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. Andrew Hammond

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

. Bernard Rowan

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

. Jang Da-wool

What COP26 left for us

The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held in Glasgow, Scotland, from Oct. 31 to Nov. 13.

2021-11-29 16:42

. John Burton

Korea's bumpy road to green energy

Korea faces a difficult challenge in meeting its ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which it promised in relation to this month's holding of the 26th U.N. Climate Change conference, COP 26.

2021-11-29 16:42

. Ahn Ho-young

Can Korea and Japan survive issues of history?

Korea's Supreme Court rendered its final ruling on the case brought by victims of forced labor during the Japanese occupation of Korea against Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Corp. in October, 2018. Since then, relations between Seoul and Tokyo have been in a deep freeze.

2021-11-28 16:42

. Jason Lim

The 'Hellbound' question

What happens when a true-to-God (pun intended), undeniable miracle occurs on live social media, witnessed by both those onsite and online? How do people react to the truly unexplainable? More interestingly, how does the whole society react when the supernatural becomes real? Those are the underlying questions that I found so fascinating in “Hellbound,” South Korea's latest bl...

2021-11-28 16:40

. Casey Latigue

Meeting North Koreans outside the country in freedom

With North Korea's border closed due to COVID-19 concerns, could the world be missing an opportunity to engage and even rescue North Koreans who have been dispatched by North Korea to work or study abroad but can't return now?

2021-11-25 17:00

. Kim Sang-woo

End-of-war declaration approaches

After completing a review of potential North Korea policies, the Biden White House has decided that its approach to achieving the denuclearization of North Korea will be different from the previous Obama, and Trump administrations. Since then, the U.S. has consistently conveyed the message that it would meet with the North Koreans “anytime, anywhere, and without preconditions...

2021-11-24 16:49

. Lee Seong-hyon

How Xi Jinping scored domestically by playing down his summit with Biden

Cambridge, Mass. - Opinions are divided over the U.S.-China virtual summit held on Nov. 15. Pessimists view that the bilateral conflict and standoff have only become more explicit. Optimists think it was good that both sides chose dialogue over confrontation, by agreeing to hold an overdue summit. My view is that both the U.S. and China met out of their own necessity.

2021-11-23 17:10

. John J. Metzler

Migrants as pawns in Putin's hybrid warfare

The setting is remote. The players are highly improbable. Yet, in the deep and forgotten forests along the Belorussian-Polish frontier, thousands of migrants from as far off as Syria, Iraq and even Afghanistan are amassing and milling about trying to enter Poland. Why? Because Poland forms the easternmost frontier of the European Union (EU), and thus becomes a path to freedom...

2021-11-23 17:05

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