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“Editor’s Note”

“Editor’s Note” North Korea has been in the news a lot during the first half of 2017. Kim Jong Un has presided over the launch of a succession of missiles, issuing bellicose statements about the success of his arms program, despite mixed results. His actions have rattled most nations in the world community. In response, the United States deployed the thaad (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) anti-missile system in the Republic of Korea (rok). New u.s. President Donald J. Trump also made public statements suggesting the possibility of military action against North Korea, igniting an angry debate inside the rok over whether the new u.s. administration’s aggressive policies were enhancing or undermining regional stability. Meanwhile, South Koreans watched the removal and imprisonment of President Park Geun-hye, then elected Moon Jae-in as her replacement. The new president’s public support for engagement with North Korea placed prospects for continued harmony in the u.s.-South Korea alliance in doubt. These developments elevate the relevance of the six articles appearing in this theme issue describing and assessing several events that arguably have widened the separation between the two Koreas. Janice C.H. Kim, an associate professor of history at York University, and Steven Hugh Lee, associate professor of history at the University of British Columbia and a member of the Board of Editors, deserve praise for soliciting these instructive essays. Each volume of the Journal of American-East Asian Relations will have at least one theme issue, most recently “To Engage and Change China—Yet Again” in 2016. As a bonus, “American Women Missionaries, Personal Relationships, and Social Reporting in China and Japan” will be the theme of the next and final issue of 2017, with Jane Hunter of Lewis and Clark College serving as guest editor. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of American-East Asian Relations Brill

“Editor’s Note”

Journal of American-East Asian Relations , Volume 24 (2-3): 1 – Sep 12, 2017

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1058-3947
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1876-5610
DOI
10.1163/18765610-02402010
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Abstract

North Korea has been in the news a lot during the first half of 2017. Kim Jong Un has presided over the launch of a succession of missiles, issuing bellicose statements about the success of his arms program, despite mixed results. His actions have rattled most nations in the world community. In response, the United States deployed the thaad (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) anti-missile system in the Republic of Korea (rok). New u.s. President Donald J. Trump also made public statements suggesting the possibility of military action against North Korea, igniting an angry debate inside the rok over whether the new u.s. administration’s aggressive policies were enhancing or undermining regional stability. Meanwhile, South Koreans watched the removal and imprisonment of President Park Geun-hye, then elected Moon Jae-in as her replacement. The new president’s public support for engagement with North Korea placed prospects for continued harmony in the u.s.-South Korea alliance in doubt. These developments elevate the relevance of the six articles appearing in this theme issue describing and assessing several events that arguably have widened the separation between the two Koreas. Janice C.H. Kim, an associate professor of history at York University, and Steven Hugh Lee, associate professor of history at the University of British Columbia and a member of the Board of Editors, deserve praise for soliciting these instructive essays. Each volume of the Journal of American-East Asian Relations will have at least one theme issue, most recently “To Engage and Change China—Yet Again” in 2016. As a bonus, “American Women Missionaries, Personal Relationships, and Social Reporting in China and Japan” will be the theme of the next and final issue of 2017, with Jane Hunter of Lewis and Clark College serving as guest editor.

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Journal of American-East Asian RelationsBrill

Published: Sep 12, 2017

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