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Tue, September 25, 2018 | 17:57

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[Roundtable] Is Korea too timid to be leader?

I recently encountered three foreign residents who asserted that Koreans should take control of our own fate and play a leading role in peace-making efforts on the Korean Peninsula. Two of them participated in The Korea Times’ roundtable discussion last week. They are Lakhvinder Singh, a long-term Indian resident in Korea who is deeply involved in the peace movement, and Prof...

2017-07-25 17:36

[Roundtable] N. Korea crosses red line, now into red zone

Are we America lovers or China lovers?

After a heated debate about the supposed declining power of the United States, an American friend asked me, “When do Koreans have new masters, the Chinese?” I told him, “We will change our masters, when we need to. We may consider Americans’ behavior in the meantime.” In the lead-up to this tit-for-tat, I told him that the American power is declining so this calls for Korea t...

2017-07-21 13:18

[INTERVIEW] Man who calls himself a god

The decision to interview Huh Kyung-young was an instant one. When stumbling upon a photo of him on our colleague’s Facebook account, we went for it. But it was not an easy decision. There was an occupational fear that an interview with the man who calls himself a god could legitimatize his incredible claims. Weighing against it was a wellspring of curiosity about why and how...

2017-07-19 19:10

How Moon could betray US

President Moon Jae-in’s “successful” summit with U.S. President Donald Trump ironically shows the tenuous state of the ROK-U.S. alliance. The highlight of Moon’s visit that captivated Trump and other Americans was his emotional speech of appreciation for Americans at the statue to memorize the fighting retreat by U.S. Marines from the Chosin Reservoir in the early stages of t...

2017-07-14 11:21

Is new US base safe from N. Korea attacks?

How vulnerable is the new U.S. garrison to North Korea’s attack? Experts say that it could be vulnerable to a concentrated attack from the North’s missiles and long-range rockets. The new U.S. garrison in Pyeongtaek will accommodate most of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK). They include the Eighth U.S. Army (EUSA) headquarters and its mainstay, the 2nd Infantry Division, airfields an...

2017-07-12 14:00

Jang Ha-sung's English

Presidential chief policy adviser Jang Ha-sung used his excellent Wharton School English to rebut U.S. President Donald Trump and his staffers about key trade issues and defense burden-sharing disputes during the recent Korea-U.S. summit in Washington. In this saga, the former activist professor and anti-chaebol fund founder saved the day for the country - so said virtually a...

2017-07-07 13:50

What if Trump is not a bad president?

Isn’t it possible U.S. President Donald Trump is better a leader than he is a pro wrestler or a juvenile old neighborhood bully? The American mainstream media are engaged in a constant screaming contest with Trump - lately rerunning his tweet clip about him pummeling the “CNN man” in a mock ringside slugfest and highlighting his sexist/blood retorts. True, he deserves all the...

2017-07-05 11:47

Moon's inconvenient truth

It is surprising that nobody has earnestly asked this question out loud: Will the deployment of a U.S. missile interceptor, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, pass muster following a full environmental impact assessment? President Moon Jae-in has repeatedly reassured the United States that there will be no reversal of the ROK-U.S. agreement to deploy THAA...

2017-06-30 11:49

Moon's wrong head and high chin

Less than two months after his inauguration, President Moon Jae-in has faced a few diplomatic sticklers. One person has been involved in all of them - the chief of the presidential National Security Office, Chung Eui-yong. Moon fought hard to get his foreign minister nominee, Kang Kyug-wha, confirmed by the National Assembly, but when there appeared no chance, he pressed ahea...

2017-06-29 14:04

'Peace will spur US investment in N. Korea'

Mr. President, show Trump backbone

If U.S. President Donald Trump is as narcissistic as reported, President Moon Jae-in’s pre-summit media strategy might qualify as a success. If Trump has any sense of reality, it could backfire, meaning a loss of face for President Moon and a big dent to the national prestige.

2017-06-28 11:22

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