He was 24 when he drunkenly stumbled across the border. He spent the next nearly 40 years in what he described as a ‘giant, demented prison.’
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
North Korea must be contained: In Portland alone, 30,000 would die from an atomic blast
The ‘soul-wrenching’ bomb would not only wipe out downtown, it would injure an additional 30,000 people.
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Maine Voices: What is the solution to North Korea’s nuclear weapons program?
Beyond diplomacy, the Trump administration should make clear the U.S. would retaliate with overwhelming conventional force.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Cynthia Dill: Cartoons are no place for foreign policy
Trump’s talk might help in the short term, but the long term looms.
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Maine Voices: U.S. already has a workable – and peaceful – solution for North Korea
With his threats, President Trump shows his ignorance of the devastation inflicted during the Korean War.
Posted inNation & World, News
U.S. ambassador tells U.N. that North Korea is ‘begging for war’
President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agree that Sunday’s underground nuclear test by North Korea was an unprecedented provocation.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Rocket science: Ukraine firm may have helped North Korea
The country has become something of a Wild West black-market weapons trading post.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Analysis: What Kim Jong Un really wants
North Korea’s dictator wields his weapons to keep his grip on power and to force the U.S. to negotiate on sanctions and leave him alone.
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Cynthia Dill: Rob Gomez makes losing honorable, as rulers make winning look scary
This is a season of nice guys finishing first in Maine, but apparently not elsewhere.
Posted inNation & World, News
Behind the bluster, U.S. and North Korea in regular contact
People familiar with the back channel discussions say they could be a foundation for serious negotiation on issues including North Korea’s nuclear weapons.