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Shim Jae Hoon

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Shim Jae Hoon is a Seoul-based journalist and commentator writing for a variety of international publications including YaleGlobal Online, The Straits Times of Singapore, The Taipei Times and Korea Herald. He was a correspondent for Far Eastern Economic Review in Seoul, Taipei and Jakarta. Close.

Shim Jae Hoon

South Korea

Shim Jae Hoon is a Seoul-based journalist and commentator writing for a variety of international publications including YaleGlobal Online, The Straits Times of Singapore, The Taipei Times and Korea Herald. more »

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October 10, 2006 1:06 AM

Beijing Has the Ball Now

Seoul, South Korea - North Korea's announcement of a successful underground nuclear test may be the beginning of the end for Kim Jong Il's brinkmanship diplomacy. Now that he has expended the only powerful card in his hand to blackmail the United States, Japan and South Korea into accepting his demand for bilateral talks with Washington, he has no more tools left to intimidate the outside world.

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