[OPINION] North Korea's provocations highlight South Korea's success

KENOSHA -- North Korea has decided to bring in the New Year with a Bang, the Pyongyang regime over several days has fired sizable artillery barrages near a maritime buffer zon

January 10, 2024

[OPINION] "Putin's Press Conference – All is Well in Putinland"

KENOSHA -- This is how Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg of the influential – and reliable – BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) summed up Russia President Vladimir P

December 27, 2023

[OPINION] CEWC 2024: China's strategic blueprint

KARACHI -- As China charts its course for 2024, the palpable resonance from Beijing is a resounding commitment to prioritize high-quality development. The recently concluded Central Economic Work Conference (CEWC), the most im

December 21, 2023

[OPINION] Christmas 1944: Hell on Earth

KENOSHA -- Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. The battle was hell on earth. On December 16, 1

December 21, 2023

[COLUMN] Is it the end of dog farming?

SEOUL -- From time to time, I find myself wondering how future generations might look upon our era. Just as we find it hard to believe that nice, sophisticated people could own slaves, what do we do today that will make our great-grandchildren doubt our moral uprightness? There are some obvious candidates for disapproval – warfare, poverty, pollution, lon

December 6, 2023

[OPINION] President Biden's Sensible Step Regarding China

KENOSHA -- President Joe Biden’s meeting in November with China’s leader Xi Jinping in Woodside California is important for symbolic and more substantive reasons. Xi

December 1, 2023

[OPINION] Thanksgiving and Lincoln's Legacy

KENOSHA -- Thanksgiving means actual, not contrived, inclusiveness. President Abraham Lincoln profoundly demonstrates this fundamental point. On October 3, 1863, the White Ho

November 22, 2023

[OPINION] Alberta steps forward as natural resources partner for Korean companies 

SEOUL -- A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed earlier this month between POSCO and Invest Alberta marks the beginning of what could evolve into a substantial and enduring partnership between Korea and the resource-rich Canadian province. Amidst global uncertainty fueled by climate change, international conflicts, and other factors affecting supply chains and food security, the timing of t

November 22, 2023

[OPINION] Xi-Biden Summit: resumption of positivity in the Sino-US ties

KARACHI -- In the much-awaited summit between President Xi Jinping and President Biden, the anticipated outcome materialized with two pivotal measures propelling Sino-US relat

November 17, 2023

[OPINION] "Remembering John F. Kennedy"

KENOSHA -- The President of the United States travels to Texas to mitigate factional strife in his Democratic Party, and on November 22, 1963, is gunned down on a Dallas street.

November 17, 2023