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Thu, October 29, 2020 | 13:31

Troy Stangarone

US election critical for Korea too

Record numbers of Americans have already taken advantage of early voting or cast their ballots by mail, while millions more will head to the polls in the next few days. The electoral choice they make will be the most consequential of their lifetimes, but it will also shape future U.S. policy on the Korean Peninsula as well.

2020-10-28 17:46

Casey Lartigue, Jr.

Dancing with interpreters

There's an old joke about an American businessman giving a speech in China that greatly amused students at the Seoul University of Foreign Studies training to become interpreters (I teach public speaking to them).

2020-10-27 17:39

John Burton

Moon's troubled green energy policy

While President Moon Jae-in has been praised for his handling of the COVID-19 outbreak, his efforts to address another global issue - climate change - appear to be sputtering.

2020-10-26 17:11

Mark Peterson

My previous article, “End of han,” generated one of the largest responses of any of my articles. “Han” is something everyone knows something about. The responses fell into four categories: 1. the expression of “han” in psychiatry, 2. the origin of “han” was not ancient but rather was in the Japanese period, 3. that “han” is overplayed, exaggerated and even trite as an explana...

2020-10-25 18:50

Donald Kirk

Relationships - diplomatic, economic or personal - evolve. The U.S.-Korea relationship is not cast in stone. U.S. diplomats can go on all they want about the tightness of the bond, “no daylight between us” and all that, but it's got to change with the times.

2020-10-22 17:46

Bernard Rowan

Selma and the 'Mud-Snail Fairy'

By Bernard RowanRecently, I listened again to the song “Broken Wings”, recorded in the 1980s by Mr. Mister, an American group. The song is a stirring reminder of the possibilities of love triumphing over doubt and despair. This applies to love from faith, and to love between people, romantic or otherwise.In my looking around, I discovered that the song and famous ...

2020-10-20 17:11

Choi Sung-jin

Time for 'Korea first' policy

There seems to be nothing in common between Korean Ambassador to the U.S. Lee Soo-hyuck and the world-famous boy band, BTS.

2020-10-20 17:01

Tong Kim

Hard choices for South Korea

While North Korea's nuclear arsenal is being advanced, South Korea struggles to keep the cohesion of its alliance with the United States, to close the gaps in divergence of views, and to enlist U.S. support for its policy on the North.

2020-10-19 18:23

Jason Lim

Trembling Tiger, Roaring Dragon

The Korea Society's Annual Gala Dinner held Oct. 7 was the organization's premier event of the year, held to mark the U.S.-Korea relationship and honor those who work to maintain the alliance.

2020-10-18 17:33

Donald Kirk

Protests amid pandemic

The pandemic assumes strange forms under strange conditions. No one knows who will be next to catch the bug. It's difficult to criticize the rules set forth in Korea for making as sure as humanly possible that COVID-19 won't spread. For the second time this year, I've been quarantined for two weeks at my place in Seoul, under orders not to leave for so much as a cup of coffee...

2020-10-15 17:59

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