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Mon, October 22, 2018 | 13:11

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'The Spy Gone North'

“The Spy Gone North,” the new movie by director Yoon Jong-bin, is slow-moving and lacks the shock and awe of almost any other film of this type. It is absolutely riveting, however, if one lived through the 1990s connected in any way to the politics and policies of South Korea.

Stephen Costello | 2018-08-17 17:09

Sweltering with summit fever

Summit fever these days is as hot as the weather. We face weeks of heated debate in the run-up to a third summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korea's Kim Jong-un and maybe a second summit between President Donald Trump and Kim. The Moon-Kim summit is going to test Moon's willingness to stand up to Kim.

Donald Kirk | 2018-08-16 16:55

When it comes to summertime, people must think of the sizzling heat, especially the unprecedented one of this year, and music lovers may be reminded of “Summertime” from George Gershwin's 1935 opera “Porgy and Bess.”

Park Moo-jong | 2018-08-16 16:52

State of Korean traditional music

These days, gugak, Korean traditional music, has experienced something of a renaissance. There are several prominent artists. Consumers of Korean culture can enjoy various performances, recordings, and online videos. We can savor a taste of Korea's ancient past and keep it alive today!

Bernard Rowan | 2018-08-14 18:04

Dealing with Japan

As the cliche here goes, Korea and Japan are so near - geographically - yet so far away - emotionally. A recent public survey shows only 9.2 percent of South Koreans - less than one in every 10 people - think Japan is trustworthy. Opinion polls in Japan also put South Korea very high on the list of least likable countries, perhaps right below North Korea.

Choi Sung-jin | 2018-08-14 17:56

Protracted peace in Korea

It is hard to know exactly what caused the current stalemate on the issue of North Korea's denuclearization. Yet, from sporadic reports, we can reconstruct what has happened since the dramatic U.S.-DPRK summit in June, when North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reaffirmed his commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

Tong Kim | 2018-08-12 17:34

I grew up with five brothers and three sisters. None of us had any private space. Each room was used for multiple purposes. Our parents' bedroom was used as a living room and (with the addition of a tray) dining room, and contained a telephone and eventually a TV set. Later on, a refrigerator joined the furniture.

Hyon O'Brien | 2018-08-10 16:54

Trump's strategy for North Korea

Is President Donald Trump offering a tutorial on how to negotiate with the North Koreans _ reminding them of the riches and rewards awaiting them the moment they enter his magic kingdom?

Donald Kirk | 2018-08-09 18:41

'Republic of Regulation'

What are public servants for? A servant is one that serves others or the home of a master or personal employer. A public servant especially performs duties for the people, namely tax payers.

Park Moo-jong | 2018-08-09 18:38

Your kind aren't welcomed here

Have we forgotten the 20th century, with its Stalin, Lenin, Hitler, Mussolini, Polpot and Mao Zedong: its pogroms and purges; its Holocaust and World Wars; its conflagration of miseries and atomic afterglows? The cicatrix of Poland and the cicatrix of Cambodia and Laos, the burned-out remains of Hue, the palls from these were thick with the stench of death; we, some of us at least, do not remember.

Deauwand Myers | 2018-08-08 17:26

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