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Oh Young-jin Column

Thu, December 12, 2019 | 18:03

Oh Young-jin

Should China replace US as S. Korea's key ally?

Many Koreans would still find it unthinkable for China to replace the United States as their country's most important ally. After all, the U.S. helped defend Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War. In one of the first key clashes of the Cold War era, it was the communist Chinese, the ancestors of China's paramount leader Xi Jinping, who aided and abetted North Koreans. The resul...

Oh Young-jin | 2019-12-06 17:30

Oh Young-jin

Did Korea succumb to US pressure?

What has taken place in the lead-up to Korea's last-minute decision to extend “conditionally” its general security of military information agreement (GSOMIA) or military intelligence sharing pact with Japan? An equally important question is how this decision will affect the ROK-U.S. alliance. First of all, speculation is that Washington pushed a vulnerable pressure point for ...

Oh Young-jin | 2019-11-29 16:28

American deal: US always has its way, so far

Oh Young-jin

American deal: US always has its way, so far

The way we handle Americans in two current disputes - the U.S. demand for more money to maintain its troops in Korea and insisting that Korea stays on its military information sharing pact with Japan, it is clear that we do not understand how the U.S sees us, because we try to see it from our perspective, not from the U.S. one. This wishful vision causes an optical illusion t...

Oh Young-jin | 2019-11-22 17:26

Oh Young-jin

Don't be little Trump, Gen. Milley

Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, is a soldier's soldier. He has had numerous tours of duty in hot spots such as Korea as commander of the 2nd Infantry Division, and in Iraq, Afghanistan and Panama, among others. But remarks by the top U.S. military man since October are raising questions about his image.

Oh Young-jin | 2019-11-15 17:31

Oh Young-jin

Americans just don't get it

I am quite sure that I am not the only Korean who sees a recent visit by a trio of senior American officials as one big sales pitch. It is rather odd, because there was a time when even one senior official from Washington would weigh on Koreans' collective heart as if their existential present and future were at stake. It remains to be seen whether it reflects a real change o...

Oh Young-jin | 2019-11-08 17:29

'Koreans don't get it either'

Oh Young-jin

Why Trump hates Koreans

Why does U.S. President Donald Trump hate Asians? Considering his favorites include odd balls like Russian President Vladimir Putin or North Korea's Kim Jong-un (Kim is more dictatorial than Korean and Asian), being disliked by the U.S. leader whose days in power may be increasingly reduced by the day (Viva Pelosi!) is not exactly a badge of shame.

Oh Young-jin | 2019-11-01 13:48

Trump is no Asian hater; stop 'sour kimchi' on him

Oh Young-jin

Moon Jae-in syndrome

Three leaders are in trouble for by and large a common “sin” - assuming they know better than the people about what they want. Call it an attempt at direct democracy or elected dictatorship (or the beginning of it), but so far the outcome is the political equivalent to a third-degree burn. The three are President Moon Jae-in, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and, of cours...

Oh Young-jin | 2019-10-25 16:36

UK's Johnson seeks Dec. 12 election to break Brexit impasse

Oh Young-jin

Red card to Kim Jong-un

The world should stop pampering North Korea. The latest lesson in point is the 2022 Qatar World Cup football qualifying match held in the North's capital, Pyongyang, Oct. 15. The North blocked a live TV broadcast, allowed no international media and had the game played in a literally empty stadium that can seat 50,000. On returning home, South Korea captain Son Heung-min said ...

Oh Young-jin | 2019-10-18 17:09

South Korea unhappy about treatment in Pyongyang

Oh Young-jin

Who framed Roger Rabbit - in Cheong Wa Dae?

Who framed Roger Rabbit? In Cheong Wa Dae, that is. What does the 1988 animation/ live action movie have to do with the presidential office? How about a resemblance between Mr. Rabbit and Kim Hyun-chong, second deputy at the National Security Office (NSO)? To some observers, the two have the same startled looks of a bunny but the appearance is not the most of what they have i...

2019-10-10 11:17

Oh Young-jin

You don't represent us

We need a political party to represent you and me, who are sitting out big demonstrations irrespective of flavors: conservative taegukki or progressive candlelight. (The name of the national flag is used because those in the category often carry the flags during the rallies, but I adopt the lower case to connote they do not represent the entire nation). Our party would be a m...

Oh Young-jin | 2019-10-04 14:48

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