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Tue, October 22, 2019 | 13:26

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

G20 and thereafter

President Moon Jae-in will leave for Osaka, Japan, tomorrow to attend the Group of 20 summit, Friday and Saturday. The G20 summit can hardly come at a more delicate time, as major countries wrestle with changes in the global political climate, marked by a hegemonic battle between the United States and China, and rapidly spreading populism and political extremism in many parts of the world.

2019-06-25 17:17

New Cold War and Koreas

The Korean Peninsula is one of the few areas in the world that has the remnants of the global confrontation between capitalists and communists from the last century. That is, this divided peninsula has yet to overcome the old Cold War. Nevertheless, the Koreas are at risk of being involved in a new one - between the United States and China, this time around.

2019-06-11 17:55

Restart of Korea-Japan ties

The relationship between South Korea and Japan is at its most strained in decades or, as some say, since the two countries normalized ties in 1965. Unlike in the past, the more angered side seems to be Tokyo, not Seoul, this time around. Nothing shows this better than Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono's repeated diplomatic discourtesy. Kono rudely urged President Moon Jae-in to resolve the critical pending issue between the two countries before he visits Osaka, Japan, to attend the G20 summit meeting next month.

2019-05-28 17:33

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