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Korea Times-APLN Essay Contest 2021 Data-driven disarmament: Considering the relationship between emerging technology, the Korean Peninsula, and the next generation

By Jamie Withorne Across the nuclear policy community, there has been a recent pivot to emerging technology. That is to say, the community has increasingly found itself concerned about the potential for emerging technology to drive competition between states, thereby exacerbating the potential risk for escalation and subsequent nuclear use. Many of these existing conversations have focused on specific lethal technologies, providing morose warnings of “data-driven destruction” ― namely, arguments that new technology will make the world more vulnerable to nuclear destruction. However, these arguments often fail to consider that advances in emerging technology (specifically software-oriented improvements, like information processing), paired with new voices of the next generation, can begin to make the world safer from nuclear use. By specifically considering the case of the Korean Peninsula, this piece will show how emerging technologies c

Nov 26, 2021By Kim Rahn

[Korea Times-APLN Essay Contest 2021] Data-driven disarmament: Considering the relationship between emerging technology, the Korean Peninsula, and the next generation

Korea Times-APLN Essay Contest 2021 Ethical dilemma of nuclear weapons: hegemony, security dilemma and continued stalemate

By Miriam Astrid Machado Rieback On Sept. 28 North Korea fired a missile which landed in the sea on the Korean Peninsula's east coast. Following the launch, North Korea's neighboring countries Japan and South Korea and the United States condemned the missile launch. South Korea's President Moon Jae-in expressed the importance of stabilizing the peninsula and found the launch regretful. Hours before the launch, North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations had urged that the hostile policies against North Korea led by the United States must end and claimed that the country has the right to self-defense and to test its own weapons.Since its first test in 1984, North Korea has performed some 150 tests of strategic missiles and six nuclear tests. Though the United Nations and individual countries ― the U.S. ― have imposed heavy sanctions on the country in an attempt to persuade a denuclearization process, sanctions have been largely unsucce

Nov 26, 2021By Kim Rahn

[Korea Times-APLN Essay Contest 2021] Ethical dilemma of nuclear weapons: hegemony, security dilemma and continued stalemate

Korea Times-APLN Essay Contest 2021 AUKUS nuclear submarine deal: evident harms and future-proof solutions

By Lee Sang-ou On Sept. 15, Washington, London and Canberra announced a new strategic pact to strengthen their ties across various sectors including military, cyber and maritime domains. The pact is named after a clever abbreviation of the acronyms of the three countries, namely AUKUS. However, unlike the brevity of its name, AUKUS has already started to spark conflicts from day one.The core of AUKUS is simple: the U.S. and the U.K. ― nuclear states ― providing nuclear-propelled submarines to Australia ― a non-nuclear state. This flagged up serious attention from countries including China and France. Beijing expressed its concern, claiming that AUKUS will escalate the tensions in the Indo-Pacific region. Paris also showed a grumpy face after Canberra renounced a multi-million-dollar diesel-electronic submarine deal with Paris. However, in my opinion, it is most noteworthy that Australia will acquire high-enriched uranium (HEU)-based nucl

Nov 26, 2021By Kim Rahn

[Korea Times-APLN Essay Contest 2021] AUKUS nuclear submarine deal: evident harms and future-proof solutions

'Korea_Grandma' YouTuber cooks food for Thanksgiving with US embassy

YouTuber Park Mak-rye, right, and American Charge d'Affaires to Korea Chris Del Corso pose before cooking food for Thanksgiving at Habib House in central Seoul, Tuesday. / Captured from InstagramBy Lee Hae-rinElderly YouTuber Park Mak-rye, also known as “Korea_Grandma,” was invited by the U.S. Embassy, Tuesday, to cook food for Thanksgiving with U.S. Charge d'Affaires Chris Del Corso. Park and Del Corso cooked traditional Korean dishes “japchae” (stir-fried glass noodle) and “galbijjim” (braised beef short ribs) and shared traditional American dishes at Habib House, the residence for the U.S. ambassador to Korea in central Seoul, to celebrate Thanksgiving, according to the U.S. embassy and Park's Instgram.“She is a role model that demonstrates how vital it is that the voice of the elder generation is represented in the digital space. And she has such a huge influence on the young generation who are digital natives. We wanted to learn more about her stories so we could understand traditional Korean culture through her experience. And we wanted

