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Mon, June 25, 2018 | 15:06

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Triumph of Moon's diplomacy

After his successful Olympic diplomacy, South Korean President Moon Jae-in sent his national security adviser Chung Eui-yong to North Korea to discuss a future meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. Kim used the opportunity to send an invitation to U.S. President Donald Trump for a summit to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-03-22 16:51

Mueller, Trump & people's impeachment

The United States of late seems to be careening towards a dark and unknown future. Every news cycle in America seems to bring with it new and unexpected scandals. Things are going so fast that I'm reluctant to mention anything specifically because by the time you read about here it will seem rather quaint and outdated.

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-03-21 15:47

My impression of Kim Yo-jong

Kim Yo-jong is the younger sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un. She is the director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party. The Japanese media reported in 2015 she married a man she met while attending Kim Il-sung University.

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-03-20 17:20

Two egos and one diplomat

The U.S. president's "leadership will be praised by South and North Koreans, and people of the world who wish for peace."

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-03-19 16:52

Dangers of Trump administration

Now, let me be clear about something, in the following I'm not predicting anything hard and fast about what may happen because of the Trump administration and it's very possible any predictions I make will be proven wrong sooner rather than later.

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-03-18 19:14

Corporate culture and employee engagement

I sometimes ask the participants of the workshops I do for client companies how much more of their lives they intend to be employees. It comes as no surprise that very few usually respond by saying they will be employees their entire lives. It doesn't matter how old they currently are: All of them tend to think their employers will not let them work as far into old age as the...

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-03-16 17:32

Rise and fall of Lee Myung-bak

While the whole country was in a festive mood after the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, a healthy boy was born of a Korean emigrant at Hirano District in Osaka, Japan.

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-03-15 16:30

Ex-President Lee arrested over corruption

Attacks in UK and Russia's ruthlessness

“Highly likely” is how Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May describes involvement of Russia's government in a shocking poison incident. She fiercely denounced a “brazen attempt to murder innocent civilians on our soil.” The poisoning March 4 of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia provides a grim reminder that the Cold War may be over, but features of that long bitter strugg...

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-03-14 17:26

Arming teachers won't make American schools safer

Living and working in Korea as an American, I get asked all types of questions, mostly from my students. Why did I come to Korea, and do I like kimchi are most common. But some questions are harder to answer than others such as, “Why are there so many school shootings in the U.S.?”

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-03-13 17:09

Czech glassware art and costume jewelry

I had the honor of meeting the Speaker of the Senate of Parliament of the Czech Republic His Excellency Milan Stech at a welcoming reception during his recent visit to Korea. The reception was hosted by the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Korea H.E Tomas Husak Oct. 30, 2017 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul.

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-03-12 17:39

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