Opinion
Tue, October 22, 2019 | 20:17
The focus of President Moon Jae-in's budget speech at the National Assembly, Tuesday, can be summed up in two words: f...
State-owned companies are often called “divine workplaces,” as they offer job security and handsome pay. They usually ...
Despite being a six- or seven-hour flight away, Central Asia for many in Korea remains terra incognita, an exotic land. However, in realit...
Under glaring fluorescent lights, an elderly North Korean woman sits over a snarl of gray yarn, loosening it patiently with her fingers. “...
The Trump administration's embrace of the Indo-Pacific strategic construct has made this notion of crucial importance to the region. While...

1679-Meal Tub Plot against James II of England

1790-Slaves revolt in Haiti (later suppressed)

1805-Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340

1915-25,000 women march in NYC, demanding right to vote

1941-Walt Disney's "Dumbo" released

1944-Soviet army invades Hungary

1954-Britain, England, France and USSR agree to end occupation of Germany

1956-Revolt against Stalinist policies began in Hungary

1958-Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak wins Nobel Prize for Literature

1964-Japanese beat Russian for first Olympic gold in woman's volleyball

1973-Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica

1981-U.S. national debt hits $1 trillion

1983-Suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 243 U.S. personnel in Beirut

1984-NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine

1991-Dr. Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women

On Oct. 11, 1990, South and North Korea held their first friendly football match at Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in Pyongyang. After the ga...
I don't know about you, but I find myself missing Korea in autumn. When I lived there, my favorite season was this time of year. The envir...
Europe and Africa are inextricably linked by history, geography, and economic ties. Today, securing a peaceful and prosperous future on ei...
Last Wednesday, Oct. 16, North Korea released a picture of its leader Kim Jong-un riding a white horse on the snow-covered top of Mount Pa...
There is a tension at the heart of populist political parties that may ultimately lead most of them to electoral defeat. They depend heavi...
It's been an interesting couple of days for ambassadors based here in Seoul, South Korea.
In the late 19th century, ponies and oxen were often the subject of letters sent home by Westerners living in Korea. The ponies were noted...
The simplest of things are often forgotten until they are needed and then they become one of the most important - such as jipsin. These we...
Hanawon was fun. After a difficult escape, Hanawon was a relaxing and calm time. It was the most comfortable and enjoyable time I have had...
Current White House positions
Lebanon protests
If it's true that “a riot,” as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “is the language of the unheard,” then a lot of people around the world are becoming fluent in...
Last week was remarkably challenging for President Donald Trump's ever-fearful, fawning, but increasingly fed-up Republican congressional ...
As we confront the 1,000th day of the Trump presidency, we see what it's come down to - and you know this - the re-election of Donald Trum...
When it comes to sports, most people are thinking football this time of year. But last week will be remembered as an epochal week for the NBA.