Monday, February 16, 2026

Is Spring Coming really coming this time?


Recommend this post below by Simone Chun:



I didn't know the drone incursions in the lead up to the December 3, coup attempt by Yoon, had been so extensive. I believe the Moon administration's "reluctance" to reopen Kaseong was based on US State Department resistance. The US objected to Moon's overtures to North Korea regarding Kaesong, Geumgangsan, and the East and West rail links with North Korea. This opposition was publicly visible from 2018 through the debacle at Hanoi in February 2019. Followed these developments in South Korean media quite closely at the time. The expressions "don't get too far ahead," "no daylight," and "lock step," come to mind.

President Trump seems so inclined again:

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