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Mon, January 20, 2020 | 17:43

[INTERVIEW] A stitch in time: preserving traditional Korean embroidery

[INTERVIEW] A stitch in time: preserving traditional Korean embroidery

Greeting the New Year, as Korea's biggest holiday approaches, suddenly I was interested in “our own” culture. Visiting the Han Sang Soo Embroidery Museum in Seongbuk-dong was surprising serendipity.

2020-01-18 09:41

[VIEW] South Korea is key barometer for internationalization of Chinese renminbi

[VIEW] South Korea is key barometer for internationalization of Chinese renminbi

The internationalization of the Chinese currency, the renminbi, which is also known as the yuan, was perhaps the hottest issue for the international monetary system during the first half of the 2010s.

2020-01-11 10:18

[VIEW] How to restore relations between Korea and Japan

[VIEW] How to restore relations between Korea and Japan

Last year was one of the most confrontational periods for Korea-Japan relations in recent memory. Among the issues were ending and then re-extending the intelligence-sharing GSOMIA (General Security of Military Information Agreement), the appeal on the deal regarding enforced sexual slavery, the Korean Supreme Court's decision on forced labor, the use of the Rising Sun Flag, ...

2020-01-04 10:38

[VIEW] Military competition in Northeast Asia and military cooperation between South Korea and China

[VIEW] Military competition in Northeast Asia and military cooperation between South Korea and China

The maritime arms race in Northeast Asia, especially between South Korea, China and Japan, is regarded as at a serious level. The four neighboring powers, especially the U.S., have greatly contributed to this military competition.

2019-12-28 09:34

[VIEW] Misreading North Korea's leverage on Trump

[VIEW] Misreading North Korea's leverage on Trump

The Moon Jae-in government seems hopeful that North Korea's Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump will soon resume practical negotiations on denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and hold a third summit, respectively for personal and national interest.

2019-12-21 11:11

[VIEW] Pyongyang trapped in illusion of 'North Korean superiority'

[VIEW] Pyongyang trapped in illusion of 'North Korean superiority'

Unlike the reconciliatory and cooperative inter-Korean mood last year, 2019 was the year that North Korea continued its aggressive action toward the South. In 2019, Pyongyang clearly condemned South Korea's role as a mediator and facilitator through Kim Jong-un's speech at the 14th Supreme People's Assembly on April 12. This attitude remained even after the ROK-DPRK-U.S. Summ...

2019-12-14 10:58

[INTERVIEW] Korea-China relations definitely entering new phase

[INTERVIEW] Korea-China relations definitely entering new phase

Ambassador Qiu Guohong was born in Shanghai and graduated from the Shanghai International Studies University (SISU). He joined the Foreign Ministry in 1981 and previously served as ambassador to Nepal and director of security affairs. He is the longest-serving ambassador to Korea, after being appointed in February 2014. He is a fifth-tier master of baduk player and was second...

2019-11-30 11:40

[VIEW] Managing the fundamental change of a century in world politics

[VIEW] Managing the fundamental change of a century in world politics

In recent years, Chinese leader Xi Jinping coined the widely used phrase “the fundamental change in world politics of the century” to portray China's deteriorating external environment. Without giving a specific definition of what the change is, the general understanding is that it refers to worsening Sino-U.S. relations in the advent of Washington finally coming up with a st...

2019-11-16 09:51

[VIEW] Unexpected achievements, emerging challenges on sixth anniversary of BRI

[VIEW] Unexpected achievements, emerging challenges on sixth anniversary of BRI

It has been six years since the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), regarded as a “Century Project,” was proposed in 2013. BRI is now exerting an increasingly significant effect on the world while influencing China itself greatly. Overall, positive opinions of the many from home and abroad coexist with some doubts of the few. The research done over the past six years offers the a...

2019-11-09 10:58

[INTERVIEW] Desire to share China's experience with the international community

[INTERVIEW] Desire to share China's experience with the international community

In early October, I met Fu Ying, vice chairperson (deputy minister in terms of Korea) of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the National People's Congress. Fu Ying is one the world's most famous Chinese.

2019-11-02 10:09

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