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Opinion > Editor’s Note >

Elected as Roh's friend

Rep. Park Jie-won, floor leader of the Democratic United Party (DUP), gazed ahead with little expression on his face.

2012-11-13 17:17

We present Mme President!

Rep. Park Geun-hye couldn’t sleep. When Park, who turned 61 this year, looked up at the clock on the wall, it was one minute past midnight. She smiled at herself, thinking that she had been the 18th president of the Republic of Korea for an hour or so.

2012-11-06 17:42

We don’t have a future

You may not realize it until you’re told so.

2012-10-23 17:31

NK Trojan horse

A new funny “knock knock” joke goes like this. “Knock, knock!” No answer. If you try to listen hard enough, you can hear the “Zzzz” of soldiers sleeping inside.

2012-10-16 17:02

Purely hypothetical

For today’s column, I have chosen three topics and applied a “what-if” formula to them. The issues are our newspaper’s ongoing series about Dokdo and sex slavery orchestrated by Japan’s colonial government; a recent anti-child porn crackdown and the latest dilemma facing the ruling Saenuri Party’s standard bearer Park Geun-hye.

2012-10-09 17:33

Coming out on Psy

I have a confession to make about Psy, the Korean rapper whose “Gangam Style” is taking the world by storm, the most viewed video clip on YouTube this year, capturing No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Chart (when the paper went to press), topping the British music chart and having Britney Spears do a horse-riding dance and slapping her buttocks with gusto.

2012-10-02 17:54

Shopping for president

Picking a president can be a lot like buying a luxury brand handbag.

2012-09-25 17:34

My (son’s) special day

“Check this out, dad,” my second son told me as he thrust his crop-cut head toward me.

2012-09-18 17:10

Can you feel the vibes? For all the confusion and contradiction, I am not alone in recognizing that our nation is on a prosperous path and experiencing rising fortunes.

2012-09-11 17:01

A scene from our newsroom

It’s 4:30 on a weekday afternoon, 30 minutes before our newspaper’s first edition of the day goes to press.

2012-09-04 17:09

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Children deserve better