Valuable step for nuclear-free world With the adoption of the Seoul Communique, the two-day 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit was successfully wrapped up on March 27. This summit was the largest one in the global security field, with the participation of 53 heads or deputy-heads of s..
Proposal for revising the UN Law of Sea Ieodo is a very unique rock which has caused many shipwrecks, and is the source of Jeju literature for seafarers. The Korean Navys scientific investigation team and the Korea Mountain Climbing Team in 1951 first explored the rock.
Sending envoy to Pyongyang At the recently concluded nuclear security summit in Seoul, President Barack Obama frequently praised South Korea, and President Lee Myung-bak, for actions taken as a strong American ally. He took an entirely different tone toward North Korea.
Stop crackdown on N. Korean refugees Western media attention on North Korea has recently been dominated by the U.S.-DPRK Leap Day Deal of food aid for nuclear concessions, and by Pyongyangs subsequent announcement of a satellite launch to mark the centenary of Kim Il-sungs b..
Conflicts over history distortion The media have usually highlighted conflicts between Korea and Japan over the latters approval of biased school textbooks every March over the past decade just as if they were an annual occurrence. This year is no exception.
Ramifications of N. Korean satellite launch Pyongyang recently formally informed the world that it intends to conduct a "satellite launch" next month, in a move that has already created angst and disruption all over the region and in international circles. As we look ahead to the upcoming la..
Obamas option for Koreas Pyongyangs announcement to launch a satellite into outer space has, in one stroke, smashed hopes of a thaw in U.S.-North Korea relations, generating a palpable sense of despair among many longtime proponents of talking to the North.
Syrian crisis shadowed by Libyan operation UNITED NATIONS As the ongoing conflict in Syria churns out ghastly humanitarian carnage, diplomatic efforts to halt the violence are shadowed by last years Libyan intervention, which morphed into a six month long military operation to topple a..
North Korea breaks deal in 16 days In a strange move, Pyongyang abruptly announced that it would launch a satellite in mid-April. The official announcement came just 16 days after the Kim Jung-un regime agreed to temporarily suspend its uranium enrichment at its main reactor complex..
Thaw for Montreals linguistic divide? MONTREAL Its takes a comedian to break the ice in the often frosty linguistic debate in Montreal, the cosmopolitan Canadian city where the French-speaking majority jealously and legally holds the linguistic high ground.
Empowering Asian women We are in a race against time with just three years left to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Many of our people, even in the same country, continue to live in different worlds.
Indias views on nuclear security summit The Global Nuclear Security Summit is scheduled to be held on March 26 and 27 in South Korea. The summit is expected to spotlight the danger of terrorists acquiring and using nuclear weapons.
Promoting medical tourism In a new world where the sick are no longer patients but rather tourists, they travel to another country in search of cheaper or more qualified medical care.
Preconditions for inter-Korean peace It was reported that North Korea agreed to suspend its nuclear activities, including a moratorium on tests and long-range missile launches during bilateral talks with the U.S. in Beijing in late February. This announcement was made rather quickly a..
Painting Calcutta blue I am not making this up. Theyre going to paint Calcutta blue. Some PR firm of public relations consultants has persuaded the West Bengal state government that all official buildings and assets in Calcutta, right down to the lane dividers on highw..
Limited progress, but no breakthrough The recent "food for freeze" agreement between the United States and North Korea has been described (accurately) by the State Department as reflecting "important, if limited, progress" and (inaccurately) by the media as constituting a "breakthrough..
Adoptees deported by US Until 2001, when Korean children were sent to the U.S. for overseas adoption, it was their adoptive parents responsibility to naturalize them as U.S. citizens.
