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Kang Seung-woo is the Business Desk editor at The Korea Times. Prior to this position, he covered politics, national affairs, finance and sports.

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Las Vegas features more than just casinos

Gambling city offers various entertainment options By Kang Seung-wooLAS VEGAS ― The very first glimmering images of Las Vegas that spring to mind might be bright lights, enormous hotels and visitors flocking to busy casinos.However, for those uninterested in gambling, Las Vegas offers plenty of other options, living up to its nickname “The Entertainment Capital of the World.”Restaurants and bars Las Vegas is famous for its extensive collection of casual and fine-dining restaurants and bars. From brunch hotspots to upscale restaurants, it is easy to find something to meet every culinary need. CATCH at ARIA Resort & Casino / Courtesy of CATCHCATCH, located at the Aria Resort and Casino, is a great, Instagram-friendly restaurant featuring an amazing picturesque entryway and beautiful dining room with an olive tree in the center. However, the picture-perfect environment is not CATCH's lone bragging right. The go-to dining destination offers delectable Asian-inspired seafood such as the Truffle Sashimi dressed with caviar and the Hellfire Roll, a spicy tuna sushi roll with

Mar 5, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Las Vegas features more than just casinos
Politics

Park's letter from prison rocks political circle

Yoo Young-ha, former President Park Geun-hye's lawyer, holds up her letter from prison at the National Assembly in Seoul, Wednesday. / YonhapJailed ex-president calls for unified conservative force to win April electionBy Kang Seung-wooImpeached former President Park Geun-hye's letter from prison is creating a buzz in political circles as she calls for a unified conservative bloc ahead of the upcoming general election.While liberal parties denounce the move as “regency,” it remains to be seen whether her call will really help the conservatives to intensify solidarity and win the April 15 poll.On Wednesday, Park's lawyer Yoo Young-ha unveiled her handwritten letter asking divided conservatives, including her staunch supporters who are symbolized as waving the national flag, to come together around the “existing opposition heavyweight” and win the election because the current administration is incompetent, hypocritical and "self-righteous."The “existing opposition heavyweight” apparently refers to the main opposition Unified Future Party (UFP), which

Mar 5, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Park's letter from prison rocks political circle
North Korea

Seoul's NK policies raise validity issue

Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul / Korea Times fileBy Kang Seung-wooThe Moon Jae-in administration has once again reached out to North Korea for cooperation in healthcare and more joint activities.However, viability and practicality of the South's policies have been called into question, as the North responded with projectile firings and fresh condemnation of the Moon government.The Ministry of Unification unveiled its five policy plans for this year, Tuesday, and they included pushing ahead with individual tourism by South Koreans to North Korea and making joint efforts to hold the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul and Pyongyang in 2032.“It is not feasible, considering the current situation on the Korean Peninsula,” said Park Won-gon, a professor of international politics at Handong Global University. “Little development in the South's drive for inter-Korean exchanges and cooperation is mainly due to the North disregarding and paying no attention to it.”In fact, President Moon proposed the idea of the government allowing citizens to make individual tours to the

Mar 4, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Seoul's NK policies raise validity issue
Defense

Female ROTC cadet receives presidential award

Lee Su-ji, an Army ROTC cadet of Sungshin Women's University / YonhapBy Kang Seung-wooThe military's glass ceiling continues to break as Lee Su-ji, an Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) cadet of Sungshin Women's University, has been commissioned after winning an award conferred upon the most-outstanding military trainee.According to the Ministry of National Defense, a total of 3,971 cadets began their duties as junior officers in the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, Monday, and Lee, a law major at the Seoul-based school, received the top prize for Army cadets from President Moon Jae-in. The 22-year-old is the third female Army cadet to graduate summa cum laude in the military program. “I give special thanks to my parents, who fully supported me and helped me to become an outstanding cadet, as well as my fellow ROTC cadets and instructors,” Lee said.“I will use this award to motivate me to try my best and be committed to protecting national security.” During her cadet training, Lee was called a “freak” by her peers due to her outst

Mar 4, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Female ROTC cadet receives presidential award
Foreign Affairs

