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Sun, July 3, 2022 | 14:36
Oh Young-jin
Democracy - Korean style
If Jesus showed up and dared the crowd of a million people in Gwanghwamun, “Whoever is without sin among you, let him (her) be the one to cast the first stone” at President Park Geun-hye, the chance is that Park would face one million stones being hurled in her direction. It would be impossible to know who had thrown the first.
Oh Young-jin | 2016-12-05 11:33
Wake up, Marx!
Karl Marx would turn in his grave, if he knew the interclass struggle is spreading like an infectious disease and reaching global proportions. The problem for the father of communism is he wouldn’t know whether to be happy or upset by this belated flourishing of his prediction. He may most likely get choked on this part: his movement’s poster child (considering him to be puer...
Oh Young-jin | 2016-12-02 12:15
Oh Young-jin
How to make Trump great president
If Americans think that President Donald Trump will be different from Trump the candidate, we Koreans could tell them, “Get real. This is advice coming from the bottom of the heart of people who have had our share of being smitten by a string of dud presidents - the incumbent included.
Oh Young-jin | 2016-11-27 11:54
Oh Young-jin
Like father, like daughter
Three things are quite likely about how the ongoing scandal involving President Park Geun-hye will go. First, Park won’t step down on her own accord. Second, the reason for that is she doesn’t feel any guilt about what she has done. And third, it is all related to her upbringing. Part of the blame for how she is acting brazenly and without regret should fall on her parents an...
Oh Young-jin | 2016-11-25 13:35
Oh Young-jin
Dealing with N. Korea that keeps surviving
There are two premises that support the current North Korea policy. The first is that the North may lose its internal control and collapse, if it is pushed hard enough. The second is the reigning balance of power prevents a second Korean War.
Oh Young-jin | 2016-11-17 16:36
Oh Young-jin
All too human
Here is a question. Name one thing that is common to all the characters in the accompanying graphic. With no particular order, the graphic shows Donald Trump, Park Geun-hye, Hillary Clinton, Choi Soon-sil, Barack Obama and the New York Times. They seem as disparate with each other as flora and fauna. Park is a troubled head of state; Clinton is the losing candidate in the rec...
Oh Young-jin | 2016-11-11 11:56
Oh Young-jin
[Trump Era] Trump era, 'our' era
Don’t whine. Don’t even think of suggesting a recount. If one does either of the two, it could mean that he or she doesn’t understand the dynamic underneath this expected but unexpected victory. Most media outlets took in their disdain and fear for the man who is “all too human,” or in other words falls short of a decent man by normal standards. The result was their lopsided ...
Oh Young-jin | 2016-11-09 16:42
Oh Young-jin
Choi Soon-sil - Shaman or con artist?
If Choi Soon-sil is a shaman as indicated by some media outlets, she is one who is different from what we know as “mudang,” a Korean exorcist. When she slinked her way into Incheon International Airport, the 60-year-old confidant of President Park Geun-hye was captured on a security camera carrying a Tods handbag, the same brand sported by Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge...
Oh Young-jin | 2016-11-06 10:49
Oh Young-jin
Why President may not step down
For the magnitude of sin President Park Geun-hye has committed, stepping down would fall short of being enough. Resignation only brings a fast relief, a kind by the contraption invented by Dr. Guillotine to spare one from an agonizing pain.
Oh Young-jin | 2016-11-04 12:02
Oh Young-jin
What if NK stages strike now?
We have heard it all before, read it before and seen it before. Still, it would sound conspiratorially fresh. It’s about the northern wind: North Korea’s alleged attempt to influence South Korea at its critical juncture, sometimes on a contract from South Korea.
2016-10-31 17:29
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