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Tue, August 14, 2018 | 16:06

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Protracted peace in Korea

It is hard to know exactly what caused the current stalemate on the issue of North Korea's denuclearization. Yet, from sporadic reports, we can reconstruct what has happened since the dramatic U.S.-DPRK summit in June, when North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reaffirmed his commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

Tong Kim | 2018-08-12 17:34

I grew up with five brothers and three sisters. None of us had any private space. Each room was used for multiple purposes. Our parents' bedroom was used as a living room and (with the addition of a tray) dining room, and contained a telephone and eventually a TV set. Later on, a refrigerator joined the furniture.

Hyon O'Brien | 2018-08-10 16:54

Trump's strategy for North Korea

Is President Donald Trump offering a tutorial on how to negotiate with the North Koreans _ reminding them of the riches and rewards awaiting them the moment they enter his magic kingdom?

Donald Kirk | 2018-08-09 18:41

'Republic of Regulation'

What are public servants for? A servant is one that serves others or the home of a master or personal employer. A public servant especially performs duties for the people, namely tax payers.

Park Moo-jong | 2018-08-09 18:38

Your kind aren't welcomed here

Have we forgotten the 20th century, with its Stalin, Lenin, Hitler, Mussolini, Polpot and Mao Zedong: its pogroms and purges; its Holocaust and World Wars; its conflagration of miseries and atomic afterglows? The cicatrix of Poland and the cicatrix of Cambodia and Laos, the burned-out remains of Hue, the palls from these were thick with the stench of death; we, some of us at least, do not remember.

Deauwand Myers | 2018-08-08 17:26

Falling in love with Kim one last time

A nuclear love affair is no different from a human love affair. As the initial infatuation fizzles out, so is the psychological “high” that drives the courtship forward to the next level. It seems that's where Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un are stuck now. Doubts about denuclearization have begun to permeate the public sphere.

Lee Seong-hyon | 2018-08-07 17:24

Korea's sizzling summer

Korea is not the only country to suffer record high temperatures this summer. A global heat wave is taking its toll on other regions ranging from North America and Scandinavia to the African Sahel and South Asia.

John Burton | 2018-08-06 17:40

Preordained analytics of big data

In an article titled, “What we buy can be used to predict our politics, race or education _ sometimes with more than 90 percent accuracy,” the Washington Post describes a study done by University of Chicago Booth School of Business economists Marianne Bertrand and Emir Kamenica that shows that consumer behavior patterns can reliably predict whether someone is white or not in the U.S.

Jason Lim | 2018-08-05 17:16

'Reform without openness'

Andrei Lankov is director of the Korea Risk Group and a professor at Kookmin University in Korea. Professor Lankov is one of only a few scholars who know more about issues in North Korea than I do. When I was invited to his presentation in Washington, D.C., July 24, I immediately accepted the invitation.

Semoon Chang | 2018-08-05 17:11

Challenging North Korea on human rights

Remember the “human rights” issue? Once upon a time, just about everyone was complaining about egregious human rights violations in North Korea.

Donald Kirk | 2018-08-02 16:55

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