Explaining Korea's virus responses

Vice Foreign Minister Cho Sei-young, right, holds a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Korea Harry Harris at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul, Wednesday, to explain the government's countermeasures against the spread of COVID-19. Cho asked Harris to request the U.S. government to not impose excessive entry restrictions for Koreans over coronavirus fears. / Yonhap

Mar 4, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Explaining Korea's virus responses
Foreign Affairs

FM accused of 'botched' handling of entry ban

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha answers to questions from lawmakers during an interpellation session at the National Assembly in Seoul, Monday. / YonhapBy Kang Seung-wooForeign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, who is in the hot seat over a growing number of countries banning or restricting the entry of Korean citizens due to a surge in coronavirus cases here, could face a prosecution investigation after a civic group filed a complaint against her.The Public Welfare Committee said Monday that it had requested the prosecution to investigate Kang for dereliction of duty as she “failed to manage the situation properly.”“The number of countries which have imposed entry bans on Koreans and placed tighter entry restrictions on travelers from Korea has been rapidly increasing, but the foreign minister has dealt with the issue passively without making them aware that the epidemic did not originate in Korea,” the group said in the petition. In addition, the civic group also accused Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Park Yang-woo of the same dereliction of duty.On Monday, the

Mar 2, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Foreign Affairs

Joint drill suspension to deescalate tensions on peninsula

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the border village of Panmunjeom in the Demilitarized Zone, June. 30, 2019. / Korea Times fileNuclear talks between NK, US have uncertain future By Kang Seung-wooThe indefinite suspension of the annual joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States is expected to have an incidental effect of de-escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, diplomatic experts said Friday.However, it remains to be seen if the decision will help get the stalled nuclear talks between North Korea and the U.S. back on track, they added. On Thursday, the allies announced that they would postpone their joint exercises indefinitely amid the surge in COVID-19 cases across the peninsula. They had initially planned to hold them in March.While negotiations between the two countries have stalled for more than a year since the collapse of the Hanoi summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in February 2019, this year's drills had been regarded as a litmus test to see whether the peninsul

Feb 28, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Joint drill suspension to deescalate tensions on peninsula
Foreign Affairs

Long road ahead for normalization of Korea-Japan ties

President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pose during the RCEP Summit in Nonthaburi, Thailand, Nov. 4, 2019. / Korea Times fileBy Kang Seung-wooWhen the Korean government temporarily suspended ending the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) with Japan three months ago, the decision painted a rosy outlook for the development of the soured relations between Seoul and Tokyo.However, even though it has been more than 100 days since the GSOMIA was put on life support, Nov. 22, there are no signs to be seen of the two neighbors establishing a reconciliatory mood ― despite a summit between President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, two foreign ministers' talks and other working-level meetings.Rather, there are a myriad of pending issues including a costly trade war in connection with a row over wartime forced labor, casting a shadow over the prospect of the normalization of bilateral ties. The biggest sticking point between the two countries is whether the legal process to liquidate Japanese firms' assets in Korea will start this

Feb 28, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Long road ahead for normalization of Korea-Japan ties
Politics

Policy briefings

President Moon Jae-in speaks during a policy briefing by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries at Cheong Wa Dae, Thursday. He stressed the need to levy more taxes on owners of multiple houses in order to stabilize the nation's property market, while calling for aggressive efforts to help the shipping industry reemerge as a global power. / Yonhap

Feb 27, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Defense

Joint military drills postponed due to virus fears

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) spokesman Col. Kim Joon-rak announces the decision by Korea and the United States to postpone their annual springtime joint military exercises due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Left is Col. Lee Peters, director of public affairs for the Combined Forces Command and the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK). / YonhapBy Kang Seung-wooAmid the surge in COVID-19 cases across the peninsula, Korea and the United States have decided to postpone their annual joint military exercises indefinitely, officials said Thursday. The allies had initially planned to hold the exercises in March.The decision marks the first time that the two countries have had to modify the schedule of their combined drills due to a public health problem.“In light of the government's declaration of the highest alert level of 'severe' for COVID-19, the ROK-U.S. alliance has made the decision to postpone the combined command post training for the ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command until further notice,” Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) spokesman Col. Kim Joon-rak said during a press briefin

Feb 27, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Joint military drills postponed due to virus fears
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