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Sun, December 15, 2019 | 04:30

Choi Sung-jin

Eternal triangle in Northeast Asia

There is an unwritten rule among all Korean athletes in national squads regardless of events: Never lose to Japan. Players say, half-jokingly, “We have to win even in rock, paper, and scissors if our counterparts are Japanese.”

2019-11-19 17:37

In defense of 'J-nomics'

President Moon Jae-in will pass the halfway point of his single five-year term Saturday. According to a poll by The Hankook Ilbo, the sister paper of The Korea Times, Moon has fared worst in the economic area, scoring 5.5 on a 10-point scale. The 21 economists who took part in the survey gave a failing grade to Moon's economic policy dubbed “J-nomics.” Can he turn it around in the remaining two-and-a-half years? For now, it seems to be anybody's guess.

2019-11-05 16:40

Taming wayward brother

On Oct. 11, 1990, South and North Korea held their first friendly football match at Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in Pyongyang. After the game, players from both teams and 150,000 North Korean spectators sang the song “Our Wish Is Unification” together. The Korean Peninsula appeared to be one step closer to reunification at the time.

2019-10-22 17:30

Trump risk and Koreas

U.S. President Donald Trump's North Korea policy has earned higher marks here than his predecessor's, especially among liberals who want inter-Korean rapprochement, despite the numerous problems and controversies surrounding him.

2019-10-01 16:20

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

Disappointed with US

South Korea and the United States have been “blood allies” over the past seven decades. America liberated the Korean Peninsula from Japanese colonial rule, protected South Korea from North Korean invasion, and bought South Korean products to jumpstart the latter's economy. In short, South Korea today is unthinkable without the U.S. as its benefactor.

2019-09-03 18:15

All foes and no friends - for now

In June last year, President Moon Jae-in received global attention by arranging an unprecedented summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. One year and two months later, President Moon seems to be one of the loneliest - and most troubled - leaders in the world.

2019-08-20 18:15

Second - and real - independence

Last Friday, the Kakao Talk group chat of my elementary school friends got quite rowdy. It was right after Japan announced the removal of South Korea from the “whitelist” of countries that receive preferential treatment in trade.

2019-08-07 16:47

Japan's third invasion

Last Sunday, a movie channel reran, perhaps for about the 10th time, “Roaring Currents,” a 2014 film on how Admiral Yi Sun-sin rescued the Joseon Kingdom from Japanese invasion (1592-98). With little else to do, I watched again the collective struggle of the unparalleled military leader, his soldiers and civilians in repelling the aggressors.

2019-07-23 16:54

Show must go on

“Those guys are performing a diplomatic show.” That's what I muttered to myself while watching the meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with South Korean President Moon Jae-in looking on as a go-between, at the truce village of Panmunjeom, June 30.

2019-07-09 17:50

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