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'Grande fishing'

Ariana Grande is one of the biggest names in show biz, and she wants to look Asian. She wants to look Asian because she wants to remain cutting-edge and relevant with the latest pop music trend, where K-pop is a hot name, with the likes of BTS and Blackpink. This behavior is referred to as “Asian fishing,” which I gather refers to the practice of non-Asians trying to look lik...

2021-12-12 16:48

What can be done to slow down China's technological advancement?

In the Greek myth about swift-footed Atalanta, the daughter of the king who must marry anyone who beats her in a race, her challenger, Hippomenes, dropped three golden apples during the race because he knew that Atalanta would have to stop to pick them up, and it was only in this way that he could win the race.

2021-12-09 16:52

South Korea should play larger role in ending pandemic

As we approach the end of the second year of the pandemic, the world faces renewed uncertainty from the Omicron variant of COVID-19. However, now that South Korea has fully vaccinated 80 percent of its population against the coronavirus there is an opportunity for it to play a larger role in ending the pandemic.

2021-12-07 17:02

Taliban war booty exceeds most countries military spending

When the Taliban forces overran Afghanistan a few months ago, not only did they capture a country continuously in conflict since the initial Soviet invasion in 1979, but they equally seized huge stockpiles of American supplied weapons provided to the defeated Afghan military. The unexplained and reckless U.S. pullout from the strategic Bagram Airbase, a lynchpin of allied ope...

2021-12-06 16:58

Reflections on inter-Korean peace

Recently, conservatives and some opposition parties have been criticizing the results of the Moon Jae-in administration's foreign and security policy as well as its policy on North Korea for being insufficient. To some extent, the government's efforts are being devalued as a “peace show” or a “chant for peace.” I would like to look back on the past year and suggest what kind ...

2021-12-06 16:58

What has happened to Korean family?

I had a chance to reflect on what it was that drew me to Korean studies when I was interviewed for an EBS (Educational Broadcasting Service) program about four years ago. The interviewer, Jeong Gwan-yong, asked me how I came to study Korea. I told him there were two factors primarily, at the outset: the Korean emphasis on the family and the striving for excellence in educatio...

2021-12-05 15:05

It's diplomacy, stupid!

Two years ago, Bill Burns, the then-president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and now the CIA director, criticized President Donald Trump for what he termed “the demolition of U.S. diplomacy” in his article in Foreign Affairs magazine. This assessment seemed to reflect the thinking of not just the Biden camp but also of the mainstream of America.

2021-12-02 16:43

'A shrimp among whales'

The notion that South Korea should adopt a “neutral” position between the U.S. and China has been gaining traction as President Moon Jae-in looks for equilibrium between these two giant powers, near and far. It all goes back to that image of Korea as “a shrimp among whales” and the old line, “In a fight between whales, the shrimp's back gets broken.”

2021-12-02 16:41

Democracy is in retreat across world

The collapse of the Soviet Union was widely predicted to herald a new generation of democratic enlargement across the world. Yet, three decades on, there are growing signs of much of the world moving toward authoritarian or non-democratic political models.

2021-12-01 17:00

Cultivating friendship

One of the things I miss these days about Korea is the opportunity to make friends. I've made a few friends in Korea over the years and admired how this often occurs. As a young man, I was what people typically call shy or reserved - polite is the better word. I did not often seek but waited to “break the ice.” This behavior was at times off-putting to others.

2021-11-30 16:49

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