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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

Things you only see when you fall from grace

It feels ironic to write about a Buddhist monk at the time of a major Christian festival, but perhaps it's only appropriate since Ven. Haemin is truly a fallen angel of 2020. I would like to make a full disclosure before I start. I personally know the subject, although he probably won't recall me. My parents have been regular attendees of Bulgwang Zen Center in upstate New Yo...

2020-12-27 17:42

Green policies should promote renewable energy abroad

Earlier this month world leaders gathered for the U.N. Climate Ambition Summit. The virtual summit marked the 5th anniversary of the Paris Climate Accord and provided leaders an opportunity to pledge additional carbon reduction commitments at a time when the previously scheduled COP26 in the United Kingdom was postponed until next year due to COVID-19.

2020-12-27 17:38

Leaflet wars

By Donald Kirk There never was a Christmas like this one. COVID-19 has frightened countries around the world into cutting down or cutting out gatherings, and in the U.S. Donald Trump ― Mr. Bluff and Bluster himself ― is concocting fiendish schemes to overturn the results of the presidential election before the U.S. Congress meets on Jan. 6 to certify the victory of Joseph Bid...

2020-12-24 17:00

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