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Thu, October 17, 2019 | 01:46

Khashoggi question for Saudi crown prince and us

Nobody asked Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi during his June 26-27 visit to Korea. If anybody does during the G20 in Osaka, Japan, MbS's next destination, please let me know. In Seoul, the prince, 33, was insulated from those who could ask about his alleged involvement in the journalist's killing. There were no news co...

Oh Young-jin | 2019-06-28 17:22

Memorial Day at national cemetery

June 6 is a national holiday in South Korea, when people (are supposed to) pause and reflect about the sacrifices made during the Korean War. Of course, June 25 is the day in 1950 when Kim Il-sung's soldiers, with Soviet and Chinese blessing, crossed the 38th parallel and fomented a bloody three-year conflict.

2019-06-28 17:20

Exercises in summitry

Summit fever is upon us. The mere idea of two leaders sitting down and talking suggests the ultimate panacea. Surely they can come to terms once they look each other in the eye and work out all those terrible differences.

2019-06-27 18:22

'Turtleneck syndrome'

“Who do you think will be one of the most popular medical specialists in the coming decades and who is losing popularity instead?” A retired prominent heart surgeon and a friend of mine asked one day jokingly.

2019-06-27 17:39

Border crisis: taking long-term view

In one of her final appearances before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, former DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen concluded her testimony by saying that no sane nation would ever devise an immigration system as dysfunctional as that of the United States.

2019-06-27 17:37

Trump's Iran stand down shows total policy incoherence

What on earth is America's policy on Iran? That is the operative question after President Donald Trump ordered, then called off, a U.S. strike on Iranian targets, with 10 minutes to spare.

2019-06-27 17:31

Politically correct movies

Two Disney movies that remind me of my younger days have been released recently - “Aladdin” and “Toy Story 4.” I had no reason to hesitate, and headed to the theaters.

Kim Rahn | 2019-06-26 18:07

Don't feed Donald

What do French President Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have in common? For one thing, they both believe that, by stroking U.S. President Donald Trump's fragile ego, they can coax him into maintaining the traditional alliances that he has proved all too willing to abandon. But, while America's narcissist-in-chief is undoubtedly susceptible to flattery,...

2019-06-26 17:50

Morsi: death foretold

Egypt's first and last democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, died June 17, lying on the floor of the courtroom where they were trying him on yet more charges. (He was already serving several life sentences.) It was probably a heart attack, but according to witnesses they left him lying there for 20 minutes before medical help arrived.

2019-06-25 17:32

China's strategic shift

A very interesting new development in the China-North Korea intrigue happened last week: Xi Jinping began to use North Korea as a negotiating card against the United States in the trade war.

2019-06-25 17:21

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