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Is it right to reject aid for NK?

When Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, suggested last week that South Korea ``positively consider” food aid for North Korea, the reply was NGOs, yes, but government, no.

Michael Breen | 2011-04-14 17:10

NK back on US terror state list?

Were the torpedoing of the Cheonan and the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island last year acts of terrorism?

Michael Breen | 2011-04-07 17:19

Dangun diaries?

SEOUL, April 1 ― The diaries of Dangun, the founding king of Korea, have resurfaced some 2,000 years after their unexplained disappearance from a library near Mt. Baekdu.

Michael Breen | 2011-03-31 17:26

Your country doesnt trust you

Here’s a riddle: If all men under 35 with dual citizenship must do national service, who among them may choose not to without being punished?

Michael Breen | 2011-03-24 17:29

Gods warning to Rev. Cho

After the devastating earthquake and tsunamis last week, the world became Japanese. And, I might say, that in becoming so, people felt improved. No population on the planet, it seemed, could respond to tragedy and chaos on this scale with such self-containment and civic orderliness.

Michael Breen | 2011-03-17 17:01

Does God support Islamic bonds?

When two religions clash, which side is God on?

Michael Breen | 2011-03-10 17:25

Attack with instant noodles

North Korea issued two warnings last weekend. The first claimed this week’s military exercises in the South were a rehearsal for an invasion. It threatened ``merciless counteraction” to turn Seoul into a ``sea of flames.”

Michael Breen | 2011-03-03 16:32

Punish the thieves

The whole country, it would appear, is now convinced that the mysterious intruders who broke into the Seoul hotel room of a visiting Indonesian official last week were from the South Korean National Intelligence Service.

Michael Breen | 2011-02-24 18:24

Koreans should be proud

In an interview in this newspaper this week, National Assemblywoman Song Young-sun said her goal as a politician is to make Koreans proud of their country.

Michael Breen | 2011-02-17 16:35

Wind of democracy in Egypt

Protests against repressive rule in Tunisia and Egypt have sparked global excitement about the possibility of democracy in the Arab world.

Michael Breen | 2011-02-10 17:11

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