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Tue, October 19, 2021 | 23:14

China poses growing threat to Taiwan

For many decades, Taiwan has been the most serious political-military flashpoint in U.S.-China relations, and in recent weeks and months the Taiwan Strait has experienced rising tensions with dramatic increases in the frequency and seriousness of provocations by Chinese military aircraft within Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).

2021-10-19 16:57

Too little, too late for climate change

With less than five months remaining until next year's presidential election, the primary races for the major political parties are in full swing. The ruling Democratic Party of Korea's candidate has been decided and that the conservative People Power Party has narrowed down its list to the final four candidates. Even the Justice Party has finished a run-off between its two l...

2021-10-19 16:56

Speculating on 'Squid Game'

After the unprecedented best picture Oscar won by “Parasite,” another South Korean cultural product, “Squid Game,” has achieved global prominence. It is now the most-watched show on Netflix, having drawn over 111 million viewers during the first 17 days of its release.

2021-10-19 09:38

North Korea continues slamming 'Squid Game'

Dealing with Kishida

Foreign ministries have geographic and regional divisions and within them individual country desks headed by a desk officer. The Japanese foreign ministry, the Gaimusho, has a Korea desk. It is led by career diplomats in the ministry, Ken Ono and Katsutoshi Takeda.

2021-10-18 16:09

Beijing's dangerous bullying of free Taiwan

Beijing's communists are good at bullying. Look at the political crackdowns in prosperous Hong Kong, the suppression of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and of course China's ongoing military harassment of Taiwan, a democratically ruled island which the communists claim to be part of the People's Republic of China.

2021-10-18 16:08

ESG will not help Global South

The concept of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) reporting standards has gone mainstream. Major Wall Street firms have adopted ESG standards as a guide to responsible investment, compelling the thousands of corporations in which they invest to do so as well. But is ESG helping investors and corporations that operate in the Global South to allocate capital m...

2021-10-18 16:07

Lost in 'Squid Game' translation

All the controversy around the translation of “Squid Games” got me thinking, for the first time in a long time, about how things really do get lost in translation. As a Korean American who's bicultural, I have been interpreting and translating my share of Korean-English for the last 20 years plus, albeit not professionally.

2021-10-17 16:48

Korea assumes chairmanship of IAEA board of governors

South Korea was recently appointed as the next chair of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Board of Governors. The term lasts one year from September 2021 to September 2022, and Shin Chae-hyun, the South Korean ambassador to Austria and permanent representative of international organizations in Vienna, will serve as the chair.

2021-10-17 16:46

Korea's New Southern Policy: challenges and implications for Cambodia

In November 2017, President Moon Jae-in, during his state visit in Indonesia, announced a policy known as, the "New Southern Policy." The policy focuses on Southeast Asia and India, aiming to boost cooperation, trade, investment and tourism, as well as to promote people-to-people relations, so as to reduce South Korea's reliance on its traditional trading partners, such as th...

2021-10-17 16:45

Linchpin or cornerstone? It takes two to tango!

In diplomacy, semantics and symbolism are no less powerful than actual policy or strategy. The U.S. administration's use of the terms “linchpin” and “cornerstone” vis-a-vis its alliances with Korea and Japan, respectively, is a case in point. They are used with a strategic rationale and episodes behind them.

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