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Fri, March 31, 2023 | 06:20
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.
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