In front of the Blue House guesthouse on October 8, 2010, a man in a yellow shirt threw a shoe at the podium. Men in black suits wrapped their arms around the podium. One man lifted his bag and blocked the shoe, and a man in a...
The New York Times recently announced its plan to move part of its digital news operation from Hong Kong to Seoul as the situation becomes more uncertain due to the national security law. The New York Times chose Seoul for “its...
If your mood changes drastically, it becomes difficult to fall asleep. When blood pressure is higher than usual, you either lose or gain weight. You feel uncertain and anxious. These are the symptoms of politically-induced stress...
Doosan Group is celebrating after earning an unexpected compliment from President Moon Jae-in on July 17. Moon visited the Research Center for Wind Energy Systems in Buan County, North Jeolla and discussed the outcomes of...
On the first day of the enforcement of the Hong Kong security act on July 1, a Chinese article caught my eye. The Chinese foreign ministry announced that 53 countries around the world support the law. At the UN Human Rights...
“I am sorry about the soaring real estates. I am sorry that it confused the citizens and is not under control at once.” In his new year’s address in January 2007 — the final year of Roh Moo-hyun’s presidency — he apologized.A...
“I will do my best as the first female vice speaker of the National Assembly to help bring gender equality in our society,” said four-term lawmaker Kim Sang-hee as she took the post on June 5. The first female vice speaker of the...
A long time ago, I often met with civic activist Park Won-soon. This was shortly after he established the Beautiful Store inspired by British charity organization Oxfam. If citizens donated goods, volunteers would fix them and...
In March 2000, former U.S. President Bill Clinton approved China’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in a speech at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. If China joined the WTO, it...
I was posted to Tokyo in December 2017. The Moon Jae-in administration announced its verification results of the 2015 Korea-Japan comfort women agreement. The following trials on forced labor and Japan’s export ban set a thorny...
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