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'The opening ceremony for the 2018 Games has already started'
The Olympics starts and ends with ceremonies during which the central theme is presented with the entire world watching. This means the success of the ceremonies is weighted heavily in deciding the success of the entire Games. Such gravity of res…
Feb 09,2017
Take a deep breath
Is South Korea at risk of war? U.S Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said “Yes” in a telephone conversation Tuesday with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se. The two allies said they could conduct a preemptive strike on North Korea’s key milita…
Feb 09,2017
Finding a breakthrough
South Korea and Japan have failed to find a breakthrough in the conflict over the installation of a “comfort woman” statue behind the Japanese Consulate General in Busan since January. As Japan’s Ambassador to Seoul Yasumasa Nakamine was ordered home…
Feb 08,2017
Blue House must be searched
President Park Geun-hye last Friday delivered to the Constitutional Court her second set of written answers to judges’ questions about her impeachment by the National Assembly. Her perceptions were eerily similar to those shown in the first set writt…
Feb 07,2017
Stop inciting the rally
The opposition Democratic Party’s former leader, Moon Jae-in, and splinter opposition People’s Party’s former head, Ahn Cheol-soo, last year were unable to jump on the stage at the massive candlelight vigils across the country calling for President P…
Feb 06,2017
Thaad needs a push
The first meeting between U.S. and South Korean defense ministers since the launch of the Donald Trump administration was held at the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul. In the meeting with South Korea’s Defense Minister Han Min-koo, U.S. Defense …
Feb 04,2017
PyeongChang tickets will be available online next week
The online ticket lottery for the first Winter Olympics in Korea will open next week, when the countdown to the competition reaches one year, its organizers said Thursday. The organizing committee for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games said the fir…
Feb 03,2017
Reinventing conservatism
Former UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon’s abrupt dropping out of the presidential race in just three weeks after his return home deepens the frustrations of conservative forces in Korea. Former Saenuri Party leader Kim Moo-sung, now a member of the B…
Feb 03,2017
No time to go wobbly
Strategic cooperation between South Korea and the United States to put the brakes on North Korea’s unceasing nuclear and missile provocations is rapidly gaining momentum. In today’s trip to Seoul, U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis meets with Hwang …
Feb 02,2017
The vision thing
Conservative voters are in panic as they cannot spot any qualified candidates on the horizon, even when the next presidential election is likely to be held in a few months after President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment last month over an abuse of power …
Feb 01,2017
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