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Great and Simple Things

Fri, September 29, 2023 | 03:21

Scrutable Asians

In the February 1988 issue of Rolling Stone, humorist P.J. O'Rourke wrote of a rally during the 1987 Korean presidential campaign, ``When the kid in the front row at the rally bit off the tip of his little finger and wrote KIM DAE JUNG, in blood on his fancy white ski jacket ― I think that was the first time I ever felt like a foreign correspondent. I mean here was something ...

2010-03-01 16:27

New Ways to Represent People

The National Assembly is a week into what promises to be yet another acrimonious session. The way things are shaping up, we could very well see more legislative scrums on our TV sets.

2010-02-08 18:13

Sejong City Struggle

The Roman poet Titus Lucretius Carus once remarked, ``It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves about, to watch from the shores the struggles of another."

2010-01-25 17:10

Prognosticating 2010

With 2010 upon us, it is time for a few predictions about Korean politics over the next 12 months.

2010-01-11 17:14

Rename Dokdo Syngman Rhee Islets

Christmas is not the time for chest-thumping over Dokdo.

2009-12-28 17:11

Korea’s Copenhagen Conundrum

President Lee Myung-bak will present his plan for a ``voluntary and unilateral" cut in Korea's emission of greenhouse gases later this week at the ongoing climate conference in Copenhagen.

2009-12-14 17:19

Fighting Demographic Doom

Korea is committing slow-motion suicide.

2009-11-30 17:13

US Politics Dominate Summit

US Politics Dominate Summit

It's easy to feel that the Korean leg of U.S. President Barack Obama's Asian tour was added almost as an afterthought.

2009-11-23 16:33

Court Decided the Case First

``It is the merit of the common law that it decides the case first and determines the principle afterwards."

2009-11-16 17:00

By-Election Afternotes

There are two big stories from last week's by-elections. The first has been widely reported but the second has slipped under the radar.

2009-11-02 17:31

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4	Political battle intensifies after court rejects Lee's arrest warrant

5	Hyundai E&C to build upmarket apartment complex in Seoul's Gwanak District

6	DMZ Open Int'l Music Festival to be held in Goyang in November

7	Korea on track to prove esports prowess at Asian Games

8	Two Koreas trade barbs over nuclear war

9	Lotte focuses on health care, mobility to spur growth

10	Defense ministry launches project to find families of unidentified fallen Korean War soldiers

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