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Getting closer to doomsday

Kim Won-soo A time bomb has been set to the man-made doomsday. Last week the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS) advanced the doomsday clock to 89...

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Kim Won-Soo

No, I'm not trafficking North Korean refugee women

Volunteers and North Korean refugees participate in a Language Match session in 2018. Courtesy of Freedom Speakers International Over the years,...

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Casey Lartigue Jr

When there was a village

It is almost 80 years ago. This is the story of a teenage boy. The boy ran courageously here and there and played. In the village where the boy...

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Lee Nan-Hee

Insular leaders

One of the most interesting and unsettling facts concerning President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law debacle is that Yoon and other key figures who...

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Min Seong-Jae

Seoul in the early 1900s: Fighting and gambling

Pitching coins or marbles in the streets of Seoul circa 1900s / Robert Neff Collection When Count Peter Vay, a Hungarian diplomat and writer,...

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Robert Neff

Political economics of DeepSeek

Peter S. Kim Over the Lunar New Year break, China ambushed global markets and claimed its place in the artificial intelligence (AI) universe by...

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Peter S. Kim

Trumping Trump

Trump’s recent memo order pausing or “freezing” federal grant spending (except for Social Security, Medicare and direct payments to individuals)...

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Bernard Rowan

Honoring early missionary doctors in Korea

Korea officially opened its doors to the outside world in 1882 through the Treaty of Peace, Amity, Commerce and Navigation with the United States....

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Choe Chong-Dae

Bigamy and trial marriages

A Korean wedding circa 1900 / Robert Neff Collection In the past, more so than today, small hometown newspapers were often filled with gossip, the...

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Robert Neff

Why I am learning English

Kim Su-jin, a Keynote Speaker with Freedom Speakers International, speaking at an international school outside Seoul, Oct. 28, 2024. Courtesy of...

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Kim Su-Jin

Africa needs mineral security, too

Daniel M. Franks BRISBANE/BRUSSELS – On February 3-6, policymakers and industry leaders will gather in Cape Town for the annual Investing in...

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Daniel M. Franks And Ruya Perincek

Who is progressive and who is conservative?

In the subheading of a recent profile piece on main opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, The Economist labeled the man it said may be Korea’s next...

06.02.2025 10

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Michael Breen

Yoon's impeachment trial: a test for Korea's rule of law

Park Jung-won President Yoon Suk Yeol’s reaction to a democratic president’s worst political nightmare — impeachment and possible removal from...

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Park Jung-Won

Women in my family

The women in my family are independent and invincible. When my mother met my father, she was 22 years old and had her own hair salon. My father was...

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Jang Cheol-Ho

What does Trump 2.0 mean for Venezuela?

Moises Naim WASHINGTON, DC – Venezuela’s future will be largely shaped by U.S. policymakers and lobbyists over the next year. Although Donald...

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Moisés Naím