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Wed, August 15, 2018 | 03:23

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'Reform without openness'

Andrei Lankov is director of the Korea Risk Group and a professor at Kookmin University in Korea. Professor Lankov is one of only a few scholars who know more about issues in North Korea than I do. When I was invited to his presentation in Washington, D.C., July 24, I immediately accepted the invitation.

Semoon Chang | 2018-08-05 17:11

Dragon Flight 55 at K-16 Korea 1965

Someone dear to me gave me a unique set of two gifts that are related to the 55th Aviation Company, known as Dragon Flight 55. They were stationed in Korea during and after the Korean War.

Semoon Chang | 2018-07-22 17:19

Complex world of timeshare market

Timeshare refers to an apartment, condo, or house that you buy with other people so that you can each use it for a particular number of days every year. In reality, timeshare had been quite popular at resort communities, although we now hear problems associated with timeshare arrangements.

Semoon Chang | 2018-07-08 17:07

Toxic words by Mayor Giuliani

In my latest article in this column, I wrote: “All parties should stop criticizing one another until they sit at the same negotiation table.”

Semoon Chang | 2018-06-24 16:08

Games children play

Recent summits and negotiations among leaders of South Korea, North Korea, and the United States reminded me of my work as a forensic economist. During summer of 2005, Hurricane Katrina that destroyed many cities and towns in Mississippi and Louisiana also damaged numerous properties in Alabama.

Semoon Chang | 2018-06-10 16:36

Whittemore House Museum

Those of you who live in Washington, D.C., or plan to visit the area may want to take a look at the Whittemore House Museum. Whittemore House was built between 1892 and 1894 as a private residence.

Semoon Chang | 2018-05-27 16:53

Stay away from bitcoin

I am saying this more to myself than to you; stay away from bitcoin, or cryptocurrency in general. I had no idea what cryptocurrency meant. I thus searched dictionaries to find out a definition.

Semoon Chang | 2018-05-13 16:05

Human relations at retirement communities

Retirement communities usually require the head of the resident household to be at least 55 years old. After having lived barely over a year in such a community, I am finding it to be very fascinating to observe human behavior as well as relations. My hypothesis is that how good a particular retirement community is depends largely on how prepared you are to live there.

Semoon Chang | 2018-04-15 16:00

Korean-language information from FTC

On March 9, I received an email from Ms. Bridget Small, a consumer education specialist at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), stating that the FTC had prepared a package of information in Korean designed to help people in the Korean community spot and avoid fraud.

Semoon Chang | 2018-04-01 17:01

Let us all support President Moon

There were times to criticize President Moon Jae-in. There were times to oppose his views. Not this time, however. It is a strange feeling to read the March 6 announcement that there will be a third inter-Korean summit in April, that North Korea made a conditional pledge to give up its nuclear weapons and renounce its provocations against South Korea.

Semoon Chang | 2018-03-18 17:02

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