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Sun, September 22, 2019 | 16:58

Archive to revive 1907 Korea

While I was finalizing my dissertation in November 2017, UNESCO decided to list on the Memory of the World Register the very documentary archives I had been researching - the National Debt Redemption Movement Archives. Those thousands of historical records, handwritten letters and newspaper articles from of 1907 to 1910 attest to the first nationwide voluntary fundraising mov...

2019-09-20 17:38

Hypocritical behavior

We Koreans often use “nae-ro nam-bul,” an expression certain to make non-Korean speakers tilt their heads and question: “What does this mean?” It is a coined Korean term (with an English word inserted), a four-syllable abbreviation from “naega hamyeon, 'romance'; nami hamyeon, bullyun.” In short, it means: “If I love someone, it is a romance; but if others do, it is an affair...

2019-09-19 16:06

Appeasing North Korea

President Moon Jae-in, in his anxiety to appease North Korea, faces difficult choices. North Korea is easily offended.

2019-09-19 09:58

Beijing-Seoul ties after Xi's Pyongyang visit

There are some qualitative differences in the way China treats South Korea since Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to Pyongyang. The visit to Pyongyang, which took place in late June, itself was a significant event in Sino-North Korea ties; China signified it was raising its stake in the geopolitical dividends of the North Korea nuclear matter. Interestingly, without any publ...

Na Jeong-ju2019-09-17 17:47

Moon's biggest mission in New York

President Moon Jae-in will leave for New York City, Sunday, to attend the U.N. General Assembly and hold talks with his U.S. counterpart on the sidelines.

2019-09-17 17:36

N.Korea's spat with UN

It might seem perverse for a country where 40 percent of the population faces the risk of going hungry that North Korea should request a reduction in the number of United Nations humanitarian aid workers there by the end of 2019.

2019-09-16 18:22

Schadenfreude, Korea style

I have to admit that I am surprised at the groundswell of outrage that seemed to take over the Korean society against recently appointed Minister of Justice Cho Guk's alleged hypocrisy. More specifically, outrage against how his daughter managed to do a student internship at a medical lab and be listed as the primary author on a paper that was published in a respected medical...

2019-09-15 17:34

Who is to blame for bad economic policies?

Recently, I read some newspaper articles criticizing the economics department of Seoul National University. The criticism appears based on the controversial economic policies of the Moon administration that are squeezing the private sector of the economy to a painful and gradual path toward disappearance. These economic policies are mostly, if not all, allegedly designed by e...

2019-09-15 17:27

Shooting down war-crazy hawk

Kim Jong-un must be happy now. What could have made him feel better than for his friend President Donald Trump to dump John Bolton as national security adviser? As Trump made clear, he and Bolton disagreed on many things, notably the Middle East, Iran and Afghanistan. Bolton's hawkish instincts would have appeared to fit in perfectly with Trump's views, but Bolton was conside...

2019-09-11 15:39

Japan isn't the devil

I'm worried by the current, growing division between Japan and Korea. I don't think it furthers the South Korean national interest. It reduces regional peace, commerce and security. I'm a foreigner and American - and a friend of Korea. The following are sincere concerns.

2019-09-10 17:02

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