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[SCRIVENER]When the war in Iraq hits home

A week into military action, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq continues to raise a veritable sandstorm of debate around the globe. Allied forces look set to free Iraqis and their neighbors from an extremely nasty dictator. By doing so, they may have pre-empted terror against both Western and Middle Eastern interests. And their action puts other regimes with nuclear ambitions, like North Korea, on notice. It’s hard to argue with these ends. But wh…

Mar 27,2003
[FOUNTAIN]The choices in battle

“My body shakes. I feel as if there is ice buried deep within my bones. What is my army division? Last school of graduation? Hometown? Why did I become a soldier? What do I think about communism? What are my feelings toward the United States? “I’m a platoon leader of a failed South Korean unit during the 1950-1953 Korean war. I witnessed a death of our noncommissioned officer after having infiltrated into enemy territory. I have been captured …

Mar 27,2003
[GLOBAL EYE]North presents difficult choices

The reason the debate on the cause of the Iraq war and the morality of the United States seems to be so leisurely here has to do with the North Korea nuclear crisis. Our government, defying the anti-war mood at home and abroad, has issued a statement in support of the U.S. action and decided to dispatch noncombat troops for the war against Iraq, after serious deliberation, because it is a war led by our most important ally, the United States. T…

Mar 26,2003
[CULTURAL DIMENSIONS]Roh had no option but to gamble

The war came last week, as expected. A few hours before the hostilities began, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney called President Roh Moo-hyun to inform him of the impending attack. After the first bombs fell, the president addressed the nation to declare Korea’s support for the war by stating that it was in Korea’s national interest to support its U.S. ally. He announced plans to contribute a non-combatant force of 700 to the war effort. The p…

Mar 26,2003
[REPORTER’S DIARY]Did you hear the one about...?

President Roh Moo-hyun’s sense of humor is the talk of the Blue House these days. The president has been slowly gaining a reputation for his ability to make people laugh, even at formal meetings with high-ranking military officers and senior officials from various ministries. The president recently had a luncheon meeting with the heads of naval forces who were to participate in a graduation ceremony at the Korea Naval Academy. The atmosphere o…

Mar 26,2003
[OUTLOOK]Korea and the war of two worlds

Diplomatic negotiations gave way to military action on Iraq on March 20. Militarily, this war on Iraq is an extension of the war on terrorism launched in Afghanistan. Economically, it takes the form of a power struggle between the information technology business and the oil business. The U.S. economy enjoyed an incredible boom in the 1990s, led by information technology. But oil-exporting Middle East economies had been steadily contracting, …

Mar 25,2003
[VIEWPOINT]2 emotions dominate world today

My nephew, an elementary school third-grader who likes to indulge in riddles, had one for me the other day. “Auntie,” he asked, “do you know the one thing that everyone in the world is doing right now?” “Let me see,” I answered. “All the people in the world are getting older.” Mine was a pretty good response, I thought. “Getting older?” My nephew cried. “That’s wrong. The answer is: ‘Everyone in the world is breathing.’” I could have argu…

Mar 25,2003
[FOUNTAIN]Finding peace in forest of life

“The past is gone and the future has not arrived yet. What exists now is the present . . . . You are now walking through a beautiful garden. But it is just a few moments that you enjoy the beauty there. As you walk step by step, you begin to be a slave to the thoughts or work that occupied you before. You, whose heart is taken away, are like a husband who is unfaithful. You are not different from the husband who disregards his wife and children a…

Mar 25,2003
[OUTLOOK]The Divinity consults on holy war

God! If the war ends within four weeks, the economic growth rate of the United States will rise by 0.5 percentage point and that of East Asia by 0.2 percentage point. Right after U.S. President George W. Bush issued the ultimatum to Iraq, the Dow Jones index of U.S. securities jumped by 3.7 percent and the Korean stock index by 4.2 percent ― as if investors were emancipated from “Iraqphobia.” You may be pleased to see that growth rates and st…

Mar 23,2003
[FORUM]Time for war of images in Korea

A U.S. government official whom I met at Georgetown University said, “The propaganda and agitation of the left wing is remarkable. They have the experience and technique to spread anti-American sentiment. It is not easy to block them, and it is an unfortunate tradition for us.” The “unfortunate tradition” the official was talking about was that of South Korea. He was referring to the U.S. media coverage as an indicator of how shaky the Kore…

Mar 23,2003

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