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Wed, February 1, 2023 | 05:20

. Kim Won-soo

Hegemonic competition beyond new Cold War

The relations among nation-states are in flux. Many pundits are raising the alarm about the return of the Cold War. But this time around, the main frontier lies not between the United States and the Soviet Union, but between the United States and China, a fast-rising challenger to the U.S.-led international order.

2022-11-07 15:43

Managing potential conflict on Korean Peninsula

Managing potential conflict on Korean Peninsula

Korea, once a united and culturally enriched country, was colonized by Japan in 1910. Even though WW II liberated Korea from 35 years of Japanese colonial oppression, the country was soon invaded by the U.S.S.R in the North. This led to American fears that the U.S.S.R would control the whole peninsula. They made an offer to the U.S.S.R to demarcate the country into two parts ...

2022-11-07 15:41

Giorgia Meloni's balancing act

Giorgia Meloni's balancing act

When Giorgia Meloni delivered her maiden speech in Italy's Chamber of Deputies on Oct. 25, you didn't know what to believe - the language or the body language, the message or the choice of words. Meloni, a former Benito Mussolini admirer and teenage neo-fascist activist, whose Brothers of Italy party leads the new government coalition, now reigns over the decaying political c...

2022-11-07 14:44

Peter S. Kim

China's new era under Xi

Last month, the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party put beyond doubt the fact that President Xi Jinping will rule the world's second-largest economy with an iron fist for years, if not decades. By extending the constitutionally mandated maximum term of 10 years, Xi is now the first leader since Mao Zedong to sit for an unlimited rule.

2022-11-06 17:00

. Mark Peterson

Sadness upon returning to Korea

After three years of carefully observing COVID-19 restrictions at home in America, I decided that, with five vaccination shots and a decline in the number of illnesses in both America and Korea, it was time for me to return to Korea. I have been struck with so many things about Korea after this long absence, but the most unfortunate, of course, is the tragedy in Itaewon.

2022-11-06 17:00

Who are real climate science deniers?

Who are real climate science deniers?

In May 2015 and July 2021, the British medical journal The Lancet published studies that analyzed millions of deaths in numerous countries over recent decades and found that cooler temperatures killed nine times (July 2021 study) to 17 times (May 2015 study) more people than warmer temperatures.

2022-11-06 14:56

. Donald Kirk

From 'ppalli-ppalli' to tragedy

Blame it on Korea's culture of “ppalli-ppalli” - “quickly, quickly.” That was the simplistic explanation that a Korean gave me for the crowd surge in the narrow Itaewon alley where so many were trapped, crushed and died last weekend. “They were madly pushing each other,” she said. “It's in the genes.”

2022-11-03 14:35

Lessons to learn from Itaewon tragedy

Lessons to learn from Itaewon tragedy

Following last Saturday's Itaewon tragedy, the predictable sessions of finger-pointing have begun among politicians, bureaucrats and the public. While there is ample blame to be shared, it is better to draw practical lessons from the crowd disaster, so events like this may not happen again.

2022-11-03 14:33

What is to be done less than a week after Halloween tragedy?

What is to be done less than a week after Halloween tragedy?

The tragedy in Itaewon at the weekend, when 156 people died, crushed in that alley alongside the Hamilton Hotel, will remain in the memory for as long as we live.

2022-11-03 14:25

Orgy at the end of the world

Orgy at the end of the world

With Ukrainian forces reclaiming territory and sending Russia's demoralized occupiers scurrying in retreat, Russian President Vladimir Putin has escalated his threat to use nuclear weapons. Politicians have issued stern warnings to the Kremlin, and commentators have compared the current moment to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and other episodes of high tension that could have...

2022-11-03 14:25

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