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Mon, May 29, 2017 | 09:19

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Cinderella is a cautionary tale in Korea

By now, it’s pretty apparent that the impeached former president, Park Geun-hye, was a princess. Although the monarchy is a thing of the past in Korea, Park was born and raised as a princess during her formative years in the Blue House. Considering that her father ruled for eighteen continuous years as an ironfisted dictator, Park was more than the first daughter - she litera...

Times Forum | 2017-05-26 17:25

Charting the new Moon

The Korean presidential election went off without a hitch, thanks be to Tangun! With his convincing victory and high voter turnout, Moon Jae-in has a clear mandate to carry out his platform and a welcome beginning in these first weeks of his presidency. The public shows relief and joy in the results of this important exercise in democracy. Moon also claims a Korean version of...

Times Forum | 2017-05-23 17:37

Moon seeks Pope's help for summit with N. Korean leader: report

Our FDI ombudsman copied

Lately the number of high-ranking foreign officials visiting the Office of Foreign Investment Ombudsman has increased significantly. They want to adopt the Korean ombudsman system after witnessing the system working nicely. This has been reaffirmed by the World Bank Group, the UNCTAD, and the OECD. These international organizations analyzed the special features of Korea’s FDI...

Times Forum | 2017-05-22 17:39

Can fiscal stimulus solve job problems?

Mr. Moon Jae-in won South Korea’s presidential election on May 9th by a landslide. His 17 percentage-point lead over the runner-up, Mr. Hong Jun-pyo, was the biggest winning margin ever in the history of presidential elections in Korea, which is even more impressive because he won the election in a field of 13 candidates. His victory clearly reflects the Korean people’s despe...

Times Forum | 2017-05-21 17:11

Forum diplomacy blossoms on Jeju

A new administration in Korea started its journey on May 10, 2017. The greatest challenge facing the new administration is how to address the pressing diplomatic and security challenges that threaten our existence and prosperity. The new administration is in dire need of ensuring peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula amid rising tensions over North Korea’s persistent pr...

Times Forum | 2017-05-16 17:50

Will anything change? Nope

The last seven months in South Korean politics have surely been a whirlwind, concluding with the election of the liberal candidate, Moon Jae-in, as President. According to the breathless coverage from the international media, South Korea is now the epitome of liberal democracy and a model for all would-be democratic activists to follow, including the progressives in America w...

Times Forum | 2017-05-12 16:48

Light buried in color

Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, is currently having a very interesting permanent exhibition composed of two separate parts: one is titled “Beyond Time” and the other is “Beyond Space,” both of which are carefully selected from Leeum’s own collection of artwork. Beyond Time presents the museum’s choice ceramics, calligraphy, traditional paintings and Buddhist artwork from differ...

Times Forum | 2017-05-08 17:31

How Koreans view the law (2)

In this newspaper on April 4, in an article titled “Park faces tougher questioning Tuesday” the following sentence appeared: “Unlike the questioning at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office where [former President Park Geun-hye] was summoned and prosecutors focused on listening to her side of the story, [Prosecutor] Han is expected to be more aggressive this time to ...

Times Forum | 2017-05-02 17:26

Will Trump start 2nd Korean War?

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says “all options are on the table” regarding North Korea. The Pentagon backed his threat of war by sending a carrier battle group off the North’s coast. The North is believed to possess enough nuclear material for 20 bombs today and may accumulate enough material for 100 by 2024. With Pyongyang developing long-range missiles, the U.S. appears...

Times Forum | 2017-04-23 17:13

How did we get here?

Until recently, it appeared that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump for all intents and purposes would be following the policy adapted by President Barack Obama toward North Korea - one of “strategic patience,” or maybe in the new president’s case, “strategic patience plus,” meaning tougher sanctions. After all, Trump had campaigned during the election on an “A...

Times Forum | 2017-04-19 17:14

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