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Yoon-Biden summit, toward Korea becoming global pivotal state

The Yoon-Biden summit, May 21, was a success as in the case of most summit meetings. As written in the two leaders' joint statement, it marked the earliest summit meeting in a Korean President's term in office with the U.S. President. Reemphasizing the bilateral alliance as the linchpin for peace and prosperity in the region, the two leaders agreed to upgrade it to a "global ...

2022-05-24 16:48

Seoul at turning point after successful summit

The first summit between President Yoon Suk-yeol and President Joe Biden went unbelievably well. However, how this will play out with China is also crucial.

2022-05-24 16:35

South Korea's time for choosing

In the aftermath of World War II, the United States drew the so-called Acheson line, a line of defense against communist expansion in the western Pacific, which notably excluded South Korea. North Korea, which invaded South Korea in 1950 with the Soviet Union's backing, conducted the war for three years, with the eventual help of communist China.

2022-05-23 16:55

Today's world informed by history

For those few who don't think history is important, and for those who do as well, I thought today I would recap some of the historical issues that I've been looking at in this column to see how they inform our lives and decisions in present-day Korea.

2022-05-22 17:20

Democracy in action, Korea and the Philippines

Comparisons between South Korea and the Philippines can be tempting. I can't help but succumb to the temptation after covering last week's election of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos as president of the Philippines and then observing, via the internet, the inauguration in Seoul the next day of Yoon Suk-yeol as president of the Republic of Korea.

2022-05-19 16:25

Yoon's inaugural speech on freedom and anti-intellectualism

As South Korea often looks to the U.S. as a political model, it is common for South Korean political conservatives to seek policy lessons from their U.S. counterparts. Inspired by the economic policies of U.S. conservatives, a growing number of South Korean conservative policymakers have advocated for “pro-market” policies such as business deregulation and a flexible labor ma...

2022-05-17 16:55

Facing alliance for autocracy

During the 21st century's latest war, histrionic statements abound. Russia's latest invasion of Ukraine doesn't amoun to a “do-or-die” moment for democracy. It's a real wakeup call, but still. Leaders of stable democracies shouldn't entertain this conflict as an end-all moment for the future of stability and peace in our world. The conflict should arrest the democratic tenden...

2022-05-17 16:25

Yoon's uncertain path

U.S. President Joe Biden's upcoming meeting with President Yoon Suk-yeol, scheduled for May 21, will test the hopes of the foreign policy establishment in Washington that Korea's new president is willing to align his country more closely with America.

2022-05-16 16:18

'Luna eclipse'

The crash that some had been warning about happened. TerraUSD (UST), a stablecoin, imploded over a period of a few days. TerraUSD was pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar through an algorithmic smarts that linked its value to a sister cryptocurrency called Luna, which crashed to $0.40 on May 12th; on May 5th, Luna was worth $87

2022-05-15 16:25

Are North Koreans different?

Trolls are a fact of life on the internet. Some newspapers, blogs and websites even freeze their comments sections because of disgruntled people targeting them and their readers.

2022-05-12 17:00

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