The Purge of Jang Song-thaek: End of the road for Beijing’s Man in Pyongyang.
Dennis Rodman’s Ding Dong Diplomacy
From NK News:
North Korea has crossed a red line in its brutalization of Otto Warmbier
Why does Trump think it would be an “honor” to meet Kim Jong Un?
Trump and Moon Jae-in: possible train wreck over North Korea?
Donald Trump’s red line: Will North Korea call his bluff?
North Korea and China: don’t bite the hand that feeds you
What does Pyongyang have up its sleeve for President Trump?
From POW to Saint? Father Kapaun’s long, silent night in North Korea
A North Korean crisis could be a defining moment for Trump
North Korea: The house that Mao helped to build
Mexican Standoff: Can we continue to ignore a nuclear North Korea?
Japan-North Korea Relations: Who’s Sorry Now?
Donald Trump’s North Korea Policy: Hamburgers with Kim Jong Un?
The Kim family’s code of silence: Speaking up can be dangerous
Sister Act: Kim Jong Un’s younger sibling takes the spotlight
Donald Trump echoes Kim Jong Un’s vision for Korea
North Korea: Much more than just bluff and bluster?
Prodigal Son: Will an exasperated China turn to Kim Jong Nam?
Will a post-deal Iran outsource the bomb to North Korea?
North Korea blasts way into US presidential security debate
I’m dreaming of a North Korean Christmas
Could North Korea again save Taiwan?
Chinese Checkers: Beijing plays off Seoul, Pyongyang
Is Bill Clinton North Korea’s favorite president?
Dr. Strange Kim: How North Korea almost handed ISIL the bomb
The other history controversy: China and the Korean War
Falling from grace in the court of Kim Jong Un
North and South Korea: Toujours triste
Korea and America, North and South
North Korea’s Kim family cult: Roots in Japanese state Shinto?
Paddy Power gifts to Kim Jong Un may have breached UN sanctions (Halpin quoted)
From Global Taiwan Brief – Global Taiwan Institute:
Will Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans “Win Just One for the Gipper?”
Trump-Xi Summit and the Folly of a Fourth Communique
Taiwan in Trump World: The Jury is Out
“Comfort Women” Museum Opens in Taipei: Reunites Korean Victim with Former Taiwan President
From American Thinker:
Blog: A Presidential Election in the Year of the Monkey
America’s Potential Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
Cambodia: On trial for treason for an online posting
Rand Paul and Isolationist Ghosts in the Republican Party
China, North Korea, and Hypocrisy on Human Rights
From the Korea Times:
Korea shouldn’t let China infringe on artistic freedom
Korean Wave in American politics
Third party role proposed to heal wartime wounds
United States, history and Pacific War
US-Korea Institute at SAIS Policy Briefs:
Taiwan and Japan: The Good Neighbor Faces History Issues
Abe Plays the North Korea Card
Teddy Roosevelt and the Taft-Katsura Agreement
MacArthur Document Reports Imperial Japanese Military’s “Sanction” of Comfort Women Brothels
Obama Letter Contradicts State Department’s North Korean Terrorism Timeline
Palisades Park and the First Amendment
Hyde letter to Japanese Ambassador Kato on Yasukuni Shrine visits (Halpin letter drafter)
Poblete Analysis Group Backgrounder:
Dealing with Iran Threat: Lessons from Diplomatic Negotiation with North Korea on De-Nuclearization,
From the National Interest:
Is China Trying to Turn the Tiananmen Square Massacre into Fake News?
What Happens When China Excludes Taiwan from the World Stage
Want to Wreck the Trump-Xi Bromance? Sell F-35s to Taiwan.
North Korea after Regime Change: Who Takes Over?
Armageddon: The Devastating Consequences of a Second Korean War
South Korea Loses Its Princess and Gains an Opportunity
U.S. Should Be Appalled by Japan’s Historical Revisionism
China and North Korea: Is Asia’s Dynamic Duo Headed for a Breakup?
Welcome to North Korea’s Game of Thrones: The plot thickens in Pyongyang.
Cambodia: Echoes of Fascism: The rise of the thugs.
Could Taiwan Solve the East China Sea?
Don’t Abandon Taiwan: Washington’s relationship with the isle is crucial to security in Asia.
