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It has been a disturbing ten days in foreign relations.   A week ago Monday, North Korea,  without provocation, began shelling the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong.  Two South Korean civilians and two Marines were killed and a ...Read more

In his CenterMovement.org essays of May 6 and June 3, Stephen Erickson has laid out thoughtful challenges to current US policy toward Korea and China and a series of bold initiatives to take policy in a different direction.  The essays ...Read more

The shocking North Korean attack on the South Korean warship Cheonan was an act of war, a war unwanted by most of the major players, especially South Korea, the United States and China.  North Korea’s motivations for the attack are ...Read more

On the night of March 26 the South Korean 1,200-ton warship Cheonan patrolled the boundary waters between North and South Korea.  At 10:45 an explosion near the bow rocked the vessel and sank the Cheonan, taking the lives of 46 ...Read more