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President Yoon Suk-yeol and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden have committed to expanding the two countries' military alliance into a “global comprehensive strategic alliance” to de...
The National Assembly confirmed Prime Minister-nominee Han Duck-soo at its plenary session, Friday. The approval came 47 days after President Yoon Suk-yeol nominated Han and 10 d...
Thoughts of the Times
“To be, or not to be.” That was the question for Hamlet. “To have, or not to have,” would be the question for contemporary people. I think...
June 1 is the local election day of South Korea. According to the National Election Commission (NEC), seven types of local public official...
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
For many young foreign diplomats, Seoul in the late 1880s was a wild and exciting adventure. It was, of course, filled with political intr...
The word 'idol' is used here for a reason. South Korean pop stars are expected to live up to almost impossible standards of behavior. They...
I feel the weight of knowing that I represent one out of hundreds of thousands of Koreans who were sent overseas through international ado...
In the summer of 1877, a new type of medicine was introduced into Korea. Dr. Yano, a Japanese naval surgeon, established a hospital in Fus...
Columns
. Mark Peterson
For those few who don't think history is important, and for those who do as well, I thought today I would recap some of the historical iss...
Schools nationwide are now transitioning to normal operations under new government guidelines, opening up a wider range of options for ext...
It's been a little over two weeks since the requirement to wear masks outdoors was lifted, but a visitor to Seoul would be forgiven for th...
The last decade has made it clear that China did not move toward open trade, freer markets, or political liberalization as so many expecte...
. Donald Kirk
Comparisons between South Korea and the Philippines can be tempting. I can't help but succumb to the temptation after covering last week's...
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 510 million confirmed cases and more than 6.25 million deaths have been reported around th...
Infrastructure generally refers to the basic human-built material systems that undergird the smooth operation of societies and on which mo...
It's often said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a brilliant chess player. Various geopolitical analysts and think tank acolytes s...
The upcoming summit between President Yoon Suk-yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden will be crucial in a true sense for both leaders, given t...
Energy experts around the world are eyeing the 28th World Gas Conference which will be held in Daegu Metropolitan City this month. This is...
Cartoons
Finland and Sweden to NATO
Racism in US
Tribune Service
A closer inspection of the nonprofit tax form filed by the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation reveals even more unseemly details about the group's financial m...
In a single move, President Joe Biden just gave Cuba's aging, creaky regime new oxygen to continue to exist, living on to oppress those who oppose it on the island.
President Joe Biden launched a new offensive of message politics this past week, but appeared to be operating without the inner circle confidant he needs now more than ...
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1945 Lord Haw-Haw arrested at Danish boundary

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