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Mon, September 23, 2019 | 10:05

Why nations fail

I’ve recently been involved in a project by the Korea Development Institute on how the Middle East can learn from the Korean economic miracle. The study offers a wealth of examples from education reforms to industrial policies to explain Korea’s rapid rise to advanced economic status and how these lessons could be applied to Middle Eastern countries.

2013-06-19 17:09

The creativity gap

It might appear that Korea is already half way to becoming the "creative economy" that President Park Geun-hye wants to achieve during her administration.

2013-06-05 17:17

The other Korean wave

Korea has many types of glamorous models. But the one that excites foreign governments the most is called the "Miracle on the Han."

2013-05-22 17:15

Magic realism in North Korea

Adam Johnson, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Orphan Master’s Son,’’ recently raised eyebrows among North Korean watchers when he described his first and only visit to Pyongyang to conduct research for his book.

2013-05-08 17:11

'Enter the Dragon'

Last week, China and Russia jointly warned against any unilateral foreign military intervention in North Korea over its recent nuclear test in a statement clearly aimed at the United States. The two countries said that any action against North Korea had to be approved by the United Nations Security Council, where China and Russia have veto powers, although there is little indication that the U.S. is contemplating such an action.

2013-02-27 17:09

Is North Korea a paper tiger?

After North Korea conducted its third nuclear test this week following the recent launch of a long-range ballistic missile, it is perhaps appropriate to ask whether these provocative acts are signs of military weakness rather than strength. Is their purpose to cover up the vulnerabilities of the North Korean People’s Army instead of Pyongyang posing an aggressive threat to its neighbors?

2013-02-13 17:05

Park the peacemaker

It was 99 years ago when Europe, at the height of its prosperity and global influence, suddenly plunged into a calamitous conflict. There were many reasons for the outbreak of World War I, although the main cause was that the rise of Germany posed a challenge to the traditional European powers of Great Britain, France and Russia. Nonetheless, the war was avoidable if cooler heads had prevailed following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, an event whose only importance laid in the fact that it provided a pretext for the declaration of hostilities that caught man...

2013-01-30 17:15

Korea's Japanese problem

Just a few days before Park Geun-hye was elected as the new Korean president, Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party won a landslide victory in Japan. That event could have a major impact on Park’s administration over the next five years. The state of Korean-Japanese relations might even overshadow those between Seoul and Pyongyang in terms of importance during her term.

2013-01-16 17:57

New president's economic challenges

It is regrettable that the main candidates in the just-concluded presidential election did not spend more time talking about the structural challenges facing the Korean economy, such as low productivity rates, the high level of household debt or the impact the aging population will have on future government spending. But with a new team now set to enter the Blue House, here is a checklist of the difficult economic issues the incoming administration must deal with over the next five years:

2012-12-19 16:53

Korea's 'soft power' quest

The recent success of Psy and K-pop groups has boosted talk that Korea has gained the benefits of “soft power” in raising its international stature. But is hallyu, or the Korean wave, the best way to achieve this goal and does Korea want to be identified overseas mainly by its pop culture?

2012-12-05 17:04

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