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Fri, September 17, 2021 | 13:43

IOC gets it wrong on North Korea

Sometimes there are situations where we have the ability to do something, but it isn't wise to do so. The recent decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to suspend North Korea from Olympic competition until the end of 2022 is a good example.

2021-09-16 17:02

Shadows of 9/11

We all remember where we were on Sept. 11, 2001. We all remember with sheer disbelief watching the unfolding horror and the realization that “it could happen here.” We all remember and vowed never to forget the al-Qaeda terrorist attacks on America, and, just as importantly, to ensure that they never happen again.

2021-09-16 17:00

The West's unspoken failure in Afghanistan

The United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan has captured the world's attention. The chaos, distress, and general sadness of those left behind by America and its allies have drawn significant criticism. It seems inconceivable that 20 years of war, tens of thousands of lives, and $2 trillion were not enough to build a new Afghanistan.

2021-09-16 17:00

Initial Taliban moves fail to convince Afghanistan's neighbors

The Taliban's record in recent weeks of making good on promises to respect human and women's rights, as well as to uphold freedom of the press, is mixed at best.

2021-09-16 16:45

Learning from Afghan failure

The chaotic U.S. exit from Afghanistan and the Taliban's return to power speak volumes about America's foreign policy and its future courses of alliance with other countries.

Park Yoon-bae | 2021-09-15 16:55

Justice and wartime forced labor

In 1924, a British court gave a very famous axiom of jurisprudence. It said, “Not only must justice be done, but it also must be seen to be done.” While keeping the essence of the axiom intact, let's paraphrase it: “Justice must not only be seen to be done, but it must be done.”

2021-09-15 16:55

The booming eighties

The 1980s were an exciting time to be in booming Seoul, with Koreans and expat English teachers alike hustling for a better economic life. Everyone was looking forward to the 1988 Summer Olympics, the first professional baseball game was played in the old Dongdaemun Stadium on a cold blustery day in March 1982, and the bane of dictatorship was relegated to the dustbin of hist...

2021-09-15 16:54

US keeps China in check, China keeps US allies in check

Cambridge, MA - China's State Councilor Wang Yi is visiting South Korea this week. To be precise, it is one of the four countries he will be visiting (Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, and South Korea). Among them, Vietnam and Singapore were visited by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris last month, while Cambodia and South Korea were visited by Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sher...

2021-09-14 17:00

Our promise to leave clean air for our children

Here comes a story of our children from past to present. In a national children's art contest in the 1970s, an artwork depicting black polluted water streams painted by a child living by a coal mine was selected for the grand prize. This painting depicted the severe water pollution caused by the waste from the coal mines at that time.

2021-09-14 16:58

Summer ends with nightmarish news

Summer traditionally ends in a most un-august manner, lulling us lazily and newslessly into a faux placidity. Somehow it always ends immediately after Labor Day with the eruption of a back-to-the-grindstone mentality.

2021-09-14 16:57

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