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Next 30 years of Korea-China ties

South Korea and China recently agreed to form the so-called “Korea-China Relations Future Development Committee." The duo are one year away from earmarking the 30th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations. The committee is intended to shape the next 30 years of bilateral ties. To look at the future, it's first warranted to review the past.

2021-01-05 16:58

Un-American

When is an American film not an American film? That is the controversy surrounding the critically acclaimed, mainly Korean-language movie, “Minari,” directed by a Yale-educated Korean American filmmaker, Lee Isaac Chung.

2021-01-04 16:50

Zoom culture

Our Thanksgiving celebration was rather strange this year. Normally we would get together with twenty or so friends in a local neighborhood park for our annual outdoor Thanksgiving lunch, with everyone bringing food to the communal table. This group was started some twenty years ago by my book club friend, Linda, who noticed that so many of her friends were alone on Thanksgiv...

2021-01-04 14:38

Property ownership in traditional Korea

Since I have been writing recently of changes in Confucianism involving changes in property inheritance, I have been thinking that most readers have no idea about how complicated property ownership was in traditional Korea. It was surprisingly complicated and unlike anything you would expect

2021-01-03 17:02

'What to Do About North Korea'

This title is not my own. It is the topic of presentation that Ri Jong-ho made during the Dec. 2, foreign policy webinar sponsored by the Defense Forum Foundation. Since the National Assembly passed a law that bans an anti-North Korea leafleting campaign on Dec. 14, this may be a good time to again ask what to do about North Korea.

2021-01-03 17:01

Brits in denial

Much of Britain is on level four in the battle against COVID-19, but you might not know it from watching people in the week between Christmas and New Year. A quick survey of pedestrians in and around Hammersmith station in west London showed about half not wearing face masks. On buses and subway trains, no one was enforcing rules about masks, and warnings to stay home were ea...

2020-12-31 17:00

'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

Rule of law in democracies

Several events have occurred in the United States and Korea that prompt confusion of citizens concerning the rule of law. President Trump worked very hard to challenge the results of his unsuccessful reelection bid. He's held much-needed economic relief funds hostage to the idea they're inadequate. Finally, he's pardoned a host of friends and associates guilty of many crimes,...

2020-12-29 17:05

Memories of 'ppira'

When I was a little boy, I lived in Huam-dong, a hillside neighborhood of Mount Nam, Seoul. It was back in the mid-1960s when kids had little to play with, and we often went to the mountain. Yes, Mount Nam was a mountain for third graders.

2020-12-29 17:02

Human rights and nuclear talks

The human rights situation in North Korea has been an important component of U.S. policy toward the DPRK. However, the issue was never raised in conjunction with the North's nuclear and missile programs. The reason is simple. The human rights issue is separate from the enormous challenge of denuclearization, and raising it would complicate nuclear negotiations, creating obsta...

2020-12-28 16:50

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