‘Soft power’ rising

Korean entertainment has become an international sensation. After K-pop superstars BTS and the film “Parasite” impressed the world, it’s time for Korean drama series. “Squid Game” has become the most watched series across the...

2021-10-26

Patting his own back

President Moon Jae-in was self-congratulatory in his legislative address on Monday with six months left in his term. He claimed Korea’s Covid-19 response has become an international standard and touted that the country has...

2021-10-25

Patting his own back (KOR)

President Moon Jae-in was self-congratulatory in his legislative address on Monday with six months left in his term. He claimed Korea’s Covid-19 response has become an international standard and touted that the country has...

2021-10-25

The China factor

Whenever it has an opportunity, the Moon Jae-in administration praises the importance of the Korea-U.S. alliance. When meeting with Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines in May, Moon said the bilaterally alliance is not...

2021-09-14

End the parachute appointments (KOR)

Our financial industry is afflicted with so-called “parachute appointments” by President Moon Jae-in. The government has nominated Hwang Hyun-sun, former administrator at the Blue House, as an executive member of the Korea Growth...

2021-09-05

The advent of ‘K-tyranny’

President Moon Jae-in proudly staged the “K-venture” event at the Blue House Thursday. A day earlier, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Hong Nam-ki said he was convinced that “the K-testbed will play the role as a...

2021-08-29

Moon’s strange silence (KOR)

Even as opposition to the dangerous move by the ruling Democratic Party (DP) to press ahead with a revision to the Media Arbitration Act spreads, the Blue House keeps mum. Given the comparisons to “guidelines on news reports”...

2021-08-02

Moon’s strange silence

Even as opposition to the dangerous move by the ruling Democratic Party (DP) to press ahead with a revision to the Media Arbitration Act spreads, the Blue House keeps mum. Given the comparisons to “guidelines on news reports”...

2021-08-02

Why does Moon praise Kim?

In the final year of their term, most presidents seek to define their legacy in ways that historians might find compelling. By that time, democratically elected leaders are lame ducks and often face a series of disappointments...

2021-07-07

Don’t delay the pardon (KOR)

President Moon Jae-in said he was aware of the difficulties caused by the absence of leadership at the country’s top conglomerate Samsung Electronics when executives from the four largest chaebol asked for a special pardon for...

2021-06-03

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