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Thu, April 15, 2021 | 16:44

Reunification is getting closer

The reunification of the two Koreas is no longer a goal that we can only dream about, but is becoming closer and closer to reality. The reason for this is that China and Russia, the traditional allies of North Korea, have been showing signs of turning their backs on the North.

2013-04-01 17:03

Paralyzed government: lessons from US case

It can be said that the biggest difference in the parliamentary systems of Korea and the United States is the difference in the operational relations between the majority and the minority parties. In Korea, the majority or ruling party is the president’s party, regardless of the number of seats the party has in the National Assembly. In the U.S., however, the party that has a majority in Congress is the majority party, which has nothing to do with the party affiliation of the president.

2013-03-18 17:01

Science Minister nominee Kim Jeong-hoon

President Park Geun-hye made a great choice in nominating Kim Jeong-hoon as the minister of future planning and science. This choice reveals her will to build a creative economy by tapping into the global talent pool. Kim is an appropriate pick for the head of the ministry, an agency that will be a driving force to develop the future economy of Korea, based on cutting-edge technology and not on imitation.

2013-03-04 17:06

Parliamentary system and economy

Recently, the issue of amending the constitution has been in full discussion in South Korean politics. There are reports that 37 members of the National Assembly have already formed a group to pursue constitutional reforms for the decentralization of power; 14 members of the group belong to the majority Saenuri Party, and 23 of them to the minority Democratic United Party. Their intention to reform the Constitution by working together with the other side in order to improve the lives of people deserves our appreciation.

2013-02-18 17:16

Obama and unification of Korean Peninsula

Four years ago, Barack Obama’s win in the U.S. presidential election shook the world, and not just because he was the first black president in U.S. history. Obama surprised people by appointing Hillary Clinton, a fierce opponent in the Democratic presidential primaries, as secretary of state, a key position in his administration. What moved people more than anything was Obama’s acceptance speech. Referring to a 106-year-old African-American woman from Georgia, Ann Nixon Cooper, Obama showcased the possibilities of America to the whole world. Pointing out that Cooper "was born just a generati...

2013-02-04 17:02

Presidential transition team

When President-elect Park Geun-hye announced her presidential transition team, each member surprised many people. Some were not so well-known or surprise picks that went against people’s expectations. What caught my eye was a critical article pointing out that four of the 24 members were “children of the Yushin regime,” those whose fathers or fathers-in-law were high-ranking officials during that period. Yushin is the period under military control when President Park Chung-hee seized power, who was the father of the President-elect.

2013-01-21 17:33

2013 ― a year of hope

The world was nervously following the political negotiations over the fiscal cliff in the U.S., and it seems that there was a dramatic agreement between the two parties at the very last moment to avoid it. The key issue during the negotiations, the one that caused the most debate, was raising taxes on the rich.

2013-01-07 16:54

After the Korean presidential election

In this most recent Korean presidential election, what surprised me above all was the voter turnout ― 75.8 percent is not even imaginable for any election in the U.S. By comparison, some 57.5 percent of eligible U.S. voters cast ballots in November. There have not been many polls with voting rates over 60 percent there. Several billion dollars were spent to encourage voting, polling stations were established in each town, and unrestricted absentee voting and various other efforts were made to encourage people to vote. And yet, despite all those efforts, the voter turnout was only 57.5 percen...

2012-12-24 17:13

Small Business Administration must be upgraded

Korea can prosper only if it resolves its economic polarization as soon as possible. To resolve economic polarization, small and medium businesses must prosper. The only way for small and medium businesses to prosper is to enter overseas markets. Stir-fried rice cake stores and bakeries, whose markets are currently saturated, would have much better chances to succeed if they move to Southeast Asia instead of struggling by staying in this country. The only way for the country, which produces no oil and almost no underground resources, to survive is to make products through knowledge and skil...

2012-12-10 16:58

Reasons for Romney's loss

The Republican Party had a very good shot at winning the 2012 U.S. presidential election. One major reason was that, before this election, no U.S. President had succeeded in reelection when the unemployment rate was higher than 7.3 percent. At the time of the election, the unemployment rate was 7.8 percent. So why did the Republican Party, specifically its candidate Mitt Romney, lose this presidential election?

2012-11-27 16:53

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