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Mon, June 1, 2020 | 07:21

Mark Peterson

12 pillars of peaceful Korean history

As I look back at my 10 plus articles arguing that we should look at the peaceful and stable tradition of Korea, it occurs to me that there are two more items I should cover. I'll call these the “twelve pillars” of the peaceful and stable strain within the narrative of Korean history, to which “no religious wars” and “a remarkable ability to recover from wars” should be added.

2020-05-31 18:07

Donald Kirk

Truths about Gwangju

By Donald Kirk Details about what happened at Gwangju during those terrible days from May 18 through May 27, 1980, remain elusive four decades later. One of the greatest mysteries is who ordered helicopters to fire on demonstrators. Investigators will have trouble extracting confessions from aging army veterans or finding witnesses beyond those who have long since described w...

2020-05-28 17:34

Park Moo-jong

Saving Han Myeong-sook

On Aug. 25, 2015, about 150 people, including several lawmakers of the then opposition party, held a “ceremony” to see off a convict going to jail to serve her two-year prison term in front of the Seoul Detention House.

2020-05-28 17:27

Lee Seong-hyon

New US-China Cold War

Just short of calling it a “Cold War,” the U.S. formally announced the onset of a new Cold War with China, with the public announcement of the “United States Strategic Approach to the People's Republic of China," May 20. South Korea may try to disown such a notion or demote the significance of the report, signed by President Trump, because that would indicate a geopolitical d...

2020-05-26 17:08

US-China conflict: South Korea stuck between rock and hard place

Troy Stangarone

Pandemic's impact on North Korea's trade with China

North Korea's decision at the end of January to close its border with China likely minimized any outbreak of COVID-19 domestically, but it has also had a significant impact on its trade with China.

2020-05-26 17:05

John Burton

Korean cinema had its breakout moment in the U.S. when “Parasite” won the Oscar for Best Picture, while the same could be said for K-pop when BTS soared to the top of the music charts. Is it now the turn of Korean baseball?

2020-05-25 17:15

Mark Peterson

Singular Korean surnames

When I came to understand that surnames in Korea were unlike those in other countries - a high concentration of the population having one of only a few names - it occurred to me that this was indeed a measure of what I had been looking at in other perspectives.

2020-05-24 17:35

Chang Se-moon

Post-pandemic world economic environment

Professor Kwak Soo-il, who is widely respected for his contribution to management science in Korea and is now a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and professor Cho Nam-shin, who teaches management at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, invited me to give a presentation at the Korea Management Development Institute.

2020-05-24 17:27

Donald Kirk

Gwangju's place in history

The memories never fade. The stories of the 10 days of defiance, of suffering and bloodshed, live on in a city that still seethes with resentment 40 years after the uprising that began with a student demonstration on May 18, 1980.

2020-05-21 17:17

Mark Peterson

Gwangju after 40 years

On Saturday I was asked to serve as a judge for the May 18th commemoration student speech contest in English, for middle and high school students of Gwangju. As a judge I was not prepared for the power of the speeches that I heard.

2020-05-21 17:14

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