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Wed, January 20, 2021 | 15:38

Lee Seong-hyon

Korea-Japan relations in doldrums

A recent court ruling over a key historical issue between South Korea and Japan has emerged as another major impediment to Seoul-Tokyo ties. On Jan. 8, the Seoul Central District Court ruled in favor of South Korean victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery, ordering the Japanese government to pay 100 million won ($91,500) in compensation to each of the 12 victims who had filed ...

2021-01-19 16:53

Controversy over anti-North Korean leaflets

Controversy over anti-North Korean leaflets

Controversy seems to be growing over the amendment to the Development of Inter-Korean Relations Act aimed at imposing a ban on floating anti-North Korea leaflets across the border since its unilateral passage by the National Assembly last December.

2021-01-19 16:45

Capitol chaos chance for Beijing to show leadership

Capitol chaos chance for Beijing to show leadership

It's embarrassing. Like some televangelist preacher caught with his pants down at an out-of-town house-of-pleasure, America has been caught with its democracy down. Point one: a scary but also confused and confusing coup d'etat - another to come? Point two: A Republican president who should never have been president - a reality-show coup-leader-in-chief.

2021-01-19 16:30

John Burton

Putting down markers

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made his opening bid in dealing with the new administration of President Joe Biden at the eighth congress of the ruling Workers' Party, which ended last week. The congress was deliberately held before Biden's inauguration this week to send a message on how Pyongyang views the situation.

2021-01-18 17:00

Capitol violence obscures big attack on US interests

Capitol violence obscures big attack on US interests

The siege of the U.S. Congress on Jan. 6 by what U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has called “domestic terrorists” has dominated media headlines since. Yet, this has obscured what may be an even more significant attack on U.S. interests: the recent major foreign cyberattacks by Russia.

2021-01-18 16:34

Mark Peterson

Thank you, LTI Korea

I have two reasons to offer gratitude to the LTI - the Korean Literature Translation Institute. The first reason for appreciation for what the LTI does - and I would like to inform my readers of this organization and its work - is that the Institute fosters the translation of Korean literature into foreign languages. They have several programs: they host translation seminars,...

2021-01-17 16:48

Retrospection good for soul

Retrospection good for soul

Last year was unkind on all fronts: health, the economy, politics and climate change. Friends and families have suffered from COVID-19; many people have died. Our daily routines have been changed dramatically. Although I worship with my church family each week, we haven't been at the church for almost a year. Online services are better than nothing at all and at least we are ...

2021-01-17 16:41

New US Agenda for Central America

New US Agenda for Central America

WASHINGTON, DC - Most undocumented migrants crossing the United States' southern border come from three small countries: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Known collectively as Central America's “Northern Triangle,” these countries will receive an outsized amount of attention from U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration.

2021-01-17 16:39

Donald Kirk

Freedom to inspire or incite?

For the U.S., the worst is yet to come, and that's not just over the few days before Joe Biden's inauguration next Wednesday (Jan. 20) as the 46th U.S. president. The furor over free speech and freedom to protest, intermingled with the impact of COVID-19 on tens of millions of Americans who don't share the bounty of stock dividends and inflated salaries and bonuses, will make...

2021-01-14 17:00

Park Moo-jong

Shameful political legacy

The Republic of Korea has a shameful political legacy: All 11 former presidents lived or are living unhappy lives after their forced or legal retirement.

2021-01-14 16:50

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