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Deepening asymmetry between Korea, China

I once received an apology from a Chinese woman who was enrolled in an MBA course at Tsinghua University, the alma mater of Chinese President Xi Jinping. After learning that she was from Guangdong Province, I mentioned that Wang Yang, then-Guangdong's Party Secretary, had recently visited Korea. I also said that there would be a Korea-China summit soon. It was a gesture to bu...

2021-02-16 17:07

Controversy over 'comfort women'

The Korean press has been buzzing with reports of a Harvard Law School professor's academic journal article on Korean "comfort women" saying there were hired prostitutes. I've been dragged into the fray by many friends and some people I don't know who have asked that I respond since I, after all, have a PhD from Harvard. I've taken the bait and have prepared responses and cri...

2021-02-14 17:05

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

Seollal and sebae

I'm looking forward to New Year this year. I don't mean the Western calendar New Year, which has passed. I mean Seollal. It's Feb. 11-13 with New Year itself two days before Valentine's Day.

2021-02-09 16:50

Biden's NK policy review

In just three weeks since its inauguration, the Biden administration has revealed its direction for charting American foreign policy to “engage and lead” the world again, with an emphasis on diplomacy, democracy and human rights. It has repealed a number - but not all - of the policies that were pursued by its predecessor.

2021-02-08 17:13

GameStop populism

Remember when everyone invested in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies a few years back as bitcoin was rising rapidly towards $10K and above? If it was an investment craze for the rest of the world, it was a veritable social phenomenon in Korea driven by tech savvy young people subscribing to a popular narrative of sudden wealth and prosperity they could call their own.

2021-02-07 17:49

Compliments to Korean restaurants

I recently had occasions to entertain American families with to-go meals from local Korean restaurants: once from Arirang and another from Mahdang, both north of Washington DC. I was not quite sure if they would like Korean food, what types of food or flavors they might prefer, or even if they would have a taste for its usual spicy tastes and textures.

2021-02-07 17:46

Lessons of coup

The renaissance of undisguised military rule in Myanmar should provide inspiration for Donald Trump. The generals who jailed democracy crusader Aung San Suu Kyi and her cohorts are raising the same claims about Myanmar's parliamentary elections in November that Trump has been charging in U.S. elections held around the same time. Having won only 33 of 476 seats for their candi...

2021-02-04 17:00

US-China next-phase race

U.S. President Joe Biden plans to deliver his most substantive foreign policy remarks since becoming president on restoring “America's place” in the world. Biden is likely to talk about “leadership” and “multilateralism” according to the Chinese media. In a not-so-veiled warning, it said that if Biden's multilateralism means only strengthening the U.S. alliance structure, it ...

2021-02-02 16:47

No way out

During his recent Senate confirmation hearings, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he was in favor of “increasing pressure on North Korea to come to the negotiating table” on dismantling its nuclear weapons program. But he later added that at the same time he would support easing regulations that hinder humanitarian aid deliveries to North Korea.

2021-02-01 16:50

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