Nov 25, 2021By Lee Hae-rin

'Korea_Grandma' YouTuber cooks food for Thanksgiving with US embassy

Korea Times receives 'Video Storytelling Award' for Nth room documentary

By Hwang Dong-heeThe Korea Times video team received a “Video Storytelling Award” at the 10th Korea Digital Journalism Awards, Wednesday, for the documentary film “The Nth Room case: The Making of a Monster.”The film covers the notorious online sexual blackmail ring case which shocked the nation last year as a string of appalling cases of sexual exploitation crimes that were committed through chatroom groups of the Telegram messaging platform, particularly the group named 'Nth room,' were revealed.From Oct. 2020 to May 2021, The Korea Times' video journalists collaborated with Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, Indonesia's Tempo magazine, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), and Manila-based broadcasting company ABS-CBN to cover the issues of digital sex crimes in Asia.In addition to reporting cases of digital sexual violence in each institution's respective country, the media organizations jointly cooperated to cover similar patterns of sexual exploitation that cross national borders in the digital space, highlighting the need for int

Nov 24, 2021

Korea Times receives 'Video Storytelling Award' for Nth room documentary

ASIAN STORIES Digital sex crime in Asia: Nth room, the making of a monster

Future of literary translation addressed during Korea Times award ceremony

Participants in the 52nd Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards pose during a ceremony at the Lotte Hotel in central Seoul, Wednesday. From left are Korea Times President-Publisher Oh Young-jin; Park Tae-young, deputy minister for culture and art policy; judge Jung Ha-yun, a professor from Ewha Womans University; Poetry Grand Prize Winner Joanne Park; Fiction Grand Prize Winner Youngjae Joesphine Bae; judge Brother Anthony, professor emeritus at Sogang University; judge Min Eun-kyung, a professor at Seoul National University; and Lee Woo-yeul, senior executive vice president and chief human resource officer at KB Financial Group. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukStar author Lee Jung-myung reads an excerpt from his latest bestseller 'Broken Summer'By Kwak Yeon-sooA winner of the 52nd Korea Times Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards took on the issue of humans vs. artificial intelligence (AI) in translation, Wednesday, sparking an intellectual debate about whether machines can replace humans in literary translation. Joanne Park, who won the Grand Prize in poetry for her tra

Nov 24, 2021By Kwak Yeon-soo

Future of literary translation addressed during Korea Times award ceremony

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Church of God members win Int'l environmental awards

Green Organization CEO Roger Wolens, center, encourages ASEZ through supporting signature. Courtesy of Church of GodBy Kim Ok-kyung The World Mission Society of the Church of God, led by General Pastor Kim Joo-cheol, has received international environmental awards. On Nov. 22, the church said that its university student volunteer group “ASEZ” and its young adult volunteer group “ASEZ WAO” were honored with the Green Apple Award and the Green World Award, respectively. These awards are officially recognized by the European Union and the United Kingdom's Environment Agency. In 2018, the Church of God and ASEZ received the Gold and Bronze Green Apple Awards, respectively. With this year's recognition, the environmental protection initiatives they have been carrying out are again in the spotlight. The Green Organisation, an international non-profit group, recognizes and awards excellent cases of environmental best practices. The organization launched the Green Apple Awards in 1994 and have now offer the Green World Awards as well. Committee members in relevant are

