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Michael Breen

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.

2011-02-10 17:11

Any point in talking with NK?

This week, officials from South Korea and the United States with the misfortune to be assigned to talk with North Korea, talked among themselves about restarting talks.

2011-01-27 16:29

Being cruel to animals

The government last week admitted that authorities struggling to stem the spread of foot-and-mouth disease had buried animals alive.

2011-01-20 17:44

When grandparents want to adopt

In a case that highlights the stresses on modern Korean families, the Supreme Court this month rejected an appeal by a couple wanting to improve their daughter’s re-marriage prospects by adopting her child as their own.

2011-01-13 16:37

Korea and popular foreign press

During the G20 in Seoul last month, a British journalist scooped his rivals with a story claiming that security forces were on ``red alert” because of a ``bizarre” North Korean plan to attack the summit with ``balloons filled chemical and biological weapons.”

2011-01-06 17:23

Kissing 2010 good night

Two years ago, on the afternoon my mother died, I stood on the porch of her home as the undertakers carried her to their vehicle in a black bag. With measured respect, they closed the trunk, climbed into the car, and drove away.

2010-12-30 17:35

When President calls for unity

When the country braced for possible conflict with North Korea this week, President Lee Myung-bak warned that ``unaligned opinion” ― code for too much criticism of his new tough line ― would benefit the enemy.

2010-12-23 17:12

Another Korean War?

For the first time in a long time, commentators are warning of the likelihood of war on the Korean Peninsula.

2010-12-16 16:51

The future of villages

Every year, newspapers illustrate the height of summer in Korea with a photo of half a million people on Haeundae Beach, jammed and sweltering, as the English expression goes, like sardines in a can.

2010-12-09 16:56

NK leaders as killers

The North Korean artillery attack which pounded Yeonpyeong Island last week, killing four South Koreans, injuring others and destroying property and woods, also demolished the widely-held opinion in this country that Kim Jong-il is not such a bad chap.

2010-12-02 17:46

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