Majority rules This letter is in response to the language used in the articles describing the passing of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and tolerance shown toward illegal behavior.
Big market for K-pop In response to a Dec. 6 article, Ham-fisted handling clips K-pops dollar potential, I was left wondering whether or not the music industrys executives have ever considered real music sung by real people as a future growth engine.
Importing teachers waste of money I read the article entitled, Foreign English teachers necessary, published in the Nov. 28 edition of The Korea Times.
Use of laundry stick My letter, "How to keep thieves at bay," published in the Nov. 23 edition generated three inquiries from Florida, Tokyo and Dhaka, Bangladesh, asking me to detail about Korean laundry stick, bangmangi. The inquirers were fascinated by its added use..
Open to the world As a European reader, I have to thank you for printing two informative AFP articles on the EU in Mondays issue of The Korea Times. However, as thanking comes from thinking, I continue and think that your almost only English-sourced paper owes its..
Inappropriate nickname for Minister Choi I was astonished to read in the Nov. 18 edition of The Korea Times that the outgoing Knowledge Economy Minister Choi Joong-kyung is known by the nickname "Hitler Choi."
How to keep thieves at bay This is in response to a Nov. 17 editorial, Rising cases of theft.
Optimistic about food security This letter is in response to a Nov. 14 article, Two faces of food insecurity.
Willful ignorance In the opinion piece entitled "Decline of America" by Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, printed in Oct. 29-30 edition, the author writes something quite astonishing.
Not a multicultural society I am a foreigner living temporarily in Korea. I very much appreciate Korean culture and I hope that it flourishes.
Violence begets more violence A recent Korea Times article talks about how law enforcement officials are advocating stronger gun use. I'm reminded of a quote from one of my favorite movies, "Batman Begins." In the movie then Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) talks to Batman about es..
Revisiting Korea in 59 years About sixty years ago, at the age of 21, I was drafted into the U.S. Army. My fellow soldiers and I received 16 weeks of intensive infantry training at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. Shortly thereafter we were sent to South Korea, landing at Incheon..
Who makes bathtub water dirty? Sonia Reid Strawn wrote in her letter to the editor of The Korea Times on Oct. 19 that Korea surely can do better toward the day when the presence of a foreigner at a sauna is no longer seen as making water in a bathtub dirty.
Buddy system to improve society Im writing in response to an op-ed article, "Buddy Check," written by Hyon O'Brien and published by The Korea Times in the Oct. 15-16 edition.
Sad and shocking This letter is in response to an Oct. 14 Korea Times article, "Naturalized Korean decries refusal of entry to sauna."
Learn from Saemaeul model The prognosis in the Oct. 10 Korea Times editorial, Waste of taxpayers money, makes sense for the efficiency, sufficiency and equity which are worth adopting and replicating elsewhere.
Follies of the subway I read a Sept. 27 article in The Korea Times, Wonderful subway and annoyances, parts of which I cannot agree on.
