Why Is ‘Squid Game’ So Popular?
In midtown Manhattan, a few steps from Madison Square Garden, Macy’s, and the Empire State Building, there’s a space where rotating tourist traps set up camp. Some years ago, I ...
Tag: South Korea
US will strike North Korea if South attacked with nukes, South’s spy chief nominee says
South Korea’s nominee for spy agency director said on Thursday he believed the United States would strike North Korea with nuclear weapons if Pyongyang launched a nuclear attack against South ...
South Korea’s New President Wants Flexible Diplomacy
After months of political turmoil in South Korea, Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was elected as president in a snap election held June 3. Elections came two years early after ...
America’s Asian Alliances Will Survive Trump
It is not easy being a U.S. ally these days—particularly in Europe but also on the front lines of strategic competition in Asia. Like passengers traveling into outer space with ...
What to Expect From South Korea’s New President
South Korea’s new president is Lee Jae-myung, from the liberal Democratic Party of Korea (DPK). He succeeds Yoon Suk-yeol, the disgraced former president from the conservative People Power Party (PPP), ...
South Korean Women Are Powerful—and Powerless
They took to the streets en masse through last winter, braving icy weather, sitting on freezing pavements through snowy nights to call for the ouster of then-South Korean President Yoon ...
Leftist Candidate Holds Narrowing Lead a Week from South Korean Presidential Election
South Korea’s presidential election will be held on June 3. The last round of polls taken before polling is suspended under South Korean election law showed Lee Jae-myung, candidate of ...
Who Can Lead a Divided South Korea?
It took longer than expected, but South Korea’s Constitutional Court finally pushed the flaming wreckage of Yoon Suk-yeol’s presidency overboard. His illegal declaration of martial law in December, apparently intended ...
South Korea Says China’s DeepSeek AI App Transferred User Data Overseas
South Korea’s data privacy watchdog agency, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), said on Thursday that China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) transferred user data to companies in China and the ...
Report: China Pressures South Korea to Limit Rare-Earth Product Exports to U.S.
A major finance newspaper in South Korea reported on Tuesday that, according to anonymous industry insiders, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce sent a letter to Korean companies threatening them against ...
