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Tue, October 24, 2017 | 12:45

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Confirming ROK-US ties

Almost 70 years have passed since the United States Army soldiers were first stationed on the Korean Peninsula after the end of World War II. The Korean War, one of the greatest tragedies of our nation, was a product of the Cold War, but it was also a war of the United States. In line with this, modern Korean history became a history that cannot be talked about without mentio...

Guest Column | 2017-10-23 17:53

War with North Korea is not an Option

The Cold War was marked by hysteria over the potential for nuclear conflict. The world seemed to enter a new age when the Soviet Union collapsed. Small wars continued, but the famed nuclear doomsday clock finally moved backwards. Yet the possibility of nuclear war again is dominating international headlines. People have begun to share their parents’ fear of nuclear warheads r...

Guest Column | 2017-10-23 17:50

On Aviation Day 2017

Korea observes Aviation Day on October 30. Why? How? Some may question why and how Aviation Day was set on October 30 on the Korean calendar. The Ministry of Transportation made the decision to set up the day for the advancement of the Korean aviation industry and technology for commercial flight and space science exploration. The ministry chose October 30, the first day a fl...

Guest Column | 2017-10-22 17:36

Trump's phone call

U.S. President Donald Trump may or may not have said something insensitive or excessively blunt to the widow of a soldier killed earlier this month in Niger. We don't know. No one has produced a transcript of the conversation yet. But when Trump called the widow of Sgt. La David T. Johnson, Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson of Florida also listened in. That's one more person on the line than ideal. The congresswoman is reportedly a close friend of the family, but also a noted Trump detractor. That injects politics where it shouldn't be.

Guest Column | 2017-10-22 17:33

Trump governing doesn't put America first

America has never had a president quite like Donald Trump. His “art-of-the-deal” approach to governing has fellow Republicans cringing whenever he makes an unexpected move that not only puts his political interests above his party's, but also threatens its future existence. Take Trump's decision last week to stop reimbursing insurance companies for discounts to lower-income customers with Affordable Care Act policies. If a Congressional Budget Office analysis is right, that primarily middle-class families will be hurt by Trump's move, the Republican Party will feel the pain later.

Guest Column | 2017-10-20 17:05

Respect for flag, anthem, nation

No law in the United States requires the Star-Spangled Banner be played before a football game or before any sporting event or requires the fans to stand for the flag and the anthem. No law requires the flag to even be flown at these events. Yet the flag is flown and a bands plays the anthem before the start of all athletic contests in the United States. These celebrations go...

Guest Column | 2017-10-19 16:58

Iran - a crisis without end

“There is at least one thing worse than fighting with allies - and that is to fight without them.” Winston Churchill with that statement summed up a basic truth of international politics and war. Churchill’s words bear directly on the current debate over the nuclear agreement with Iran. United States leaders seem to be preoccupied with talking to themselves, while ignoring partners in the agreement, including our most vital durable allies. President Donald Trump has dramatically “decertified” Iran, arguing they are not abiding by the international agreement to deter developing nuclear weapon...

Guest Column | 2017-10-19 16:53

Europe's attackers from within

BERLIN - Europe finally appears to have moved past its multi-year economic crisis, but it remains unsettled. For every reason for optimism, there always seems to be a new cause for concern. In June 2016, a slim majority of British voters chose nostalgia for the nineteenth-century past over whatever promise the twenty-first century might have held. So they decided to jump off ...

Guest Column | 2017-10-18 17:37

Trump's tweets on Puerto Rico

When it comes to President Donald Trump fulfilling his role as leader of the federal government, nothing he has said has been as awful as his Thursday remarks on Twitter that the United States might soon stop helping Puerto Rico - a part of our nation since 1898 - recover from Hurricane Maria. "Electric and all infrastructure (in Puerto Rico) was disaster before hurricanes," he tweeted. "We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing (under the most difficult circumstances) in P.R. forever!" The comments came as authorities announced that just 9 percent of th...

Guest Column | 2017-10-18 17:31

Tradition and modernity

From a desperately poor country to becoming a member of the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development within a few decades, Korea has indeed made tremendous progress. Korea’s rapid economic transformation has also led to dramatic social changes. As a result, some Koreans have started regarding their country as a developed and modern nation.

Guest Column | 2017-10-17 17:15

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