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Oh Young-jin Column

Sun, August 25, 2019 | 16:46

Let me introduce Korea's next president

Don't we fancy having a president, who is not a professional politician or former Army general but a comic like Volodymyr Zelensky, the newly elected Ukrainian head of state? Throw in a Cabinet of funny guys and an entertainer as National Assembly speaker and chances are that there would be more things to laugh at than now.

Oh Young-jin | 2019-04-26 17:43

Holley justice, Korean style

It's a metamorphosis put on super-stimulating methamphetamine - Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde. In a matter of days, Robert Holley, a Mormon from California who became a naturalized Korean named Ha Il, turned from a goofy, jolly-good fellow, international lawyer - turned-TV-personality into a drug addict, who for years led a secret life as non-binary and even duped his trusting frien...

Oh Young-jin | 2019-04-12 13:30

Mr. President, stop acting like amateur

Take a step back and it is easier to see how political battle lines are moving.

Oh Young-jin | 2019-04-05 17:31

Moon's faux pas

“Even with 10 mouths, there can be nothing to say,” an old Korean saying meaning an inexcusable mistake, may apply to a series of gaffes made during the recent presidential visit to Brunei, Malaysia and Cambodia. Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon admitted that it showed a lack of professionalism and promised to ameliorate it, while Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-hwa apologized. The Fo...

Oh Young-jin | 2019-03-22 17:52

Why our North Korea policy always fails

The biggest loser in the no-deal Hanoi summit between North Korea's Kim Jong-un and U.S.'s Donald Trump was neither of the two but South Korean President Moon Jae-in. It means his reconciliatory North Korea policy is in trouble and may be doomed with no second chances as Trump appears to be leaning to the usual insider Washington regimen with his presidency to be boxed in by ...

Oh Young-jin | 2019-03-15 17:26

Korea will miss Trump's flair

U.S. President Donald Trump could have pulled it off, cutting the Gordian knot on the North Korean nuclear conundrum once and for all. But the chance of such a dramatic Trumpian resolution appears slipping after his no-deal Hanoi, Vietnam, summit with North Korea's young dictator Kim Jong-un.

Oh Young-jin | 2019-03-08 10:30

Can we see Kim Jong-un again?

After his no-deal Hanoi summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, one question worth pondering, however implausible it may sound in the immediate and confusing aftermath, is: would Kim Jong-un, the youthful North Korean leader, be able to hang on to power? Kim was reportedly ditching some of his remaining itinerary to go home early after splitting from Trump without having lun...

Oh Young-jin | 2019-03-01 14:11

Trump-Kim dictatorial love affair

Trump's dictatorial love for Kim and the latter's willingness to follow Trump's lead are not bad for the rest of the world by some modest standards. Next week's Hanoi, Vietnam, summit between the two will surely prove it.

Oh Young-jin | 2019-02-22 16:40

Speculation abound as Hanoi summit approaches

Prize that belittles winner

Which is wrong, the award or its recipient? That is the question I had as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to Seoul to receive the 14th Seoul Peace Prize that has a handsome cash award. My answer is that the award is more wrong than the winner.

Oh Young-jin | 2019-02-22 16:35

Foreign minister's misplaced modesty

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha has left much to be desired over the way she handled herself at the conclusion of ROK-U.S. cost-sharing talks for U.S. forces stationed here. Call it serendipity, but it is possible to correlate Minister Kang's lack of a poker face with U.S. President Donald Trump's demand for an additional increase in Korea's share of costs Tuesday. Kang was c...

Oh Young-jin | 2019-02-15 17:16

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