Nov 24, 2021

Church of God members win Int'l environmental awards

52nd Korea Times Translation Awards Judges' Report

From top left clockwise, Brother Anthony, Min Eun-kyung, and Jung Ha-yun, the judges of The Korea Times Translation AwardsBy Brother Anthony, Jung Ha-yun and Min Eun-kyungThe work of a literary translator begins with reading, doing an up-close examination of the original text. Through this process, the translator hopes to understand not only the words and the sentences that make up the work but also its literary significance ― both thematic and aesthetic. This is why translators are often expected to play the role of curator or spokesperson in the world literature scene, and why publishers often rely on the translator to choose and recommend works from an unfamiliar culture. As judges for the Korea Times Modern Literature Translation Awards, we look forward each year to discovering exciting new talents and also to being introduced to authors and works that we might have otherwise overlooked. This year's entries included original works by a diverse range of writers, from widely recognized names like Kim Won-il, Kim Ae-ran and Lee Hae-in to new voices like Park Jun and Im Sol-ah. While

Nov 23, 2021

[52nd Korea Times Translation Awards] Judges' Report

52nd Korea Times Translation Awards Fiction Grand Prize winner Youngjae Josephine Bae

Fiction Grand Prize winner Youngjae Josephine BaeYoungjae Josephine Bae is a freelance translator who was born and raised in Seoul except for a couple of years she spent in the U.S. as a child. She earned a bachelor's degree in International Trade from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and a master's degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She began translating Korean literature six years ago when she enrolled in a Special Course at the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) Translation Academy.She picked Park Hyoung-su's short story, “The Tall Dwarf,” for The Korea Times' Translation Award.“I was drawn to the story because it somehow reminded me of a shameful moment in my life, when I playfully called a friend a 'midget' and later realized I had offended her. I was horrified at myself for joking about a person's appearance and for being unaware of how offensive the word can be when I should have known better as someone who translates for a living,” Bae said. “The more important rea

Nov 23, 2021

[52nd Korea Times Translation Awards] Fiction Grand Prize winner Youngjae Josephine Bae

52nd Korea Times Translation Awards Fiction Grand Prize: The Tall Dwarf

Cover of “Romanticism,” which includes Park Hyoung-su's short story “The Tall Dwarf” / Courtesy of MunhakdongneWritten by Park Hyoung-suTranslated by Youngjae Josephine BaeIt took a while for the dwarf to realize he was a dwarf.The dwarf's birth came as a great shock to his parents. Shock soon turned into guilt. The karma of all the sins they had so far knowingly or unknowingly committed seemed to have robbed their son's chance to grow. Instead of resenting the life they would have to cope with, they chose to reflect on their past.The poor child is a victim, the price we must pay for our sins.His parents tried to atone. His father set aside his ambitions as a promising researcher and pursued well-paying projects. His mother gave up her career as a well-respected teacher to be a full-time homemaker. This allowed them to devote their time and money to raising their dwarf son. They changed all the furniture and doors around their house to smaller ones and lowered the ceiling. Some of the replaced items were well-made toys for rich kids instead of real furniture,

Nov 23, 2021

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Korea Times-APLN Essay Contest 2021 Data-driven disarmament: Considering the relationship between emerging technology, the Korean Peninsula, and the next generation

Korea Times-APLN Essay Contest 2021 Ethical dilemma of nuclear weapons: hegemony, security dilemma and continued stalemate

Korea Times-APLN Essay Contest 2021 AUKUS nuclear submarine deal: evident harms and future-proof solutions

'Korea_Grandma' YouTuber cooks food for Thanksgiving with US embassy

Korea Times receives 'Video Storytelling Award' for Nth room documentary

Future of literary translation addressed during Korea Times award ceremony

Church of God members win Int'l environmental awards

52nd Korea Times Translation Awards Judges' Report

52nd Korea Times Translation Awards Fiction Grand Prize winner Youngjae Josephine Bae

52nd Korea Times Translation Awards Fiction Grand Prize: The Tall Dwarf

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