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Trumpets at Ground Zero

At the southern tip of Manhattan, a waterfall falls 9 meters. The stream of water scatters and then gets sucked into the abyss. The unfilled infinite space turns the bustling Wall Street into stillness and silence. This is the...

2021-10-03

Moon repeats call for declaration to end Korean War at UN

President Moon Jae-in proposed that the two Koreas, the United States, and possibly China, formally declare an end to the 1950-53 Korean War in his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.

2021-09-22

Ripples from Afghanistan

As Afghanistan is turning into a living hell in the aftermath of the U.S. withdrawal, related news stories are pouring out. In Korea, there is the heroic saving of Afghans who had helped the embassy in Kabul and their families....

2021-08-31

What the Afghan crisis means

The scenes of chaotic crowds at the Kabul Airport and a desperate administration in Washington trying to gain control have conjured images of the American withdrawal from Vietnam in 1975. That earlier American retreat ushered in...

2021-08-30

U.S. requests Korea to allow evacuees on bases

The United States has made a request to the South Korean government to temporarily house Afghan evacuees in U.S. military bases here, Seoul’s top diplomat confirmed Monday.

2021-08-23

Taking a cue from the U.S.

Joe Biden’s administration has gone all-out to ratchet up U.S. invention and technology competitiveness on the strong belief that the key to its contest with China hinges on science and high-tech capabilities. Congress has been...

2021-08-08

China dream challenges

When he was inaugurated in 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to achieve the Chinese dream of restoring the “Great Chinese Race.” He vowed to realize the first centenary goal of building a “xiaokang (moderately well-off)...

2021-07-22

The United States helps Moon

In a surprising turn, the Moon Jae-in administration and the ruling Democratic Party (DP) praised themselves for reaping great results from the Korea-U.S. summit in Washington last month. Gone are the days when the liberal...

2021-06-09

No fake cease fire, please

After the summit between Presidents Moon Jae-in and Joe Biden at the White House last month, Korea-U.S. relations seem to have entered a honeymoon phase. President Moon accompanied the heads of four major business groups, who...

2021-06-08

Learning from Biden

U.S. President Joe Biden’s expression of thanks to executives from Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, SK and LG for investments in America was a highlight of the last month’s summit in Washington with Korean President Moon...

2021-06-03

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