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[Kim Seong-kon] Is Korea a pawn on the international chessboard?
March 1, 2016
Referring to the recent crisis on the Korean Peninsula, a Chinese newspaper compared Korea to pieces in a game of “baduk” (the board game also known as Go) between China and the United States. Reading the editorial, right-wing Koreans became furious, taking the remarks as an insolent affront to the dignity of Korea. On the contrary, left-wing Koreans took them as a cynical reminder that China and the States, not Korea, are the countries that can solve our problems. The Chinese editorial reminded