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. Mark Peterson

New book on Korean history

I just returned to the States from a trip to Korea - my first trip in exactly three years because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was an eventful and busy trip. I worked on a documentary film about the “miracle battalion” from Utah during the Korean War. I had meet-ups with my YouTube followers and made more videos with them. I attended two conferences on “Sijo” (a Korean tradit...

2022-12-04 17:02

Peter S. Kim

Inconvenient truths of the ESG movement

Over the past few years, the environment, social, and governance (ESG) movement has morphed into a global phenomenon as governments, corporations, and investors rush to embrace its implementation. In an era where the public backlash against large corporations is at an all-time high, the need to rein in corporate profits generated at society's expense is hard to argue for all ...

2022-12-04 17:00

. Donald Kirk

Protests in China, Iran

Protests in China and Iran come as a surprise. One would have thought those bastions of authoritarian rule would have been almost the last places on Earth where dissidents would defy the systems in which they exist. The dictators at the top of the ruling structures of both countries count on their security forces to round up the miscreants and on their courts to mete out dras...

2022-12-01 17:00

Park Jung-won

South Korea needs its own nuclear deterrent

On Nov. 18, North Korea succeeded in test-firing a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Hwasong-17. If shot at a normal angle, the entire United States mainland would be within range. South Korea and the U.S. issued a limited response. With little possibility of deterring North Korea from its recent aggressive moves, the U.S. and South Korea conducted joint aeri...

2022-12-01 16:59

Chyung Eun-ju, Joel Cho

Meta-clusivity may not be so inclusive

As the metaverse continues to gain traction, albeit slower than a lot of industry experts have anticipated, various social facets are being compared to the “analog” world.

2022-11-30 15:10

. Bernard Rowan

It seems Kim Jong-un can't get enough of missile launches. He's launched short-range missiles, midrange missiles, missiles landing in the East Sea, and some that could reach the United States mainland.

2022-11-29 14:18

Eugene Lee

Stop thinking of “Your own bowl of rice” and start running the country

You don't need to know much to realize that South Korea has a governance problem. If you open a newspaper or turn on your TV, you'll see a number of news articles showing the current administration is in a deep legitimacy crisis or a state of cognitive dissonance. And it all begins and technically ends, with the first family. Instead of the much-desired shroud of mystery, the...

2022-11-29 14:15

Jeon Su-mi

Real public mourning for Halloween tragedy begins

I couldn't help but be devastated at the sight of the student who was in front of me, crying and saying, “Professor, my family member was a victim of the Itaewon disaster. I don't know what to do.” Students and foreign friends and others have all become victims of the disaster. The Oct. 29 tragedy flew at me like a dagger.

2022-11-28 17:17

. Andrew Hammond

Conservatives look beyond Sunak government

New U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak celebrated the end of his first month in office this week, yet many of his fellow Conservative MPs are already looking beyond his period of office to the next leader and the future direction of the party.

2022-11-28 17:12

. Jason Lim

World Cup and affiliations

Being a Tottenham and Son Heung-min fan (who isn't), I found the scene of Son embracing his English Premier League teammate from Uruguay, Rodrigo Bentancur, before their World Cup match familiar but interesting. Son is well-known for being a team player and having warm relationships with his teammates. However, no one bats an eye when a player recalibrates his allegiance and ...

2022-11-27 15:13

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