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Fri, December 2, 2022 | 11:47

How US should deal with Xi Jinping

How US should deal with Xi Jinping

The long-suffering American hope that economic liberalization would yield intellectual and political freedom in China is officially dead after President Xi Jinping's coronation at last year's party congress. He emphasized party control, strengthened personal power, and stifled intellectual dissent.

2018-01-08 17:22

Jimmy Carter's role for peace

Jimmy Carter's role for peace

The U.N. recently placed new sanctions on North Korea, the U.S. independently sanctioned two North Korean officials, and Pyongyang called the U.N. sanctions an “act of war”. If this series of events seems familiar, it should. It is part of an ongoing cycle of North Korean missile tests, UN and US sanctions, and North Korean backlash against the sanctions.

2018-01-07 17:19

Germany slides toward another rudderless grand coalition

Germany slides toward another rudderless grand coalition

Three months ago German voters rejected the colorless status quo. The two traditional governing parties, the Christian Democratic Union (its sister party, the Christian Social Union, runs only in Bavaria) and Social Democratic Party, hemorrhaged votes, together barely collecting half the total, down from two-thirds four years before.

2018-01-01 15:53

Brexit entering third phase in 2018

The United Kingdom this month begins formal negotiations on a Brexit transition period for when it will leave the EU in 2019, before turning this spring to trying to secure a final exit deal for the 2020s and beyond. These milestones herald the start of the third, historic chapter in the long-running U.K. exit saga.

2017-12-31 15:18

Japan's claim to Dokdo and its colonial responsibility

Japan's claim to Dokdo and its colonial responsibility

Concern has been raised that the Japanese government is set to bring up the issue of Dokdo in earnest under the premise that an agreement was reached Dec. 28, 2015, between Seoul and Tokyo about the so-called “comfort women,” the most critical among all the issues the two nations have yet to resolve. Last February, Japan revised its guidelines for teaching and a relevant manu...

2017-12-26 15:55

Free trade in Asia-Pacific region

Free trade in Asia-Pacific region

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently concluded a visit to China. The joint talks about a free-trade pact began over a year ago. As Trudeau left Beijing, Western media ran headlines saying: “Trudeau leaves China empty-handed”, while China’s foreign ministry said “both China and Canada showed willingness to negotiate and sign a free-trade agreement”. In reality, the ...

2017-12-24 17:02

Donald Trump's one year: my assessment

Donald Trump's one year: my assessment

WASHINGTON - He was elected president by antiquated Electoral College system of the U.S. Constitution written more than 200 years ago. His opponent, Hillary Clinton, received three million votes more than he did, but lost the election through the Electoral College system. However, he believed in the fantasy that he received more than three million votes over his opponent. He ...

2017-12-20 16:11

Belt, road and Moon

The Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative (NAPCI), inherited and embraced by the Moon Jae-in administration, remains a logical structure around which to build its relationships in the region. In fact it may be the most well-grounded and widely-supported external initiative by this government.

Park Yoon-bae | 2017-12-16 12:36

Time to really negotiate with China over North Korea

Time to really negotiate with China over North Korea

The Trump administration continues to expect China to solve the North Korea problem. Amid hostile rhetoric and nuclear threats, Washington wants the People’s Republic of China to cut off trade with the North. But the U.S. has been far less forthcoming in offering a quid for China’s quo. Beijing has urged bilateral negotiations, suspension of annual U.S.-South Korea military e...

2017-12-12 16:41

Bitcoin debate rages on

Bitcoin debate rages on

I really never imagined I would be writing these words - but the plain fact of the matter is that I agree with Lloyd Blankfein, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, who says that based on everything he knows he thinks that bitcoin won’t work out and is ’not comfortable with it’, yet reserves the right to be wrong and concedes that it might after all, come to be a kind of cur...

2017-12-10 17:23

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