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Fri, December 13, 2019 | 03:48

Donald Kirk

Korean masterpiece

Unlike just about every Korean, I had not heard of “Parasite” when I walked into the E Street Cinema in Washington a few weeks ago with every intention of seeing another film also being shown. Then I heard a person asking for tickets to “Parasite” and learned it was a highly rated, popular Korean film. In fact, it was so popular that showings on two screens in the cineplex we...

2019-12-12 17:30

Park Moo-jong

Female conductor from Seoul

Still making headlines in the final stage of the turbulent year of 2019 is bad news about increasing concerns over national security, stubborn economic debacles, intensifying left-right confrontation, choking fine dust blowing from China and the unilateral passage of next year's budget bill, to name a few.

2019-12-12 17:24

Day after NATO

Despite having been written off numerous times, NATO survives. But another fox has entered the hen house, and it has met with the typical European response to danger: furious cackling and an explosion of feathers.

2019-12-12 17:21

Na Jeong-ju

China ties at turning point

Optimism prevails now in South Korea about the prospects of relations with China. President Moon Jae-in will visit Chengdu, China, in late December for trilateral talks with Chinese and Japanese leaders. After that, Moon may travel to Beijing for a separate summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

2019-12-11 17:24

North Korea's hardline strategy on US and 'North Wind'

North Korea's hardline strategy on US and 'North Wind'

The game of nuclear chicken has resumed between the U.S. and North Korea. North Korea's state media announced Sunday that it carried out a “very important test” at the Tongchang-ri Rocket Testing Station on Saturday. The North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the results “will have an important effect on changing the strategic position of the DPRK once again in the ne...

2019-12-11 17:18

Season for phony outrage and made-up controversies

Season for phony outrage and made-up controversies

Thanks in large part to social media, and in equally large part to the mean-spirited discourse of the day, virtually anything can be turned into a national controversy. For Exhibit A, I go to Melania Trump or, more specifically, to the first lady's coat.

2019-12-11 17:13

Why sell on e-commerce?

Why sell on e-commerce?

SEATTLE - So why does it seem like everyone and their mothers are selling something online these days? Probably because many everyday people are trying to make money.

2019-12-11 09:54

Only force to contain China is Beijing

Only force to contain China is Beijing

American foreign policy rarely rises to the level of coherence recommended by its policy intellectuals and thoughtful diplomats. However, without their persistence, it would be bereft of any coherence at all. When World War II ended, for example, the American establishment came to rally around the containment concept as the Rx to the communist Russian virus.

2019-12-10 17:08

Afghanistan: Taliban deal?

Afghanistan: Taliban deal?

President Donald Trump put Afghanistan back in the news again after his surprise Thanksgiving visit to U.S. troops stationed in the embattled South Asian country. Besides bringing holiday cheer for American forces serving in the 18-year long conflict, the president again offered a conditional olive branch to the Taliban insurgents.

2019-12-10 17:05

Why countries should tax global income

Why countries should tax global income

If you are a citizen of a country, should you pay taxes on the income you earn only within that country's geographical limits, or on all the money you earn, independently of where? The United States, Mexico, India, China, and Chile tax global income.

2019-12-10 17:01

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