‘Comfort woman’ statues serve as permanent reminder of Japan’s past

‘Comfort woman’ statues serve as permanent reminder of Japan’s past

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, EastAsiaIntel.com The Koreans are using art to upset the Japanese. That’s in the form of statues of innocent young girls ― reminders of the suffering of Korean and other Asian women in the service of Japanese soldiers in World War II. They’ve got these statues in New Jersey, California […]

Harsh memories from the Northeast Asia cauldron of last century live on

Harsh memories from the Northeast Asia cauldron of last century live on

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, EastAsiaIntel.com The trilateral summit last weekend was long on promises but short on hard-and-fast commitments and planning. Yes, the fact that leaders of Korea, China and Japan could meet at all was remarkable considering Japan’s ongoing occupation of the Senkaku Islands, Diaoyu to the Chinese, in the East China […]

Could today’s South Korea fight off invaders as did its legendary Adm Yi?

Could today’s South Korea fight off invaders as did its legendary Adm Yi?

By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com Shots of the treacherously swirling seas off Korea’s southwestern coast in the film “Roaring Currents” — about an epic battle in which Adm. Yi Sun-sin’s iron-clad turtle boats withstood a Japanese fleet — conjure images of how the overloaded ferry the Sewol sank in those same waters in April. Unlike the […]