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Mon, July 22, 2019 | 14:28

[INTERVIEW] Globalization: Chinese universities develop strong policies

Korea has become attractive enough to host 100,000 students from around the world. Now the Korean government has revised and announced the “Study Korea 2020 Project,” aimed at extending the program to host 200,000 international students. However, globalization is not something that only the Korean government or universities promote. Neighboring China and Japan also pursue suc...

2019-07-20 09:14

[VIEW] Winners and losers after Trump's DMZ visit

On June 30, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un crossed a line dividing the South and North Korean parts of Panmunjeom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Trump thus became the first sitting U.S. president to step onto North Korean soil.

2019-07-13 07:51

[VIEW] The game changers for peace and security in Asia

United Nations Security Council Resolution 2250 (UNSCR 2250), unanimously adopted in 2015, stresses the importance of youth participation in peace building. The resolution is considered the first of its kind by the council to focus on youth, peace and security. It urges member states to consider setting up mechanisms that would enable young people to participate meaningfully ...

2019-07-06 09:22

[VIEW] America's decoupling tendency toward China

The issue of “decoupling” has been a major concern for American and Chinese intellectuals in the past and now it seems it has become the policy agenda in the American political sphere that is being implemented.

2019-06-29 09:18

[INTERVIEW] Korea-Japan relations: Against all odds, there is still hope

Korea-Japan relations are without a doubt one of the most important bilateral relationships for the two countries. The rosiest period for both might have been October 1998 when former Korean President Kim Dae Jung and then Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi issued in Tokyo a “Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Joint Declaration: A New Japan-ROK Partnership toward the Twenty-firs...

2019-06-22 10:14

[REVIEW] How Chinese media perceive US-China trade dispute

Chinese media think that China and the U.S. should cooperate with each other instead of having a trade war.

2019-06-15 07:09

[VIEW] Shangri-La: The silent rebellion of the small powers

The 2019 Shangri-La Dialogue was expected to display fireworks between the United States and China. The U.S. announcement of its free and open Indo-Pacific strategy and China's decision to send its defense minister for the first time in eight years set the scene for a wrestling match between the two strategic competitors.

2019-06-08 09:09

[VIEW] Suggestion for restoring Korean-Japanese relations: Agreeing to disagree

Today, Korean-Japanese relations are going through a turbulent period. Efforts to analyze the reasons behind the strained relationship case by case would be futile because agreement would be difficult.

2019-06-01 13:31

[VIEW] Taiwan blocked: WHA an indicator of sour cross-strait relations

The 72nd World Health Assembly (WHA) began on May 20. But Taiwan (ROC) has been unable to participate meaningfully in the WHA as an observer three times since its last attendance in May 2016. This is a critical indicator of cross-Taiwan Strait relations.

2019-05-25 10:02

[VIEW] U.S.-China trade dispute, evaluation and Korea's choice

After the U.S. raised the tariff rate on Chinese products worth $200 billion to 25 percent, China responded with a counter-punch, imposing retaliatory tariffs up to 25 percent on $60 billion of U.S. products.

2019-05-18 09:23

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