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Fri, November 15, 2019 | 23:53

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

John Burton

The Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS) is a Geneva-based NGO that monitors the impact of humanitarian assistance worldwide. Twice a year, it issues a report identifying countries that are not getting the humanitarian assistance they need due to access constraints.

2019-11-11 17:02

Mark Peterson

Korean Studies pioneer

In recent issues here, I have paid tribute to some of the founders of Korean Studies in America. Today I want to recall the contributions to Korean Studies of Spencer Palmer.

2019-11-10 17:02

Chang Se-moon

Five scenarios of AI-dominated future

My favorite professor Hong Y. Park, teaching economics at the Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan, is giving a presentation on artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship on Nov. 14.

2019-11-10 16:57

Jason Lim

Much Tada about Uber

I assume that the name of the van-sharing service, “Tada,” is a take on the Korean word meaning, “Get in,” as in to get in a car. Of course, “Ta-da” is also the word that a magician uses right before they pull off a magic trick, like pulling a rabbit out of a hat. In South Korea's case recently, it seems that the magician shouted, “Ta-da!” but failed to pull anything out. The...

2019-11-08 17:35

Donald Kirk

Korea versus Japan

WASHINGTON - Koreans have innumerable reasons to resent Japan's sense of superiority and also every reason to get over it. Astonishingly, apologists for North Korea deride U.S. attempts at persuading South Korean and Japanese leaders to get along with each other. It's as though they really think South Korea and Japan should go to war - or at least avoid contact - while favori...

2019-11-07 17:24

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