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2. John Burton

Authoritatian way

Vox, the American news website, recently published an interesting explanation for the rise of Donald Trump as the leading Republican presidential candidate. It concluded that Trump has tapped into a strong but until now latent authoritarian streak within American society and that 44 percent of white Americans have authoritarian leanings.

2016-03-09 16:36

Park's one-two punch

It might have seem a good idea at the time when President Park Geun-hye recently, but rashly, decided to deliver a one-two punch to North Korea and China, Pyongyang's closest ally, by first closing the Gaeseong Industrial Complex and then agreed to start talks with the U.S. on the deployment of the THAAD anti-missile system, which Beijing opposes.

2016-02-24 16:25

Trouble at Arirang TV

With the sudden resignation of the head of Arirang TV, President Park Geun-hye has the opportunity to reverse the decline of Korea's state-run international broadcaster that has happened under her watch.

2016-02-10 16:28

Chinese nightmare

What is interesting about the recent backlash against the videotaped apology of Chou Tzu-yu, the Taiwanese member of the K-pop girl group Twice, is how it has exposed the pitfalls of Korea’s economic dependence on China and the underlying unease this has created among Koreans.

2016-01-27 18:14

No good options

North Korea's latest nuclear test has underscored the challenges in stopping Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. The North's biggest bargaining chip is not its military arsenal, but rather the fact that it occupies prime real estate in the center of one of the most dynamic regions in the world.

2016-01-13 16:33

Happy New Year?

Korea is entering the New Year with two key questions hanging over the economy. One is what will be the impact of the recent rise in U.S. interest rates? The other is what will be the impact of China's economic slowdown? The rise in U.S. interest rates poses a significant threat to countries, such as Turkey and Brazil, with large amounts of U.S. dollar-denominated government debt. They could experience a sovereign credit crisis similar to that Korea suffered in 1997.

2015-12-30 16:03

Finders keepers, losers weepers

Several Sundays ago, I returned from a business trip, laden with several bags, and immediately went to my office to do some work. After several hours, I left for home carrying the luggage, including a carry-on, a suit bag, a document bag and a computer bag.

2015-12-16 17:01

Indonesia's history lesson for Korea

As Korea continues to debate whether it should adopt state-authored history textbooks for middle and high school students and whether an "official" history is good history, perhaps it should study the example of how Indonesia has handled the most traumatic incident in its post-war history: the 1965 military coup that subsequently led to large-scale massacres.

2015-12-02 16:32

YS acted as'bridge' in transition

If one word summed up Kim Young-sam, it would be “bridge” in the sense that he served as a bridge between dictatorship and democracy, between Korea's status as a developing economy and an advanced one and as a bridge between the analog age and the digital age.

2015-11-25 16:48

As predicted, the campaign to select a new slogan to promote the capital city has turned into a debacle. A majority of Koreans and 70 percent of Seoulites have expressed displeasure about the selection of "I.SEOUL.U," according to an opinion survey. At least one major Korean newspaper has called for the campaign to be suspended. I understand that even some of those involved in the process are unhappy about the outcome.

2015-11-18 16:32

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