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Wed, October 4, 2023 | 23:30

Kim Rahn

'Moving' opens Korean-style superhero genre

Disney+'s series “Moving” has been gaining growing popularity here and abroad. The streaming platform, whose performance here had not met expectations, has seen a record number of subscribers since the release of the first seven episodes on Aug. 9.

Kim Rahn | 2023-09-13 16:35

Creating unified Korea by means of visionary 'Declaration of Unification'

Creating unified Korea by means of visionary 'Declaration of Unification'

The efforts to normalize relations between North and South Korea through high-level meetings between politicians, the construction of factories at the Kaesong industrial region, and plans for trans-Asian gas pipelines over the last 25 years have gone nowhere.

2023-09-13 16:30

From Oppenheimer to Fauci

From Oppenheimer to Fauci

The plot of Oppenheimer, this summer's surprise blockbuster film, resembles a Star Wars installment. An evil empire plans to harness a dark force to subjugate humanity. Fortunately, the forces of good master the technology before the enemy does, ensuring victory. But the effort is extremely expensive, and mobilizing the necessary resources requires massive investment and orga...

2023-09-13 16:20

. Mark Peterson

Using Western-style names

Now I've seen everything! Korean Bigtech company Kakao has decided to implement a policy of using first names in office communications - but not their real first names. They have all been directed to take on Western-style first names.

2023-09-12 16:35

Chyung Eun-ju, Joel Cho

Should AI sing?

The recent news of Google and Universal Music Group engaging in discussions to negotiate a music generator utilizing AI technology has intensified the ongoing debate surrounding AI-generated music.

2023-09-12 16:30

Ghost of Oslo Accords haunts

Ghost of Oslo Accords haunts

Thirty years ago, on Sept. 13, 1993, I sat on a folding chair in the sunshine on the White House lawn, along with 3,000 other witnesses, watching President Bill Clinton nudge a reluctant Israeli prime minister and the ebullient chief of the Palestine Liberation Organization into shaking hands.

2023-09-12 16:20

. Casey Latigue

World in trouble

Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” I don't doubt the wisdom, but I would like to point out that King didn't (and couldn't) go everywhere to fight injustice. That's not a knock against the great King. There are so many injustices in the world that even an army of Martin Luther King Jr.-like-minded generals and soldiers could n...

2023-09-11 16:35

Toward 'K-Edu, K-Teacher'

Toward 'K-Edu, K-Teacher'

In the annals of history, Sept. 4, 2023, is destined to be remembered as the day when the echoes of change resounded across South Korea's educational landscape, a day named as “Education Standstill Day.” This is no ordinary date on the calendar; it is an indelible marker of transformation, etching its significance into the very core of the nation's educational soul.

2023-09-11 16:30

What Yevgeny Prigozhin's death means for Africa

What Yevgeny Prigozhin's death means for Africa

The recent deaths of Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and several of his top lieutenants in an airplane crash north of Moscow will likely have far-reaching implications for Africa, where the private military company has established a significant presence in recent years. After all, if Russian President Vladimir Putin is responsible for Prigozhin's death, as many suspect,...

2023-09-11 16:20

. John J. Metzler

After Afghanistan; global conflicts widen, endure, spread

It's been two years since the fall of Afghanistan. The tragic collapse of Kabul to the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban signaled the last sordid chapter in the Biden Administration's appalling and shambolic “withdrawal” from America's longest military commitment. But beyond the perceived American weakness and strategic myopia it glaringly manifested, the Afghan debacle incentiv...

2023-09-10 16:35

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