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Thu, February 27, 2020 | 17:56

Donald Kirk

Great wall of secrecy

In a time of crisis, near-panic, over a disease to which the best medical minds have yet to find a sure cure, total cooperation is essential. The World Health Organization, scientists around the world, anyone who knows anything is duty-bound to try and help.

2020-02-27 17:22

Troy Stangarone

Realistic US approach to North Korea

Every U.S. president ideally wants to head into their re-election campaign with foreign policy successes to tout to voters. However, foreign policy has traditionally had very little impact on U.S. elections unless there is something deeply wrong in the policy.

2020-02-26 17:49

Choi Sung-jin

Virus and votes

Politicians do anything to win votes, and nowhere else may this be truer than here in Korea. The new coronavirus outbreak seems to be no exception. So-called opinion leaders - mainly conservative ones - are shifting the focus of discussion from public health and safety to the Moon Jae-in administration's China policy.

2020-02-25 17:20

Bernard Rowan

I don't know about you, but I still struggle with chopsticks. They fall between my fingers. I can't pick up an egg. I've improved over the years, but I still drop food on occasion. And I think Korean chopsticks are the hardest to use. Let's talk about chopsticks and Korea a bit.

2020-02-25 17:16

Tong Kim

Concern and uncertainty

We are going through an uneasy period of concern and uncertainty. We don't know when or how the coronavirus epidemic will end. However, we know that when the epidemic subsides, the North Korean issue will resurface. We don't know how the current flux in the security order in the region may evolve in the coming years.

2020-02-24 17:42

Mark Peterson

Longest dynasties

I've written about this previously, but the more I think about it, and work on it, I find new dimensions to the idea. Almost all the Korean dynasties, even the earliest ones, run five or six hundred years. There are no short-lived or failed dynasties. Even the Gaya Kingdom, although it can be argued that it lacked a centralized, fully developed state, ran 500 years.

2020-02-23 17:13

Hyon O Brien

Say 'No' bravely

The Greek philosopher, Pythagoras (570-495 B.C.) said, "The oldest, shortest words - yes and no - are those which require the most thought." In last month's column I shared with you some thoughts on how important it is to say yes. This month I'd like to explore the opposite. Sometimes it is just as important to say no.

2020-02-21 16:54

Donald Kirk

'Parasite' - true or false

The multi-Oscar-winning “Parasite” does not inspire total adulation among all those who have seen it. One Korean-American whom I met in Washington said she thought it represented a distorted, exaggerated image of class barriers, of differences between rich and poor in the country of her birth.

2020-02-20 17:02

Park Moo-jong

'No work, no pay'

Everybody agrees that the upcoming April 15 general election is a crucial national event to herald what the Republic of Korea, now beleaguered with piles of difficult questions, including an economic downturn, will be like in the future.

2020-02-20 16:56

Lee Seong-hyon

PR warfare on coronavirus

America's ideal strategy in dealing with China is to impede its rise without having to resort to military action. Although the coronavirus is an epidemic, from the U.S. strategic point of view, it's also fair game to use the case to undermine the Communist Party of China, and particularly, Xi Jinping, its leader. The buck ultimately stops at his post.

2020-02-18 17:18

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