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US industrial policy is back

One reason for Korea's phenomenal economic and technological rise over the last 60 years was that its industrial policies focused initially on spurring the growth of manufactured product exports and more recently on supporting advanced technology production.

2021-04-05 17:10

Korea needs to consider joining Quad to make 'Penta'

With President Moon Jae-in having less than a year left in office, Korea is faced with mounting challenges in the areas of diplomacy, security and economy. The external challenges include discord in its alliance with the U.S., stagnating relations with Japan and the suspended trilateral cooperation among Korea, the U.S. and Japan. On the security front, the Moon administratio...

2021-04-04 17:58

'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'

This is the movie that came to mind when I first heard about the whole brouhaha surrounding the cancellation of “Joseon Exorcist,” a K-drama that took extensive liberties with historical figures in the early decades of the 1392-1910 Joseon Kingdom. While I understand that King Sejong is one of the most revered figures in Korean history, Abraham Lincoln is probably not too far...

2021-04-04 17:56

Good deal, bad deal or no deal

“It is peace for our time, peace with honor,” British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declared to jubilant crowds in London upon his return from Munich on Sept. 30, 1938. Early that morning, the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy had signed an agreement in Munich. It allowed Hitler's Germany to annex Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia.

2021-04-01 17:13

Multilateral forum can offer win-win opportunity for Korea

Two weeks ago in this column, I wrote why I believe in institution-building and how I used to work to regularize 2+2 foreign and defense ministers' meetings between Korea and the U.S. It was one day before the 2+2 meeting in Seoul on March 18.

2021-03-31 18:08

Anti-China coalition could put Korea's interests in harm's way

Unwarranted Quad entry into North Korea's denuclearization

Most North Korea watchers were surprised that the joint statement issued on March 12 after the first summit meet of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, better known as Quad, mentioned the issue of North Korean denuclearization in one of its five points. Actually, the issue of abduction of Japanese citizens was also mentioned.

2021-03-31 17:10

China shifts its focus from 'growth' to 'welfare.' Why?

Many outside observers predict that the Chinese economy this year would easily grow by more than 8 percent. But the Chinese government presented a modest goal of just “over 6 percent” in the Two Sessions - the annual two meetings of the National People's Congress (the national legislative body) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (the political advisory...

2021-03-30 18:00

Best of worlds for Biden's North Korea policy

Facing the spring of 2021, the clock is ticking once again for Northeast Asia. On one hand, the Biden administration put great emphasis on the trilateral cooperation among South Korea, the U.S. and Japan at a series of international talks in March, namely the Quad Summit and 2+2 ministerial meetings, respectively, with Japan and South Korea.

2021-03-29 17:11

Phony feudalism

There are still people who refer to Korean history in terms of “feudalism.” The evidence is quite to the contrary - there was no real feudalistic stage in Korean history. The problem is two-fold: (1) that there was no feudalism, and (2) that there was no “stage” of history to be labeled as feudalism. If there was no feudalism in Korea, why then do we find people repeatedly re...

2021-03-28 16:52

Pandemic fear as strong as virus

More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the world remains shocked and numb to the effects of this “once-in-a-century” virus. Millions have already died, economies have been wrecked, and unemployment and despair are rife.

2021-03-28 16:48

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