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Fri, December 1, 2023 | 18:07

Mitch Shin

Has North Korea given up normalization of relations with US?

Since Kim Jong-un, the autocratic leader of North Korea, met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia’s Far East, last month, many pundits started contending that the Kim-Putin summit implies the North’s intention to finally give up its years-long wish ― the normalization of relations with the United States. However, it is unclear whether North Kor...

2023-10-17 16:30

Geopolitics of EU enlargement

Geopolitics of EU enlargement

BERLIN -- Where will Europe’s borders end? On October 6, EU leaders convened in Granada, Spain, to discuss a question that has captivated Eurocrats, think tanks, and journalists throughout the bloc since the start of the war in Ukraine.

2023-10-17 16:20

. Ahn Ho-young

Steeling ourselves against Vostochny outcomes

Several years ago, I was talking with a high-ranking Russian government official. I reminded him that North Korea’s justification for developing nuclear weapons was the “security threat” it has from the U.S. I asked him if there was any chance that Russia may revive the security alliance with North Korea that expired in 1996. The official replied that Russia would not enter i...

2023-10-16 16:35

Adios S. Korea, next man up, China!

Adios S. Korea, next man up, China!

The United States is scheduled to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on Nov. 11 in San Francisco. It is working hard on establishing a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden. The first U.S.-China summit in a year may materialize given Xi’s presence.

2023-10-16 16:30

As Israel strikes back against Hamas, questions linger about the long road ahead

As Israel strikes back against Hamas, questions linger about the long road ahead

As Israel relentlessly bombs Gaza and moves troops toward the border, it is hard to predict how the war with Hamas terrorists will end.

2023-10-16 16:20

. Bernard Rowan

Freedom and fatigue

Democracy isn’t a simpler way of government. Compared with authoritarian and autocratic forms, it's more demanding. There will be fatigue. This is dangerous since democracy needs an engine of innovation and change as well. It's also dangerous since the forces of reaction and anti-freedom look for democracy’s underbelly through fatigue. The polarization between what I term the...

2023-10-15 16:35

Strengthening the ROK-US alliance; Freedom is not free

Strengthening the ROK-US alliance; Freedom is not free

The Yoon Suk Yeol administration has been celebrating the 70th anniversary of the ROK-U.S. alliance. The alliance is considered to have begun with the signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Korea on Oct. 1, 1953, in Washington D.C. and became effective on Nov. 18, 1954. The most powerful nation in the entire world, at that time, had...

2023-10-15 16:30

Facets and Advantages of Korea Benchmarking Foreign Domestic Worker Regimes - Different salary system is needed

Facets and Advantages of Korea Benchmarking Foreign Domestic Worker Regimes - Different salary system is needed

South Korea is suffering from lowering birth rates, which is exacerbated by increasing numbers of women entering the workforce and other cultural and socioeconomic factors.

2023-10-15 16:20

. Jason Lim

'Turtle necking' at war through social media

I hate rubbernecking when others do it, especially if it blocks traffic, but I can’t help myself when I come across an accident. I know it’s macabre and hypocritical, but it’s also instinctive to want to see - with my own eyes - the scene of violence and destruction that must have just occurred. Maybe it has something to do with evolutionary biology, which would explain why h...

2023-10-12 16:35

Avoid being 're-hyphenated' with North Korea

Avoid being 're-hyphenated' with North Korea

The Yoon Suk Yeol administration in South Korea appears to be giving a befitting reply to North Korea’s “uncouth” and provocative behavior. After coming to power, the new administration has taken a tough stance and a tit for tat approach in its dealing with North Korea. The most recent example has been a large-scale military parade of South Korea on Sept. 26. It was interesti...

2023-10-12 16:30

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