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Virologist answers our COVID-19 vaccine questions December 30, 2020 at 10:10 am Gen. Robert B. Abrams, Commanding General for United States Forces Korea, receives a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital, U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys on December 29, 2020 in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. (Photo by United States Forces Korea via Getty Images) If you’ve been on Facebook or Twitter in the past two weeks, you’ve likely seen photos of doctors and nurses telling their family and friends about their experience receiving the COVID-19 vaccine...

Gen. Robert B. Abrams, commanding general for U.S. Forces Korea, receives the Covid-19 vaccine at Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital, U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Tuesday. (Staff Sgt. Kris Bonet/United States Forces Korea vis AP) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States has started vaccinating its troops based in South Korea, as its Asian ally reported its highest daily Covid-19 fatalities amid surging cases in the country. The United States Forces Korea says in a statement it started inoculating military and civilian health-care workers, first respo...

Geoff Ziezulewicz December 11, 2020 The USFK statement says more vaccines from Moderna, and potentially others with FDA approval, will be sent to the USFK. The U.S. troops’ deployment is meant to deter potential aggression from North Korea. Abrams says the COVID-19 vaccine “is another tool that will help USFK maintain a robust combined defensive posture.” South Korean government has faced domestic criticism that it has been too slow in working out vaccine procurement plans. The government said Tuesday it will have vaccines for 56 million people, an amount seemingly enough for the cou...

US Must Commit to Arms Reduction If It Wants North Korea to Do So Donald Trump waves as he walks off Marine One at the White House after spending the weekend at the G20 Summit and meeting Kim Jong Un, on June 30, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images For decades, U.S. policy makers have asked, “How do we get North Korea to give up nuclear weapons?” and have come up empty-handed. As the Biden administration prepares to take office, perhaps it’s time to ask a different question: “How do we get to peace with North Korea?”

It’s Time to End the Korean War Seventy years into the conflict, Biden can resolve the original forever war. South Korea Defense Ministry via AP South Korean army Col. Yun Myung-shick, right, shakes hands with North Korean army Lt. Col. Ri Jong Su before crossing the Military Demarcation Line inside the Demilitarized Zone to inspect a dismantled North Korean guard post, December 12, 2018. This story is part of the Prospect ’s series on how the next president can make progress without new legislation. Read all of our Day One Agenda articles here. When President-elect Joe Biden ...