From the Institute for Corean-American Studies (ICAS):
Remarks of The Honorable Henry J. Hyde Following Wreath Laying at Statue of General Douglas MacArthur Incheon, Republic of Korea August 11, 2006 (Halpin drafted))
From the Diplomat:
Actually, It Was the Philippines That Bungled the Crisis with Taiwan
From the Hill newspaper:
Shinzo Abe should use Congress address to apologize
From Foreign Policy:
Next of Kim: Meet the next generation of Korea’s ruling family — while you still can.
Will Shinzo Abe’s Yasukuni Visit Hurt Relations in Washington? (Halpin interview)
From the Center for Strategic and International Studies (Korea Chair Platform):
A Messenger from Rome to the Comfort Women
South Korean-Chinese Summit: A Dose of Reality
Laos Betrays “Gentlemen’s Agreement” on North Korean Refugees
Korea Scores a Milestone with President Park’s Address to U.S. Congress
From Yonhap:
U.S. welcomes Abe statement despite refusal to offer apology of his own (Halpin quoted)
From the Chosun Ilbo:
N.Korea’s No. 2 Official Disappears Again (Halpin quoted)
Rodman Showers Kim Jong-un with Bling (Halpin quoted)
Rodman’s N.Korea Trips ‘Embarrass State Dept.’ (Halpin quoted)
N.Korean Refugees Film Strikes Chord at U.S. Screening (Halpin quoted)
U.S. Experts Offer Grim Outlook on N Korea Nuke Solution (Halpin quoted)
U.S. Korea Expert Lambastes Sunshine Policy (Halpin quoted)
U.S. Congress Killed Korea Resolution: Official (Halpin quoted)
Korea Ignoring, U.S. Hiding Problems in Relations (Halpin quoted)
From the Joongang Daily:
Merkel urges apology for comfort women (Halpin quoted)
Twisting facts about ‘comfort women’ (Halpin quoted)
Mulling our shameful memory (Halpin quoted)
From the Taipei Times:
Taiwan-US ties to remain close, think tank says (Halpin quoted)
From The Daily Beast:
Is There a Secret Deal to End the Korean War? (Halpin quoted)
Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong-Un, Big Pimpin’ in the Hermit Kingdom (Halpin quoted)
From The Conservative Review:
From The Japan Times:
The Battle of Okinawa: America’s good war gone bad (Halpin quoted)
From the Telegraph:
Paddy Power gifts to Kim Jong-un could have broken UN sanctions (Halpin quoted)
From the Independent:
Paddy Power in hot water over gifts for Kim Jong Un (Halpin quoted)
From VOA News:
US Moves on Sanctions Against N. Korea Amid Skepticism (Halpin quoted)
Victim, rights group demand Japanese PM to apologize for WWII sex slaves (Halpin quoted)
From UPI:
From the Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Experts Challenge Abe View of ‘Comfort Women’ (Halpin quoted)
From Bloomberg Businessweek:
A Korean War Could Cut Pipeline of Vital Technologies to the World (Halpin quoted)
From the Honolulu Star-Advertise
Abe’s visit will be a defining moment (Halpin quoted)
From Asia Policy Point:
From the Sunday Times (of London):
Paddy Power denies UN breach (Halpin quoted)
From Irish Central:
From Friends of Korea Blog:
Guest Blog: Recalling JFK (on the 50th anniversary of his assassination)
From the Heritage Foundation panel discussion:
U.S.-Taiwan Relations Post-Elections, March 20, 2015 (Halpin was on the panel)
From Youtube:
Dennis Rodman brought luxury gifts worth over $10,000 to Pyongyang: Halpin (ARIRANG NEWS)
From CNN:
From the Jerusalem Post:
Fundamentally Freund: How Israel prevented ISIS from going nuclear (Halpin quoted)
From the Pakistan Telegraph:
US Moves on Sanctions Against N. Korea Amid Skepticism (Halpin quoted)
From the Epoch Times:
From Conservative Outfitters:
VIDEO: CNN’S MIND-BOGGLING INTERVIEW WITH DENNIS RODMAN ABOUT NORTH KOREA (Halpin quoted)
From the Kathmandu Post:
Rodman brings bread and circuses to Pyongyang (Halpin quoted)
Halpin's Asia Takeout 