Robert E. McCoy is a retired U.S. Air Force Korean linguist and analyst/reporter who was stationed in Asia for more than fourteen years. He continues to follow developments in East Asia closely. Mr. McCoy’s book Tales You Wouldn’t Tell Your Mother is now out. He can be contacted via his website http://musingsbymccoy.com/ which also lists his previous essays and has personal vignettes on Asia (Tidbits) not published elsewhere.
U.S. has lost whatever bargaining position it might once have had
A recent drive for hard cash in North Korea is hitting the middle class
Kim Jong Un is right to worry about knowledge that is damaging to his regime coming into the country
Recent moves by slush fund managers, and some decent detective work, could reveal a lot
S.Korea faces a daunting array of missiles and rockets from just across the DMZ
Pyongyang’s nukes and missiles challenge regional cooperation, spread insecurity
If we're unclear about N. Korea sanctions goals, what can we expect?
Current U.S. administration doesn’t recognize the fundamental lessons of war
Those at the top of U.S. diplomatic and political bureaucracies often don’t “get” it
The difference between the Kim dynasty and the Godfather family is merely one of scale
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