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Sun, July 5, 2020 | 04:03

Not your dad's North Koreans

By Jason LimNorth Koreans of the “arduous march” generation ― those who starved to death in mid-1990s in quiet desperation while waiting in their homes for the public distribution system to deliver rations that never came ― are forever gone. Today's North Koreans are market-savvy burgeoning capitalists. There is now a moneyed class ― consisting mostly of party and...

2020-07-03 17:10

India should rethink policy in emerging Cold War

In the wake of recent Chinese aggression in the disputed Himalayan border running along the Ladakh area of Kashmir, the debate about India aligning with the United States has resurfaced once again. One of the central questions to India's China threat is how it should respond in an emerging new Cold War where the United States and China are at loggerheads.

Park Yoon-bae2020-07-03 17:00

Take work out of your workout

Recently, I visited my local gym for the first time after snacking-in-place for over two months. It was like going to see an annoying former friend - out of guilt. I've always had a tolerate-hate relationship with working out.

Park Yoon-bae2020-07-03 16:35

Donald Kirk

Celebrating July 4th

Most people hardly need reminders of their mortality. Mere mortals know there's a time to live and a time to die, but surely a statue should insure immortality in history if not in person. Not so, as Americans are reminded in assaults on statues of people seen as bad guys, traitors, villains to be dumped onto the ash heap of history, no longer venerated as heroes in stone or ...

2020-07-02 16:57

Korea's 'Forgotten War' key to future Asian peace

Korea's 'Forgotten War' key to future Asian peace

Seventy years ago, on June 25, 1950, North Korean troops attacked South Korea launching an unexpected military blitz. Kim Il-sung's communists had as their aim the forcible reunification of the divided Korean Peninsula, itself a recent legacy of Japan's defeat in World War II. The South was stunned and Seoul, the capital, soon fell to the onslaught.

2020-07-02 16:55

Strengthening Africa's best pandemic defense

Strengthening Africa's best pandemic defense

COVID-19 is having a devastating impact on the global economy. Like every continent, Africa has been bracing itself for a sharp economic downturn. Yet, despite the inevitable recession, the pandemic has created a unique opportunity to promote the growth of small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) on the African continent. Indeed, empowering the continent's SMEs could limit t...

2020-07-02 16:54

Hong Kong's young crusaders should stand down to fight another day

Hong Kong's young crusaders should stand down to fight another day

I wouldn't mind being 20-something again. That was about the only time in my life that I considered myself blunder-immune, and - as best as I can recall - the only time I felt sure I knew just about everything I'd ever need to know. Oh, were they the good old days!

2020-07-02 16:50

Political progression

Political progression

Over the centuries, a positive development among international relations and domestic politics has been the increased respect of the sanctity of diplomats and political opponents from harm. In ancient times, diplomats were sometimes harmed or molested but not always. During the Persian-Greek Wars, the Spartans threw two Persian diplomats down a well as depicted in the movie “...

2020-07-02 16:50

Politics of upside-down America

Politics of upside-down America

There was even more yelling and screaming than usual in Washington last week. I'm not talking about the “peaceful” demonstrators in Lafayette Park, who were putting ropes and chains on the statue of Andrew Jackson and trying to pull it down.

2020-07-02 16:47

Short-lived joy

Short-lived joy

Many people found an oasis in the desert when the Korean government started paying out coronavirus emergency funding in May. Ranging from 400,000 won to 1 million won, depending on the number of household members, all Korean citizens were eligible to receive the relief money.

2020-07-01 17:13

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