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Should Korea attend Nobel ceremony?

The request by China that Korea boycott the Nobel awards ceremony in Oslo next month, because it disapproves of the peace prize recipient, presents the government of President Lee Myung-bak and the country as a whole with a dilemma.

Michael Breen | 2010-11-18 17:21

The energetic host

For G20 visitors in Seoul this week, two characteristics of their Korean hosts will by now be apparent.

Michael Breen | 2010-11-11 18:09

N. Korea is an embarrassment

In past decades when Korea’s leaders were either hyper-sensitive anti-communists or winsome yearners for unification, the slightest movement in North Korea got nationwide attention down here.

Michael Breen | 2010-11-04 16:58

Let the bankers bank

When members of the Korean parliament embarrass Cabinet ministers and senior government bureaucrats, as they get to do regularly, they perform one of the vital services that make this country a democracy. But they have to get it right.

Michael Breen | 2010-10-28 17:48

How not to globalize Korean food

After two years of strategizing about how to turn Korean cuisine into a global favorite, the government has decided to open a restaurant in Manhattan.

Michael Breen | 2010-10-21 17:25

How sovereign is any one state?

When the Nobel Organization gave this year’s Peace Prize to the dissident Liu Xiaobao, who is in jail in China, were they interfering in the internal affairs of the sovereign state that considers him a criminal?

Michael Breen | 2010-10-14 17:13

North-South Korean dictionary

Amid the ups and downs of inter-Korean exchange, one rare initiative that has consistently moved along has been an effort to create a joint dictionary.

Michael Breen | 2010-10-07 16:28

Dangerous roads of Korea

Korean roads are still among the most dangerous in the world, according to the latest traffic deaths figures published by the International Transport Forum.

Michael Breen | 2010-09-30 17:18

Why feed NK propaganda?

When the maverick vicar Han Sang-ryeol returned to South Korea by walking through Panmunjom last month after an unsanctioned trip North, two gentlemen in black suits were waiting.

Michael Breen | 2010-09-16 18:24

Help your daughter — ethically

The resignation of the foreign minister this week over accusations of nepotism prompts a question: how could he be so stupid?

Michael Breen | 2010-09-09 18:28

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