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Park Moo-jong
A unified candidate - Ahn or Oh?
“Unexpected” by-elections in the nation's two largest cities, Seoul and Busan, are expected to serve as a crucial barometer of public opinion ahead of the next presidential poll slated for March 9, 2022.
2021-03-17 16:44
Republic of Korea Quo Vadis?
Four years ago in 2017, I wrote a column titled “Quo Vadis Korea” about the then commotion and trouble we Koreans were experiencing following the National Assembly impeachment of then President Park Geun-hye over the corruption and cronyism scandal dubbed “Choi Soon-sil gate.”
2021-02-25 16:40
Missing the traditional routine of Seollal
Tomorrow is the first “genuine” day of 2021, the Year of the Ox, in the lunar calendar observed in many Asian countries, including China, South Korea and Vietnam. South Koreans celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday or “seollal” with a three-day holiday beginning today.
2021-02-10 16:40
More deaths than births
Fifteen years ago in 2006, David Coleman, a population expert and demographer at the Oxford Centre for Population Research, warned that South Korea could become the first country on the planet to lose its entire population because of its low birthrate.
2021-01-28 16:40
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
'Things work out'
A half century ago in 1971, British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens, now Yusuf Islam since 1978, praised the first morning of the year, Jan. 1, in his Christian hymn-turned-pop song, “Morning Has Broken.”
2020-12-31 16:50
'You're right, I'm wrong'
The literally turbulent year of 2020 is drawing to a close amid the never-ending fear of the coronavirus pandemic and ever-worsening social divisions, accelerated by deep-rooted political greed, particularly in this part of the world.
2020-12-24 16:50
Moon's dipping popularity rating
When it comes to opinion polls in this part of the planet, a majority of people would come up with some rather unfavorable views of pollsters, particularly the uses to which their work is put.
2020-12-10 16:45
'Hotel beggar'
“Do you know the word, 'hoggar'?" I asked many foreign friends of mine, who asked in return, "Beg your pardon?"
2020-11-26 17:06
'Katchi Kapshida'
To congratulate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their election as the next president and vice president of the United States, President Moon Jae-in tweeted before an official statement: "I have great expectations of advancing and opening up the future of development of our bilateral relations. Katchi Kapshida."
2020-11-12 17:21
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