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Editorial
The Japanese Embassy in Seoul has touched off controversy over its refusal to accept a New Year's gift sent by President Moon Jae-in because it was wrapped in paper showing an im...
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are expected to be included in the government's household wealth statistics beginning this year. The inclusion will be made through the additio...
Thoughts of the Times
I am always awestruck by the many ancient tombs of Gyeongju, the ancient capital of the Silla Kingdom (B.C. 57-A.D. 935). They radiate an ...
Do we need a new airport in this era of climate crisis? The government is trying to construct an airport on Busan's Gadeok Island.
China Watcher
Difficulty knocks on the door out of nowhere. Adversity comes in many forms. We all bound to face hardships from which it seems there is n...
Blogs
When Charles Chaille-Long, the secretary of the American Legation in Seoul, traveled to Jeju Island in 1888, he toyed with the idea of cli...
A great deal of Korean politics over the past few years has revolved around party psychodrama, rumors of shamans, commentary on hand gestu...
Up until the latter part of the 19th century, many Western sailors regarded Jeju as a mysterious island surrounded with myths and legends,...
While the female divers (haenyeo) may be the iconic symbols of Jeju Island's past, they were not the only ones to go to sea - the men went...
Columns
. John Burton
As he marks his first year in office, President Joe Biden's North Korea policy is failing for a number of reasons. His administration, aft...
. Steven L. Shields
Pope Francis declared, “It is not necessary to believe in God to be a good person. In a way, the traditional notion of God is outdated. On...
During the closing ceremony of the Cervantino Festival in Guanajuato on Oct. 31, 2021, an announcement was made that Korea would be a gues...
. Jason Lim
Last November, Se-woong Koo wrote an interesting piece for Korea Expose titled, “What Makes Life Meaningful in Korea? Not Much, It Seems.”...
. Jang Da-wool
Every year the World Economic Forum (WEF), also known as the Davos Forum, publishes its “Global Risks Report.” The report analyzes the maj...
Renting a decent-sized retail space in an average neighborhood in the greater Seattle area costs a minimum $5,000 a month. When you're onl...
. Casey Latigue
Last year at this time, I was in the process of gathering more than 900 pages of notes. My grand plan? Release a book in 2022 marking my 1...
A pandemic should have a beginning and an end; its duration is dictated by how well it is managed from a public health perspective. In ide...
Just a few weeks ago, the 2022 French presidential election seemed liked it was already a done deal: President Emmanuel Macron would again...
Russian civilizationalism is proving handy as President Vladimir Putin seeks to expand the imaginary boundaries of his Russian World, whos...
Cartoons
Biden's free masks
US financial risk
Tribune Service
Chicago is one of a handful of American cities where a deadly fungal infection, Candida auris, has been spreading rapidly.
Amid the spread of the most contagious coronavirus variant yet, major decisions by conservative politicians and judges at the federal and state levels are making it vir...
Why do we continue to spend billions of federal funds on expanding an already bloated military? Aren't there better things - like health care, housing and the environme...
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