(Published : Nov 24, 2015 – 17:20 ) The sudden death of former president Kim Young-sam last week underscores how far the 1980s and 1990s…
(Published : Nov 24, 2015 – 17:20 ) The sudden death of former president Kim Young-sam last week underscores how far the 1980s and 1990s…
(Published : Nov 10, 2015 – 17:14) The unveiling of Seoul’s new English slogan “I.Seoul.U” at the end of October stirred a hearty round of…
(Published : Oct 27, 2015 – 17:40) The Park Geun-hye administration’s proposal to publish state-authored history textbooks unleashed a storm of protest. One by one,…
(Published : Oct 13, 2015 – 17:50) The Nobel Prize announcements this year marked another year with Korea coming away empty-handed, which has caused another…
(Published : Sept 29, 2015 – 17:23) Chuseok is a time for family gatherings to thank ancestors for a bountiful fall harvest. People travel long…
(Published : Sept 15, 2015 – 17:33) Fall is upon us and will soon deepen. In the United States, the fall before a presidential election…
(Published : Aug 18, 2015 – 17:52) Aug. 15 marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the liberation of Korea…
(Published : Aug 4, 2015 – 16:56) If years had buzzwords, the one for 2015 in the U.S. would sure be “Millennial.” The news is…
(Published : Jul 21, 2015 – 18:40) The headlines were shocking. A professor at a Korean university repeatedly beat a student and forced him to…
(Published : Jul 7, 2015 – 20:34) On a recent visit to Korea, I was struck by how often young Koreans used the word “boring”…