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Fri, October 20, 2017 | 01:36

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Tips for a happy kitchen

Food has become very important in Korean culture. There is a flood of TV shows that revolve around eating and cooking. By watching such shows, a person is likely to develop an interest in making something for themselves. That is how I started to get into cooking. My favorite is a daily show on EBS featuring some of Korea’s most seasoned chefs.

2017-10-18 16:44

North Korea's winning strategies

I don’t completely buy into the idea that North Korea is capable of taking the bigger and stronger South Korea, whether it has nuclear weapons or not. Certainly, the North has gained new asymmetric power that affects the current balance of power. So Kim Jong-un, its leader, may feel tempted to polish up the plan for communizing the South, an idea that has long been put in mot...

2017-10-13 16:40

Trump must read T. Friedman

My name is Kim Tae-gyu, the business editor of The Korea Times. I am writing you to recommend a book which impressed me. Let me begin with a distinguished U.S. citizen. I am not a big fan of Thomas Friedman, the journalist and writer of such bestsellers as “The Lexus and the Olive Tree,” and “The World Is Flat.” I understand what he writes, but for some reason neither book re...

2017-10-11 17:26

[Roundtable] Security ensured on Korean Peninsula

Preventing juvenile crimes

A recent photograph showing a teenage girl kneeling on the ground soaked in blood, beaten by her peer group shocked the nation. The 15-year old victim was abused for more than an hour by four other teenage girls who inflicted severe wounds on her face and scalp until she fell unconscious. Marks caused by cigarette burns were also found on her body. This photograph and surveil...

2017-09-27 17:01

Modify engagement policy toward N. Korea

“Will war break out in Korea?” This is a question I get often these days. Like most people here staying calm despite rattling dispute over North Korea’s repeated firing of missiles, I have remained largely negative over the possibility of war on the peninsula. The war could, however, take place under two scenarios with either the United States making preemptive strikes agains...

2017-09-20 16:48

Trump's speech no prelude to military action

How US pullout could take place

To tweak Mao Zedong’s phrase, few would disagree that the United States is comparable to lips that protect teeth, which is South Korea. The ROK-U.S. alliance was forged in blood when Americans came to the South’s rescue when North Korea, backed by China and the former Soviet Union, invaded the South in the 1950-53 Korean War. The alliance has worked well so far, enabling Seou...

2017-09-15 16:39

US needs to talk to N. Korea

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a new package of sanctions against North Korea in response to its sixth nuclear test. The general consensus among North Korea experts, however, is the sanctions will not change the rogue nation this time, either. Signs show that the North is already preparing to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile in order t...

2017-09-13 17:20

Would nuclear weapons make us safer?

It has become popular for Korean businessmen and bureaucrats to argue that Korea needs to have its own nuclear weapons in order to assure its security. The change in thinking has been aided by a series of high-profile editorials in the Korean media, including editorials by moderate thinkers, advocating for the option of South Korean nuclear weapons as part of a general milita...

2017-09-13 17:04

Rise of popular sovereignty

Popular sovereignty is not a concept often put forth in Korea. In its compressed modern history after the Korean War, a “can-do” spirit pushed the once war-devastated small country toward prosperity and democracy, and on that journey, popular and individual sovereignty were many times preceded by group or national sovereignty. In line with this thought, one of the keywords th...

2017-09-06 17:45

Better lives for North Korean women

I served as a judge for an English speech contest for North Korean defectors Saturday. The event gave me a rare opportunity to have a better understanding of women’s lives in the North. Seven defectors, five women and two men, delivered speeches under the theme of “A Woman Is a Flower.” They went into detail about how women live in their motherland. They also shared with the ...

2017-08-30 17:39

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Lunch with Navy sailors