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The writer, a retired diplomat, has served as India�??s ambassador to South Korea
    Wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus, South Korean president Moon Jae-in (left) and his wife Kim Jung-sook pose as they cast their votes in the election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea on April 10, 2020. (AP)Opinion
    Moon wins as Koreans back his strategy to tackle Covid-19

    South Korea's coronavirus strategy has been widely praised by experts as well as WHO for being prompt, nationwide, clear...

    18 April 2020 8:05 PM IST

    North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump (Photo: File)Opinion
    Under US pressure, North Korea back to brinkmanship

    North Korea is not accustomed to digest any challenge from any quarter without a robust response.

    19 Dec 2019 5:14 AM IST

    Trump, Kim, Moon: Shared vision is the key to Korea peaceOpinion
    Trump, Kim, Moon: Shared vision is the key to Korea peace

    US special representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun was in Seoul last week to discuss the resumption of nuclear...

    28 Aug 2019 7:31 AM IST

    Iran-US standoff: A policy challenge for IndiaOpinion
    Iran-US standoff: A policy challenge for India

    India’s ambassador to the US Harsh Shringla said last week that all imports of Iranian crude oil to India have now...

    6 Jun 2019 6:17 AM IST

    War clouds gather in Persian GulfOpinion
    War clouds gather in Persian Gulf

    Any turmoil in the Persian Gulf will adversely affect the oil prices and would have major negative consequences for...

    15 May 2019 7:35 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Photo: AP/File)Opinion
    2nd Trump-Kim meet fails, amid Hanoi distrust

    President Trump continues to assess Chairman Kim as a constructive interlocutor and is ready to give him the benefit of...

    2 March 2019 1:53 AM IST

    Another tough nut to crack would be the nature and contents of the future security guarantees to North Korea. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Trump-Kim courtship full of uncertainties

    The roadmap for reaching these objectives has, till now, been laid out in three bilateral agreements.

    5 Feb 2019 2:21 AM IST

    Donald Trump and Kim Jong UnOpinion
    A dealmaker and a strategist in battle of wits

    Chairman Kim announced that a military agreement to create a nuclear-free Korean peninsula had been adopted.

    29 Sept 2018 1:41 AM IST

    Donald Trump and Kim Jong UnOpinion
    Expect the unexpected at Trump-Kim meet

    It is widely believed that a peace treaty in some form would be finalised between the US and North Korea.

    12 Jun 2018 12:44 AM IST

    US President Donald TrumpOpinion
    US must talk to Tokyo, Seoul & Beijing on how to tackle Kim

    US needs to coordinate its North Korea policy at least with Seoul, Tokyo and China, if not with all other members of the...

    4 April 2018 7:21 AM IST

    South Korean President Moon Jae-in takes off his jacket at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday. South Korean internet users have shared photos of Moon waving off a presidential employee and taking off his own jacket at a luncheon, projecting an image that hes a down-to-earth President. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Moon's Seoul to take a softer line

    Moon served as a respected human rights lawyer in the difficult days of authoritarian rule in the 1980s.

    16 May 2017 3:25 AM IST

    Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Keep Central Asia stable & secular

    The five CARs are predominantly Muslim-majority nations.

    30 Sept 2016 12:52 AM IST

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