Moon Jae-in

Politicization Of Comfort Women Issue Prevents Justice For Being Realized For Survivors

Brian Hioe
Unfortunately, it continues to be unlikely that Taiwanese comfort women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese empire will see justice in their lifetimes given the politicization of the issue by both pan-Blue and pan-Green political actors, and the reluctance of the current Japanese government to make any genuine apology for its actions during World War II...
August 2018EnglishInternationalRegional Tensions8 min read

North Korea Threatens To Call Off Talks With US Over John Bolton

Brian Hioe
News that North Korea has cancelled planned talks with South Korea should be nothing surprising for those skeptical that peace had been achieved on the Korean Peninsula following a meeting between South Korean president Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. North Korea now also threatens to call off talks with the US, specifically raising issue with comments by American National Security Advisor John Bolton...
EnglishInternationalMay 2018Regional Tensions6 min read

Enthusiasm Regarding North Korea Rapprochement Likely Premature

Brian Hioe
With North Korea and South Korea moving towards diplomatic rapprochement after some seventy years of being officially at war, this has been hailed as a historic turnaround. North Korea and South Korea have vowed an end to the Korean War and North Korea has agreed to nuclear disarmament. However, many assessments to date have likely been too optimistic...
April 2018EnglishInternationalRegional Tensions11 min read

Are There Lessons From South Korea’s Presidential Election For Taiwan?

Brian Hioe
The victory of Moon Jae-In as president of South Korea draws strong parallels to Taiwan, with the election of a center-left president put into power after a social movement which galvanized much of society. But we can observe where structural parallels between Taiwan and South Korea end, given that as a center-left political candidate, Moon is skeptical of closer ties between South Korea and the US...
EnglishInternationalMay 2017Regional Tensions10 min read