(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: 2025-08-07 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…
Published: 2025-05-15 17:53:08 Seoul and Tokyo are two of the most populous capital cities in the world and often invite comparison. I took advantage of…
Published: 2025-05-01 16:54:00 Golden Week has long been one of the busiest times to travel in Japan. A series of holidays starting on April 29…
Published: 2025-04-17 17:05:42 After a long wait, the South Korean Constitutional Court removed Yoon Suk Yeol from the presidency in a unanimous decision on April…
Published: 2025-04-03 16:58:31 In mid-March, I went to Washington for the first time since the pandemic. On one of the days, I went to the…