DONALD KIRK

DONALD KIRK

Seoul, South Korea
Donald Kirk is the Seoul Correspondent of the Sun.

Mr. Kirk, based in Seoul and Washington, has been covering Asia for decades for…

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Korean Conservatives Draw Parallels Between Fates of Trump and Their Imprisoned Standard-Bearer, Yoon Suk-yeol

‘The commonalities between President Trump and President Yoon are uncanny,’ says an influential Korean-American political action committee.

AP/Ahn Young-joon
Foreign

North Korean Troops, Viewed as ‘Expendables,’ Are Said To Be Using Human Wave Attacks Against Ukraine Forces

‘To avoid being hit by multiple drone attacks from the air, North Koreans have taken to forming a ‘human shield,’” says a Seoul-based specialist.

Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, file
Foreign

With President Yoon in Custody, Chaos in Korea Could Get Much Worse as an ‘Exhausted Public’ Looks for Relief

It’s a reminder that while the Korean conflict has been merely interrupted by an armistice, a state of war obtains until this day.

AP/Ahn Young-joon
Foreign

North Korea, To Prevent Its Foes From Gathering IDs, Is Said To Be Burning Faces Off Its Soldiers Killed in Ukraine War

Pyongyang’s troops are being chewed up as ‘cannon fodder’ in a war a long way from home.

Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Photo via AP
Foreign

Standoff in South Korea Raises the Specter of Bloody Clashes No Doubt Welcomed by Kim Jong-un in North Korea

The danger of violence begins with the security service defending the president — and extends to firebrands confronting one another.

AP/Ahn Young-joon
Foreign

UK’s Labour Government Reels Amid Accusations of ‘Politically Correct’ Downplaying of Immigrant ‘Grooming’ Gangs That Prey on Young Girls

Prime minister is denounced by some conservatives for overlooking, in the interests of ‘multiculturalism,’ the role of Pakistanis in the sex crimes.

Leon Neal/Getty Images
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