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. Bernard Rowan

Approaching 2023

As the peoples of the world move closer to a new year, there is time to reflect on opportunities, challenges and successes. The United States and South Korea are but two of many, many global partners and nations. There's no perfect place or perfection under the sun, moon and stars.

2022-12-27 17:00

Lee Jong-eun

To restrain Japan, South Korea should embrace greater security partnership

Despite being allies of the United States, South Korea and Japan did not have a direct security partnership during the Cold War. During the Korean War, South Korean President Syngman Rhee threatened to shoot Japanese forces first if they arrived to “help” Korea from the communist invasion. Japan, officially a pacifist state with “self-defense forces,” also did not affirm its ...

2022-12-27 16:45

. Jason Lim

Certainty addiction

My family was driving to Vermont to ski for a few days now that the kid was out of school for winter break. It was one of those hazy shade of winter days as the sun struggled to break through its own ennui to care barely enough to shed some light with only grudging warmth. While plowed, the roads were still slippery, decorated with the brilliantly white remnants of a furious ...

2022-12-26 16:50

Bernhard J. Seliger

From Zero-COVID policy to no COVID policy - can North Korea follow China´s lead?

One of the most stunning reversals of health policy anywhere in the world happened in early December, when the three-year-old Chinese strict zero-COVID policy was effectively abandoned, to such an extent that the Chinese Center for Disease Control had to admit, after less than a week, that they had no more clue where and how frequent the COVID virus was infecting citizens.

2022-12-26 16:45

Eugene Lee

On patriotism, nationalism and other -isms, or, let's not burn the house down

What motivation drives a decision maker's choices in his policies? A number of theories in the field of public administration, ranging from the psychological ones all the way to the grand development theories, may provide an answer. However, in order for one to understand what public administrators in South Korea have on their minds, one must do their fair share of digging.

2022-12-25 16:50

. Jang Da-wool

7 key climate commandments

The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held from Nov. 6 to 20 in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, near Mount Sinai.

2022-12-25 16:45

. Casey Latigue

Honorary citizenship

I have lived in several cities in three different countries (United States, Taiwan and South Korea). Seoul is the first city to choose me.

2022-12-22 16:40

Rushan Ziatdinov

Universities need to design liquid syllabuses

A traditional syllabus serves as a learner's guide to a course and outlines the expectations for each participant. Typically, it comprises topics covered, a schedule for submitting assignments, a list of the required textbooks and other instructional materials, course policies, rules, and regulations.

2022-12-22 16:30

. Andrew Hammond

Whirlwind month for World Cup

Many governments still perceive that hosting major sporting contests command significant prestige. Yet that has been tested in recent weeks with the challenges facing the soccer World Cup whose much anticipated France-Argentina final ended on Sunday.

2022-12-21 16:20

Mitch Shin

Making a big deal is unrealistic to denuclearize North Korea

North Korea used to pursue a big deal with the United States by utilizing its nuclear arsenal in exchange for lifting all economic sanctions. However, this strategy seems to have adjusted in the Kim Jong-un era.

2022-12-20 17:02

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