MidWeek editor Don Chapman recently visited South Korea on an East-West Center fellowship that was co-sponsored by the Korea Press Foundation.
Below are articles from the Korea special.
As Different As Neighbors Can Be
August 01, 2005
By Don Chapman
The following is adapted from a presentation I gave during the colloquium portion of the Korea-U.S. Journalists’ Exchange Program at the East-West Center on August 1.
Read Column>>Living With A Nuclear Neighbor
August 17, 2005
By Don Chapman
The smartest thing North Korean dictator Kim Jung- II ever did — and he’s done far more than most people give him credit for — was to mass his artillery along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and aim it at Seoul. This was the opinion expressed by a Korea expert on the staff of the Commander-U.S. Pacific Command at Camp Smith, who briefed me before I left for Korea.
Read Column>>A Soju Toast To South Korea
August 19, 2005
By Don Chapman
It was after being in South Korea for just a week — and more specifically after just a few shots of soju, a goes-down-easy distilled sweet potato liquor, at a seafood restaurant in Busan — that I announced to our hosts: “I love Korea!”
Read Column>>As Different As Neighbors Can Be
August 24, 2005
By Don Chapman
This is the third of a three-part series based on an East-West Center fellowship and being part of the first Korea-U.S. Journalists’ Exchange Program.
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