> The issue this time is the plan by Prime Minister #ShinzoAbe to alter a key provision of Japan’s peace constitution to allow Japan’s “Self Defense Forces” to take part in overseas military operations for the first time since World War II... who is this prime minister who has won the trust of the #ObamaAdministration while earning the enmity of the growing majority of its own citizens?
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/could-japan-become-americas-new-proxy-army/
#TimShorrock on #AbeShinzo and #JapanAsProxyArmy #Obama #PresidentObama

別れ際調味料、他#TimShorrock―#AbeShinzo、でもcover-ups,。

> ... the narrative around Abe’s legacy put forth in the media following the assassination overshadows just how unpopular Abe was with the public in his final years. Despite becoming the longest-serving prime minister in Japan’s history, his administration was mired in multiple corruption scandals and alleged cover-ups, which led his approval ratings to drop to an all-time low.
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/shinzo-abe-assassination/
#TimShorrock on #AbeShinzo #ShinzoAbe, an chance to tell #MassMedia that
#DeathIsNotPerfume

> ... the narrative around Abe’s legacy put forth in the media following the assassination overshadows just how unpopular Abe was with the public in his final years. Despite becoming the longest-serving prime minister in Japan’s history, his administration was mired in multiple corruption scandals and alleged cover-ups, which led his approval ratings to drop to an all-time low.
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/kwangju-uprising-and-american-hypocrisy-one-reporters-quest-truth-and-justice-korea/
#TimShorrock on #AbeShinzo #ShinzoAbe, an chance to tell #MassMedia that
#DeathIsNotPerfume

> The idea of the “#GwangjuCommune” is so popular that the city also gave an honorary citizenship to #GeorgeKatsiaficas, an American academic who has written two books about the impact of #Gwangju on #AsianSocialMovements... The Kwangju Democratization Movement went down as an inspiring moment for human freedom and dignity not only in Korea’s national history but also in the world’s.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/kwangju-uprising-and-american-hypocrisy-one-reporters-quest-truth-and-justice-korea/
#TimShorrock #GwangjuUprising #GwangjuRebellion

Finally watched this 15-minute documentary about #KoreanDemocracy movements. They got me reading #TimShorrock articles, which led me to #JonMitchell and other #KeyPeople, KeyDocuments:
> Here’s how the Washington Post reported on.. [Shorrock's writings]
> The massacre still burns hotly in the memory of South Koreans today, and two former South Korean presidents are now in prison on charges of treason for their alleged role in ordering the massacre…
https://timshorrock.com/documents/
#KwangjuMassacre