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Separate lives of Koreans and foreigners

Where do foreign residents in Seoul hang out at 3 a.m.? And what about Koreans? A survey on the location and movement of more than 10 million people, including 270,000 foreigners, was conducted for one week in February and March of 2017, designed to find out their living and moving patterns.

Kim Ji-myung | 2018-11-16 17:37

Okinawa's quest for peace

WASHINGTON - We hear so much about North Korea's secret bases that it's sometimes easy to forget the ruckus over U.S. bases in the region. They may not be secret, but they can be controversial.

Donald Kirk | 2018-11-15 18:18

Outdated annual event

It's over. The die is cast and they have crossed the Rubicon just as Julius Caesar did in leading his army across the northern Italian river on Jan. 10, 49 B.C., 2,067 years ago. Some may think I described too grandly the 600,000 students' taking the annual state-run exam for college entrance in 2019 nationwide yesterday.

Park Moo-jong | 2018-11-15 17:47

Treaties don't guarantee peace

One hundred years ago this Sunday - at 11 o'clock, on Nov. 11, 1918 - the guns fell silent across Europe. An armistice had been signed, ending World War I. In the title of Remarque's famous novel there was “All Quiet on the Western Front.”

Andrew Salmon | 2018-11-14 17:33

Crucible of NK nuclear negotiation: Pakistan vs. Libya

The U.S. is ultimately concerned that Kim Jong-un may have undeclared plans to seek a tacit nuclear power status, like Pakistan. North Korea is ultimately concerned the United States may seek a regime change after Pyongyang hands over an inventory of nuclear facilities, as happened with Libya. These remain the key stumbling blocks between Washington and Pyongyang.

Lee Seong-hyon | 2018-11-13 17:57

Neuroscience of inhumanity

A Nov. 6 New York Times article stated, “Over 200 mass graves holding as many as 12,000 bodies have been found in areas of Iraq once controlled by the Islamic State,” citing United Nations figures. The findings were highlighted in a joint report released by the United Nations mission to Iraq and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, which called the sites a 'legacy of terror.'”

Jason Lim | 2018-11-12 18:18

Spinning wheels

Cars and semiconductors are the two industrial stalwarts of the Korean economy. Both are now under threat.

John Burton | 2018-11-11 17:13

Sijo, Korea's contribution to world

Sijo, the famous Korean, three-line, short poetic form, should be understood in a cross-cultural perspective. As the frog outside the well - that is as a non-Korean Koreanologist - I see sijo differently than most Koreans, and the view I have is that sijo is one of Korea's best contributions to world literature.

Mark Peterson | 2018-11-09 17:40

Let's all get 'flexible'

Time now to return to North Korea, the topic having been all but forgotten during campaigning for congressional elections seen as testing President Donald Trump's grip on power.

Donald Kirk | 2018-11-08 17:50

'Naengmyeon' vs. 'naengjeon'

The latest joke at “naengmyeon” restaurants in Seoul and elsewhere across the country is, “Is naengmyeon gliding down your throat?” Naengmyeon, already a popular icy cold Korean noodle dish in the sizzling heat of summer, has sparked a craze anew in South Korea this autumn, thanks to an outspoken North Korean strongman, adding to the “naengjeon” or cold war on the Korean Peninsula.

Park Moo-jong | 2018-11-08 17:45

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