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Sun, December 10, 2023 | 23:46

After Gaza

ABU DHABI - Gaza is now at risk of sinking into a new hell. There are no excuses for Hamas’s vicious attack on Israel, which killed around 1,600 people, many of them innocent civilians, nor for its hostage-taking. The world is rightly affirming Israel’s right to defend itself.

2023-10-25 16:20

Visit of President Yoon Suk Yeol to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Visit of President Yoon Suk Yeol to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The visit of the Republic of Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, during the period of the 21st to 24th of October, comes as an extension of the desire of the governments of the two countries to strengthen the distinguished relations between them and to discuss ways to strengthen them at all levels.

2023-10-24 16:00

Poland's ruling party lost, but will it leave?

Poland's ruling party lost, but will it leave?

WARSAW - The extraordinary victory of the democratic opposition in Poland’s election raises the specter of a looming constitutional crisis. Like former U.S. President Donald Trump or former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, the right-wing populist Law and Justice (PiS) party may refuse to concede.

2023-10-22 16:20

South Africa's deadly housing crisis

South Africa's deadly housing crisis

JOHANNESBURG -- In late August, a devastating fire in a dilapidated apartment building in Johannesburg claimed the lives of 77 people. The fire, one of the deadliest in South Africa’s history, was a stark reminder of the substandard living conditions faced by the city’s most vulnerable residents and underscored the country’s urban housing crisis.

2023-10-19 16:20

Korea’s unique contribution to constitution of unified Korea

Korea’s unique contribution to constitution of unified Korea

If Koreans draft a constitution for a unified Korea that will transform the entire peninsula in the manner that the United States was transformed by the Constitution of 1787, then that Korean constitution must have distinctly Korean roots and spirit.

2023-10-19 16:00

Bridge building is best medicine to cure Korean Peninsula issues

Bridge building is best medicine to cure Korean Peninsula issues

The Korean Peninsula has long been a source of geopolitical stress, with a history scarred by division, conflict and failed diplomacy. The region has seen multiple leaders rise and fall, nuclear threats emerge, and a complicated web of ties emerge among the primary players - North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Russia, the United States and China. Despite several attempts to reso...

2023-10-19 15:50

Stop forcible repatriation of NK refugees

Stop forcible repatriation of NK refugees

China has taken growing global flak for allegedly having repatriated some 600 North Korean defectors to their reclusive home country against their will last week. Justice for North Korea, a human rights advocacy body, asserted Chinese authorities put the refugees in trucks bound for the North. The defectors had been detained in five Chinese cities near borders such as Hunchun...

2023-10-18 16:35

Real dividing line in Israel-Palestine

Real dividing line in Israel-Palestine

LJUBLJANA — The barbarism that Hamas has unleashed on Israel should be condemned unconditionally, with no “ifs” or “buts.” The massacres, rapes, and abductions of civilians from villages, kibbutzim, and a music festival was a pogrom, confirming that Hamas’s true goal is to destroy the state of Israel and all Israelis. That said, the situation demands historical context ...

2023-10-18 16:20

Polarization

I came back to Korea after a long time abroad, and one of the most visible issues that I notice in Korean society today is that of polarization. Polarization generally refers to the splitting of society into conflicting groups such as rich and poor, old and young, and urban and rural, which this rapidly growing and competitive country has experienced quite a good deal over th...

2023-10-17 16:35

Geopolitics of EU enlargement

Geopolitics of EU enlargement

BERLIN -- Where will Europe’s borders end? On October 6, EU leaders convened in Granada, Spain, to discuss a question that has captivated Eurocrats, think tanks, and journalists throughout the bloc since the start of the war in Ukraine.

2023-10-17 16:20

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