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Thu, November 21, 2019 | 19:29

Donald Kirk

Slashing U.S. forces

WASHINGTON - Here's a view I've been hearing around here about why President Donald Trump is demanding huge sums from both Japan and South Korea for the privilege of having U.S. bases and forces on their soil.

2019-11-21 17:53

Bernard Rowan

Korean military service

Recently, I read The Korea Times and took note of an article about two famous performers from Big Bang finishing their military service. I enjoyed and thought apt the story of Taeyang and Daesung's completion ceremony. Many adoring fans showed up, and the two pop idols paid their proper respects. They appear as fine examples of young Korean gentlemen serving their nation in d...

2019-11-19 17:40

Choi Sung-jin

Eternal triangle in Northeast Asia

There is an unwritten rule among all Korean athletes in national squads regardless of events: Never lose to Japan. Players say, half-jokingly, “We have to win even in rock, paper, and scissors if our counterparts are Japanese.”

2019-11-19 17:37

Tong Kim

Volatility on Peninsula

South Korea is again facing multiple challenges to its security and peace from friends and foes alike, including the U.S., Japan, North Korea, and China. Not a surprise from the viewpoint of history and its geopolitical destiny.

2019-11-18 17:24

Stephen Costello

Reform and upgrade US alliance

Those who suggest a larger or bolder role for South Korea, toward either North Korea or its U.S. ally, are often met with objections bordering on hysteria. Their suggestions are equated instantly with “breaking the alliance” or “going it alone.”

2019-11-18 17:21

Kim Ji-myung

Magic of translation

“Without it being written in English and spread on internet, even a truly attractive or valuable story of Korea would move the minds of only a handful of people on earth.” This has always been my personal belief. The success of Korean idol groups, dramas and films abroad owe much to excellent translations. But it is not only contemporary Korean popular culture that benefits f...

2019-11-15 17:38

Donald Kirk

America's political drama

WASHINGTON - Inside the Beltway surrounding the American capital, a single topic these days excites the elitists, politicians, lobbyists, bureaucrats, journalists and intellectuals who compete to run the country.

2019-11-14 17:16

Park Moo-jong

Payola and fair competition

Entering the second half of his five-year term, President Moon Jae-in has vowed anew to mobilize every possible measure to enhance the level of fairness in all sectors of Korean society. Then, what does fairness exactly mean? All the dictionaries define it in terms of justice: impartial and just treatment or behavior without favoritism or discrimination toward one side or ano...

2019-11-14 16:59

Deauwand Myers

On China's rise

I rarely comment on other writers' columns in The Korea Times. In fact, I have only done it once in the near decade of writing as a featured columnist at the paper. As before, I am aghast at the immorality of this particular column, and I felt duty-bound to rebut it.

2019-11-14 16:56

Lee Seong-hyon

Chinese art of sanctioning NK

As of today, there is no definitive answer as to whether sanctions on Pyongyang are working or not. There is a widely polarized view on it, like day and night. This is a delicate and hotly debated topic among South Korean scholars.

2019-11-12 17:52

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