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Michael BreenThe Korea Times |
Ever since President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived imposition of martial law in early December, we have experienced one surprise after another....
In the wake of Tuesday night’s on-off declaration of martial law, as bewilderment turned to anger and the nation, it seemed, realized President...
A few months ago, as soon as our political leaders figured that Donald Trump might win the presidential election, they asked the United States if...
If the pollsters are right this time and the race is that tight, when Americans vote on Tuesday for their next president, the outcome may well...
Michael Breen When Han Kang won the Nobel Prize this month, people rushed to buy her works. Bookstores reported sales of over 1 million copies...
If the pollsters are right this time and the race is that tight, when Americans vote on Tuesday for their next president, the outcome may well...
Michael Breen When Han Kang won the Nobel Prize this month, people rushed to buy her works. Bookstores reported sales of over 1 million copies...
North Korea this month amended its constitution to formalize its abandonment of reunification. It followed up immediately with an announcement that...
When Im Jong-seok, a senior figure in the previous government, recently suggested that South Korea give up trying to take over North Korea and...
In a discussion recently about young people who don’t bother with relationships or careers, the only Korean man in our group made a point that...
In a discussion recently about young people who don’t bother with relationships or careers, the only Korean man in our group made a point that...
When the leader of the main opposition party in a stable, advanced democracy hints that the government is planning to introduce martial law, as...
The news earlier this month that the late Kim Dae-jung’s son had sold the family home in Seoul to the owner of a coffee franchise stirred up the...
When South Korea’s Olympic athletes were wrongly introduced as North Koreans at the opening of the Paris Olympics, it was a minor error for the...
Many years ago, I turned up at an office to find the manager I had come to see, going through a pile of papers. As we talked, he continued this...
Despite Korea’s healthy reputation for feisty politics, the current petition to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol exposes an underlying weakness in...