by Geoffrey Cain | Jun 24, 2020
-Published in Foreign Policy Miky Lee’s money and influence turned South Korean cinema into a powerhouse. Lee Sun-kyun and Jo Yeo-jeong in “Parasite.” NEON + CJ Entertainment “When I was young and studying cinema,” South Korean director Bong...
by Geoffrey Cain | Jun 3, 2019
– Published in The New Republic Having only a hazy idea of what, exactly, fascism consists of makes it hard to explain why fascist rhetoric needs to be excluded from public discourse. “You can’t define it as good or bad,” Caio Mussolini, great-grandson of...
by Geoffrey Cain | Mar 31, 2019
– Published in Foreign Policy Victor Cha is experienced, informed — and no peacenik. None of that mattered for the Trump administration. SEOUL and WASHINGTON — South Koreans are so accustomed to on-again, off-again nuclear tests and boisterous threats from North...
by Geoffrey Cain | Oct 12, 2016
– Published in The Wall Street Journal Combustible smartphones are a symptom of deeper management problems at the Korean company. The Galaxy Note 7 recall and cancellation isn’t the first time Samsung has suffered a quality crisis. But the scale and nature...
