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Wed, March 29, 2023 | 19:07

NATO and Trump

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg was buoyed on Wednesday by bipartisan U.S. support for his joint address in Congress. Legislators gave several standing ovations in a pointed rebuke to Donald Trump who threatened last year to pull out of the military alliance.

2019-04-05 17:42

Post-election sees new rift in Thai society

Post-election sees new rift in Thai society

The outcome of Thailand's 2019 general election, the first since the military took power in a coup in 2014, has been murky. With a lot of concerns and reports over a delay, amid fraud and alleged voting irregularities, this could cause grave difficulties in redrawing the country's political direction.

2019-04-03 17:31

Daggers drawn for Democratic 2020 race

Daggers drawn for Democratic 2020 race

The potential release to the public of the Mueller report, at least in partial form, may not be the only development shaking up U.S. politics in April, as Joe Biden could reportedly make an announcement soon to formally enter the Democratic 2020 race.

2019-04-01 17:47

Trump, Israel, and the Republic of Korea

Trump, Israel, and the Republic of Korea

Trump's interference in the Israeli election is part of a broader shift in American politics under his reign: the use of foreign policy for domestic purposes. This has profound implications for the Republic of Korea and for America's international alliances in general.

2019-03-29 17:45

True professionalism transcends old ways

True professionalism transcends old ways

Professionalism encompasses a number of different attributes such as specialized knowledge, competence, accountability, honesty, and integrity.

2019-03-25 18:07

World's leading demagogue

World's leading demagogue

You can keep your Orban, your Netanyahu, your pathetic Boris Johnson. As for Donald Trump, he's really an icon of democracy, just slightly shop-soiled. The coveted title of World's Leading Demagogue has just gone to the Turkish president, Recep Tayyib Erdogan.

2019-03-24 17:03

North Korea plagued by continuing food crisis

North Korea plagued by continuing food crisis

Following the failed Hanoi summit with the U.S., North Korea is now sending mixed messages concerning its denuclearization and missile testing intentions.

2019-03-20 17:46

Kim Jong-un seeks to visit Russia: ex-CIA official

North Korea should prove willingness: PM

'Maximum pressure' fundamentalism

'Maximum pressure' fundamentalism

On March 11, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun said in a conference at the Carnegie Endowment of International Peace that the U.S. is “not going to do (North Korea's) denuclearization incrementally.”

2019-03-19 20:18

Unsettled assassination

Unsettled assassination

Hundreds of thousands of Koreans attended his funeral July 5, 1949; millions more were grieving across the country. A relative was but eight years old when Kim Koo (1876-1949), the longest-running and final president of the Korean Provisional Government (1919-48) - an entity regarded by President Moon Jae-in as having laid the foundations of the contemporary South Korean stat...

2019-03-18 17:36

Another Arab Spring?

Another Arab Spring?

The slogans of the “Arab Spring” are being heard again in the Arab world. “The people want the fall of the regime,” chant the protesters in Sudan, where almost three months of popular demonstrations challenge the power of long-ruling dictator Omar al-Bashir.

2019-03-13 17:30

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Top 10 Stories

1	Revised Japanese textbooks distort wartime forced labor, catching Korea off guard

2	Clock ticks for China's massive repatriation of N. Korean defectors

3	Gold price nears all-time high amid financial jitters

4	Ramsar wetland in Han River cleaned up for protected birdlife

5	BMW launches new XM

6	Civic groups in Gwangju await meeting with Chun Doo-hwan's grandson

7	CJ CheilJedang sees chicken as next big seller after frozen dumpling

8	North Korea unveils tactical nuclear warheads

9	2024 budget to focus on tackling low birthrate

10	Over 1,000 financially vulnerable Koreans apply for new emergency gov't loans

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