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[Kim Seong-kon] Living well until the end

ViewpointsFeb 18, 2020

Recently, I saw an American movie in which the main character says there are three words beginning with “R” that kill older people slowly. They are retirement, regret and revenge. “Reward,” too, shou...
[Editorial] Alternative force

EditorialFeb 18, 2020

Merged conservative party should further reinvent self to retake power
[Keenan Fagan] Time for a temporary travel ban

ViewpointsFeb 17, 2020

Recently, President Moon has expressed confidence that South Korea can control the novel coronavirus outbreak with its quarantine system and that its threat to the country will soon subside. However...
[Editorial] Ruling party’s arrogance

EditorialFeb 17, 2020

Democratic Party drops accusations against columnist amid criticism over freedom of expression
[James Jay Carafano] The Pentagon’s three headaches

ViewpointsFeb 17, 2020

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper doesn’t have much gray hair. Just wait. He has some monumental challenges ahead. Even if Esper has the backing of the president, and Trump gets reelected, the Pentago...
[Ivo Daalder] China’s secrecy has made coronavirus crisis much worse

ViewpointsFeb 17, 2020

For eight years, China’s President Xi Jinping has trumpeted his country’s increasingly authoritarian system as a grand model for other developing countries to follow. No doubt, China has seen an extr...
[Volker Perthes] Toward new Iran nuclear deal

ViewpointsFeb 16, 2020

When Iran announced in January that it would further “reduce” its commitments under the 2015 deal limiting its nuclear activities, it was not responding to the United States’ assassination of Iranian...
[Editorial] Necessary step

EditorialFeb 16, 2020

Beefing up THAAD system would counter North Korea’s enhanced missile capabilities
[Serendipity] Inconvenient truths laid bare by Bong Joon-ho

ViewpointsFeb 13, 2020

Yes, I have finally found someone who understands what it is like to live with a heightened sense of smell, I thought, watching Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite.” I felt vindicated about my irritation at be...
[Liam Denning] Decadent energy system needs renewal

ViewpointsFeb 13, 2020

Like many of you, I’m sure, I read Ross Douthat’s essay on “The Age of Decadence” in Sunday’s New York Times while sprawled on a chaise, picking at my smashed avo and laudanum. Stirring from the lang...
[Noah Smith] 'Parasite' Oscars say a lot about South Korea

ViewpointsFeb 13, 2020

On Sunday night, there was widespread rejoicing when the South Korean film “Parasite” received the Academy Award for best picture along with several other awards. Not only was this the first such win...
[Editorial] Time to explain

EditorialFeb 13, 2020

Calls rising for Moon to enunciate position on election-meddling indictment
[Editorial] Proof of democracy

EditorialFeb 12, 2020

A North Korean defector’s bid for a parliamentary seat carries significant consequences
[Lionel Laurent] Ireland brings new twist to populism

ViewpointsFeb 12, 2020

Sinn Fein’s electoral smash in Ireland is a historic moment for a party that has long had difficulty shaking off its past ties to the sectarian violence of the “troubles.” It’s clear that the party’s...
[Kim Myong-sik] Blue House and 2018 Ulsan mayoral election conspiracy

ViewpointsFeb 12, 2020

It is a crime story with enough sinister plots that Bong Joon-ho or even Martin Scorsese might be interested in making it into a movie. After several months of investigation, the South Korean prosec...