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. Donald Kirk

Korea's quest for 'peace'

Anniversaries ending in zero or five are likely to focus special attention on the lessons of history. None is more portentous than the 70th anniversary this week of the signing of the truce that halted the Korean War on July 27, 1953.

2023-07-27 16:35

. Deauwand Myers

Korea and perfection

There are a lot of things I like about Korean culture. Infrastructure, cuisine, dramas, K-pop music… the list is quite extensive. But we're going to have to talk about the elephant in the room.

2023-07-25 16:35

. Park Chong-hoon

BOK might be among first to cut, but will not rush

We recently revised our view on the Bank of Korea's (BOK) policy rate and now expect a cut of 25 basis points in the first quarter of 2024 instead of the fourth quarter of 2023. This change in view is in line with the central bank's more hawkish stance recently and we expect it to stay on hold until the end of this year. Just as the BOK was among the first central banks to in...

2023-07-24 16:30

. Bernard Rowan

The wonder of self-publishing

Recently, I completed work on a short biography of my maternal grandfather, Louis David Socey, Sr. My mother, Mary Anne Socey Rowan, wrote the book in honor of his life. Daddy Lou, as we grandchildren called him, was a self-made lawyer. He left home younger than an adult to join the U.S. Calvary. He went on to be an early member of the Fingerprinting Division of the United St...

2023-07-23 16:35

Chyung Eun-ju, Joel Cho

Did the title compel you to click on the article? It's not surprising, as marketing practitioners often target consumers' emotions, more occasionally negative ones, because they are powerful motivators.

2023-07-18 16:46

. Jason Lim

How would Korea collapse (again)?

If you discount the unsubstantiated myths about ancient Korea being the center of the Eastern World several millennia ago, today is the most powerful and most influential that Korea has ever been.

2023-07-18 16:46

. Mark Peterson

More on Korea's dual age system demise

I've been thinking more about the “Korean age,” “international age” issue. “Mannai” means “international age” in Korean. Another way to look at the two is to say “solar age” and “lunar age” or, more properly, one's age by the solar calendar and one's age by the lunar calendar. But I've been looking into the issue a little more, and I've found a couple of insights I'd like to ...

2023-07-17 16:35

. Ahn Ho-young

Feedback from Asia Society

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the alliance between Korea and the United States, and will witness a large number of seminars held on the subject both in Korea and the U.S.

2023-07-17 16:30

. Kim Sang-woo

Sino-US rivalry intensifies in Global South, Korea

The Chinese government's criticism of South Korea reached its peak on June 8 when Chinese Ambassador Xing Haiming said that “those who bet on China's loss will surely regret their decision in the future.” This statement that was made during a meeting with Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, sparked a diplomatic firestorm and public outrage.

2023-07-16 16:55

. Andrew Hammond

Can climate change cooperation curb chill in China-EU ties?

The conventional wisdom about the chill in China-Europe ties, which dates back till at least the pandemic, is that it may now be irreversible. However, not all of the bilateral relationship is in “deep freeze.”

2023-07-16 16:35

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