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Sun, March 7, 2021 | 02:55

Donald Kirk

Historic scoop, March 1, 1919

The suffering inflicted on Korea by Japan lives on in exhibits in the Seoul Museum of History about the nightmare of Japanese rule.

2021-03-04 17:06

Choi Sung-jin

Impartial divorce counselor

On Monday morning, I watched the nationally televised ceremony celebrating the 102nd anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement.

2021-03-04 16:24

Pyongyang, one-time Jerusalem of East

Pyongyang, one-time Jerusalem of East

Please be so kind as to look closely at the photo attached to this story. It was taken in a Christian church in Pyongyang in the first decade of the 20th century. We do not know the name of the church, nor that of the pastor, who stands at the front with his right hand lifted. Boys and men are to our left, and girls and women to our right. All the illumination is provided by ...

2021-03-04 16:22

US must ditch Cold War containment obsession - China is not the Soviet Union

US must ditch Cold War containment obsession - China is not the Soviet Union

America must understand that China is different, emphasized the late Lee Kuan Yew when some 25 years ago I asked Singapore's iconic modern founder whether my new newspaper column on Asia, then in the Los Angeles Times, might possibly do some good. His counsel was to try hard to help America get its all-important China relationship right. He said it with urgency.

2021-03-04 16:18

Money isn't key to happiness

Money isn't key to happiness

Get this: A study by McGill University has found that more money does not necessarily make people in low-income countries happier.

2021-03-04 16:17

Kang Hyun-kyung

Code of conduct for stars

Not so long ago, success was defined narrowly in Korea. People who landed in the top two professions_ namely doctors and lawyers, the toughest survivors of the brutally heavy competition through their years of hard work_ were deemed successful.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2021-03-03 16:58

Deterrence and disarmament

Deterrence and disarmament

Many in the global nuclear diplomacy community are looking at the ways in which nuclear risks can be reduced in the absence of actual nuclear disarmament. However, where one sits on the disarmament-deterrence spectrum informs their respective concepts of nuclear risk.

2021-03-03 16:25

Lee Seong-hyon

N. Korea lost in translation

There are only a handful people in the world who have personally sat down with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and discussed nuclear weapons for hours. There are even fewer people who can talk about it publicly. Even if they do, they tend to refrain from going into detail.

2021-03-02 17:31

Afghanistan awaits Biden's big decision

Afghanistan awaits Biden's big decision

Almost two decades after 9/11, one of the biggest early foreign policy decisions that U.S. President Joe Biden will have to make is over Afghanistan with that nation standing at a historic crossroads.

2021-03-02 17:27

Building back together

Building back together

BERLIN - Human beings are creatures of habit. We tend to envisage a future much the same as the past, so we cling to familiar tools, approaches, and perspectives, even as the world changes. But, at this moment of profound social, political, and economic transformation, we must take care not to permit our habits to lead us astray.

2021-03-02 17:26

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