(Published: 2025-10-02 16:45:38) October 9th is one of my favorite holidays: Hangeul Day. The holiday is the only public holiday in the world to honor…
(Published: 2025-10-02 16:45:38) October 9th is one of my favorite holidays: Hangeul Day. The holiday is the only public holiday in the world to honor…
(Published: 2025-09-18 17:17) Relations between South Korea and the US have dipped to their lowest point in years. On Sept. 4, US immigration officials detained…
(Published: 2025-09-04 18:10:03) On Sept. 4, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung finished his first three months, or one quarter, in office. He took office…
(Published: 2025-08-21 17:48:37) On a hot mid-August day, I stopped at my local public library and noticed a sign at the entrance offering free bottles…
(Published: 2025-08-07 18:00:06) After long and difficult negotiations over tariffs between the US and its major trading partners, most have reached last-minute agreements with the…
(Published: 2025-07-24 17:56:58) To date, an election for the House of Councilors, the upper house of the Japanese Diet, would not have been big news,…
(Published: 2025-07-10 17:44:00) Over the past several weeks, talk of a promise from President Lee Jae Myung to “create 10 universities on par with Seoul…
Published: 2025-06-26 17:44:39 New presidents in South Korea stir a wave of new policies and big national goals. As the country has developed, new presidents…
Published: 2025-06-12 16:54:23 Lee Jae-myung of the slightly center-left Democratic Party of Korea began his presidency with a whirlwind of activity after winning a decisive…
Published: 2025-05-29 17:44:31 Way back in the late 2010s, I remember Democratic political pundit Donna Brazile describing then-US President President Donald Trump as a “tree…