Donald Kirk
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WelcomeDonald Kirk, from Washington, D.C., travels to South Korea, with stops in London, the middle east, Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines, among other places, writing on the confrontation of forces in the post-9/From 1997 through 2003, Don was Seoul correspondent for the International Herald Tribune, also filing for The New York Times and CBS, covering nuclear and economic crises. In addition, he has written articles for such diverse magazines as Institutional Investor, The New Leader, National Review, The Nation, Soldier of Fortune, Kyoto Journal and Hemispheres and commentaries for The Asian Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post and Newsday. Don first visited Seoul in 1972 as Far East correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and has covered major events in Korea from the assassination of President Park Chung Hee in 1979 and the Kwangju revolt in 1980 to every presidential election since adoption of the “democracy constitution” in 1987. From 1988 to 1994, he focused on economics and labor, writing Korean Dynasty: Hyundai and Chung Ju Yung, a critical study of Hyundai, Korea’s largest chaebol, and its founder. Again in Seoul, he wrote Korean Crisis: Unraveling of the Miracle in the IMF Era, published in 2000. Don is currently working on another book on Korea, writing commentaries and filing for CBS and The Christian Science Monitor. The University of Maryland University College in 2004 awarded him an honorary doctorate as "one of the United States' most knowledgeable observers and commentators on Asia." |
Check 'Em Out1. Points of Crisis
Korean Crisis:
Unraveling of the Miracle
in the IMF Era
Play-by-play account of the meltdown that nearly bankrupted the South Korean economy I.--Looted: The Philippines
After the Bases
II.--Philippines in Crisis:
U.S. Power versus Local Revolt
A saga of corruption and looting after the hasty pullout of U.S. forces from their historic bases Tell it to the Dead: Stories of a War
Memories of the Vietnam War and its aftermath from the arrival of U.S. forces to the release of the last U.S. POWs Wider War:
The Struggle for Cambodia,
Thailand and Laos
The Vietnam War as it spread through Cambodia and Laos into northern and northeastern Thailand Viewpoint:
Lambs to the Slaughter
Washington's pact with Pyongyang won't help the starving children 2. Strictly Business
Korean Dynasty:
Hyundai and Chung Ju Yung
An unauthorized study of Korea's largest business group, its triumphs and failures, and the peasant's son who founded it The Business Guide
to the Philippines
The ultimate business reference to the Philippines, providing practical advice from leading experts Economic Battles
Iraq and South Korea face contrasting economic problems and issues, as seen in these articles for Institutional Investor 3.Covering Korea
Korea Witness: 135 Years of War, Crisis and News in the Land of the Morning Calm
I.--Korea through the eyes of correspondents who were there, 1871 to now II.--Reflections on life and work as a journalist and author in Korea 4. Seoul-Searching
Seoul Food
I.--Heart and Seoul: From the ashes of war, Korea's capital rises like a phoenix to world-class. II.--Three Perfect Days: Wining, dining, sightseeing and strolling around one of the world's oldest and greatest capitals |
