(Published: 2026-03-19 17:48) Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of meeting a Korean friend for dinner in Boston. As the conversation turned to future…
(Published: 2026-03-19 17:48) Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of meeting a Korean friend for dinner in Boston. As the conversation turned to future…
(Published: 2026-03-05 17:23) The US and Israel’s attack on Iran on Feb. 28 shocked the world. Within hours, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran,…
(Published: 2026-02-19 17:29) The recent general election in Japan resulted in a historic landslide victory for the Liberal Democratic Party. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called…
(Published: 2026-02-05 17:43) Historians may look back at the winter of 2026 as a period of burgeoning new trade agreements after a year of US…
(Published: 2026-01-22 17:20) On Jan. 16 Prime Minister Kim Min-seok announced a plan to merge Daejeon with South Chungcheong Province and Gwangju with South Jeolla…
(Published: 2026-01-08 17:23) Barely days into 2026, the US Delta Force seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas and took him to New York to…
(Published: 2025-12-25 16:33) For South Korea, one word sums up 2025: resilience. The year opened with an impeached president and prime minister, rising social anxiety…
(Published: 2025-12-11 16:47) As 2025 winds down, I’ve been reviewing the year, and my monthlong stay in Seoul’s Daerim-dong Chinatown this past May was one…
(Published: 2025-11-27 16:58) The past twenty years have seen a boom in people learning Korean. Hallyu and K-pop have put South Korean pop culture on…
(Published: 2025-11-13 17:15) A Supreme Court ruling on Nov. 6 has thrust Jongmyo, the stately Confucian royal shrine in central Seoul, into the heart of…