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WTO leadership race

Apart from the COVID-19 pandemic, there was another event in 2020 that Korea should not miss taking stock of, registering the results in our collective memory in order to strive for more refined diplomacy. It was Korea's decision to enter into the race for the director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO). There are four criteria that provide useful guidelines for th...

2021-03-09 16:51

Moon's last year

It will be nearly a year from now when Korea holds its next presidential election on March 9, 2022. The last year in office usually proves to be a dismal one for Korean presidents due to their lame-duck status.

2021-03-08 17:00

Quo Vadis, CVID?

“America is back” proclaimed President Joe Biden multiple times before and after his inauguration. An intensive policy review is now underway to put flesh on his pledge, and while the direction and substance of a new foreign and national security policy will become clearer in the coming months, there are several hints.

2021-03-07 17:58

Bend it toward justice

In his “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution” speech given at the National Cathedral on March 31, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King uttered the famous words, “We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”

2021-03-07 17:56

Historic scoop, March 1, 1919

The suffering inflicted on Korea by Japan lives on in exhibits in the Seoul Museum of History about the nightmare of Japanese rule.

2021-03-04 17:06

Impartial divorce counselor

On Monday morning, I watched the nationally televised ceremony celebrating the 102nd anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement.

2021-03-04 16:24

N. Korea lost in translation

There are only a handful people in the world who have personally sat down with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and discussed nuclear weapons for hours. There are even fewer people who can talk about it publicly. Even if they do, they tend to refrain from going into detail.

2021-03-02 17:31

Path for Korea-US-Japan cooperation

Approximately 40 days have passed since Joe Biden took office. His administration is clearing away the Trump government's policies and setting its own direction, steering away from the U.S.-centric ideology of “America first” and contributing to solving problems around the world. It is stressing a return to traditional diplomacy by taking a scalpel to America's incorrigible m...

2021-03-01 18:04

Harvard and former sex slaves

Again, I really dislike this topic, but I dislike Harvard being besmirched in this situation even more. Thus, I feel compelled to enter the fray one more time with this article.

2021-02-28 16:38

Biden-Harris and race

On Jan. 6, the world witnessed a shocking scene unfold at America's Capitol. The building, which stood through the Civil War and two World Wars unscathed, was ransacked by a horde of white domestic terrorists, fueled by the big lie Donald Trump had loudly and consistently pushed in speeches and online for months prior to the presidential election: his electoral defeat was a f...

2021-02-28 16:34

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