Dokdo still unresolved as urgency mounts
Friendly relations, let alone a strategic alliance between nations, are questionable if they are engaged in a territorial dispute.
Lee Kyong-Hee
Prayers for 156 innocent souls and Itaewon
Korean society at large must work together to help the bereaved families cope with their loss and grief, as well as support Itaewon to be reborn as a safer and more vibrant hot…
Yellow light on Yoon’s ‘audacious initiative’
The writer says the President's roadmap for improving relations with Pyongyang deserves attention, despite objections and hurdles.
Dokdo’s on-site lesson for multicultural youths
Japan has also lay claim over the East Sea islets of Dokdo, Korea’s easternmost outpost, also known as Liancourt Rocks.
Ethical stain on Korea’s Asian labour
The problem is that most foreign farm workers are overworked and underpaid with little recourse against their bosses.
From chocolates to chips to nuclear warheads
In the face of North Korea's growing nuclear threat, the two Koreas and the US should restart talks in Panmunjom.
Cultural leverage to better neighborly ties
An increase in mutual awareness and partnership will surely be conducive to peace in the region along the bumpy road ahead.
House-hunting mars S. Korean presidential transition
The presidential transition team’s helter-skelter scramble to complete the relocation before the May 10 inauguration is comparable to a pinball ricocheting off bumpers.
Gender war? No, it’s a deeper conundrum
In the dynamic race to the March 9 presidential election, the fates of two women test our moral compass. One vanished soon after she appeared, and the other virtually stays on…