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Sandip Kumar Mishra

Justice and wartime forced labor

In 1924, a British court gave a very famous axiom of jurisprudence. It said, “Not only must justice be done, but it also must be seen to be done.” While keeping the essence of the axiom intact, let's paraphrase it: “Justice must not only be seen to be done, but it must be done.”

2021-09-15 16:55

Fruitless Japanese imprudence

The deputy head of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, Hirohisa Soma, reportedly said on July 15 that South Korean President Moon Jae-in has been “masturbating” and in a “tug-of-war only with himself.” He wanted to convey that Moon's attempts to have a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony were useless.

2021-08-19 16:56

Unwarranted Quad entry into North Korea's denuclearization

Most North Korea watchers were surprised that the joint statement issued on March 12 after the first summit meet of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, better known as Quad, mentioned the issue of North Korean denuclearization in one of its five points. Actually, the issue of abduction of Japanese citizens was also mentioned.

2021-03-31 17:10

Moon's proposal at United Nations

When South Korean President Moon Jae-in claimed “We must put an end to the longest-running armistice in human history and achieve a complete end to the (Korean) War,” he was criticized as being “out of the sync with the U.S. position.” Moon made this remark in his virtual speech at the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Sept. 22.

2020-10-05 17:18

Can we afford an opaque superpower?

Richard Nixon wrote in a Foreign Affairs article in 1967 that “we simply cannot afford to leave China forever outside the family of nations.” After five decades and especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems that we cannot afford to keep an opaque China forever in the family of nations.

2020-04-24 17:10

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