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Mon, January 18, 2021 | 16:44

Michael Breen

Attack in disputed waters

The bombardment of Yeonpyeong Island, which killed two Marines and injured 19 others on Tuesday, prompted a barrage of analysis in newspapers this week around two questions: What was North Korea’s ``message?” How should South Korea respond?

2010-11-25 17:16

Should Korea attend Nobel ceremony?

The request by China that Korea boycott the Nobel awards ceremony in Oslo next month, because it disapproves of the peace prize recipient, presents the government of President Lee Myung-bak and the country as a whole with a dilemma.

2010-11-18 17:21

The energetic host

For G20 visitors in Seoul this week, two characteristics of their Korean hosts will by now be apparent.

2010-11-11 18:09

N. Korea is an embarrassment

In past decades when Korea’s leaders were either hyper-sensitive anti-communists or winsome yearners for unification, the slightest movement in North Korea got nationwide attention down here.

2010-11-04 16:58

Let the bankers bank

When members of the Korean parliament embarrass Cabinet ministers and senior government bureaucrats, as they get to do regularly, they perform one of the vital services that make this country a democracy. But they have to get it right.

2010-10-28 17:48

How not to globalize Korean food

After two years of strategizing about how to turn Korean cuisine into a global favorite, the government has decided to open a restaurant in Manhattan.

2010-10-21 17:25

How sovereign is any one state?

When the Nobel Organization gave this year’s Peace Prize to the dissident Liu Xiaobao, who is in jail in China, were they interfering in the internal affairs of the sovereign state that considers him a criminal?

2010-10-14 17:13

North-South Korean dictionary

Amid the ups and downs of inter-Korean exchange, one rare initiative that has consistently moved along has been an effort to create a joint dictionary.

2010-10-07 16:28

Dangerous roads of Korea

Korean roads are still among the most dangerous in the world, according to the latest traffic deaths figures published by the International Transport Forum.

2010-09-30 17:18

Why feed NK propaganda?

When the maverick vicar Han Sang-ryeol returned to South Korea by walking through Panmunjom last month after an unsanctioned trip North, two gentlemen in black suits were waiting.

2010-09-16 18:24

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