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Wed, October 4, 2023 | 22:46

[ROUNDTABLE] Time to get real about 'China Passing'

ROUNDTABLETime to get real about 'China Passing'

South Korea and the U.S. may be involved in controversy after the U.S.-North Korea Summit in Singapore, but China is enjoying the situation.

2018-06-23 11:25

Defectors' views on Kim-Trump summit

ROUNDTABLENorth Korea: Why are we so impatient?

[INTERVIEW] Chinese reporter's views of Korea's security environment

INTERVIEWChinese reporter's views of Korea's security environment

The 17th Shangri-la dialogue was held in Singapore early this month; the greatest diplomacy and security discussion banquet in terms of its volume and quality. More than 1,000 professionals, journalists and delegations consisting of heads of government, general staff and bureaucrats from about 40 countries attended.

2018-06-16 10:17

[VIEW] Trump is a nobleman, at least on the Korean Peninsula

VIEWTrump is a nobleman, at least on the Korean Peninsula

The world's attention is on Singapore, where the U.S.-DPRK summit will be held on June 12. It is also where the world's largest security dialogue, the Shangri-la Dialogue, was held. The topic of this year's security dialogue was, as expected, the Korean peninsula along with Indo-Pacific strategy, which was addressed by the keynote speaker, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi....

2018-06-10 12:59

[INTERVIEW] Singaporean students hail summit

INTERVIEWSingaporean students hail summit

The North Korea-U.S. summit will be held this month in Singapore. Billions of international citizens are interested, tens of thousands of government authorities are tensed watching and thousands of reporters are getting ready. It might have been better for South Korea if the summit were held in Panmunjeom. It might have been an opportunity to be naturally developed into three...

2018-06-02 10:02

[INTERVIEW] Russia still has role on Korean Peninsula issues

INTERVIEWRussia still has role on Korean Peninsula issues

The Moon Jae-in government has three main foreign policies: the ”New Economic Map,” based on cooperation with North Korea; the “New Southern Policy,” focusing on Southeast Asia and South Asia, and the “New Northern Policy,” which concerns Russia and Central Asia.

2018-05-26 10:20

Abe, Putin to discuss North Korea

[VIEW] China still matters

VIEWChina still matters

On May 4, a week after the Inter-Korean Summit, President Moon Jae-in and President Xi Jinping finally held their first phone conversation. No one knows whether Moon had tried to phone earlier, but the result was quite pleasing because both agreed on close cooperation during the process of “Declaration of the end of war” and “Peace Treaty.” Although the recent online conversa...

2018-05-15 09:42

[INTERVIEW] How China looks at the inter-Korean summit

INTERVIEWHow China looks at the inter-Korean summit

The inter-Korean summit on April 27 left a deeply moving impression. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had a historical moment at Panmunjeom, crossing the border to each other's country holding hands.

2018-05-05 10:25

[VIEW] Inter-Korean summit and China's role

VIEWInter-Korean summit and China's role

Tomorrow (Apr. 27), President Moon Jae-in and north Korean leader Kim Jong-un are holding a sensational summit at Panmunjeom, the village which represents the division of the two Koreas. Following the summits of Kim Jong-il with Kim Dae-Jung, and Kim Jong-il with Roh Moo-Hyun, this is the third summit between leaders from the South and North.

2018-04-26 18:54

China's top diplomat to visit North Korea this week

[VIEW] Korean universities need to strengthen global competitiveness

VIEWKorean universities need to strengthen global competitiveness

The most important characteristic of Korea's higher education policy in the 2000s is internationalization. Korea wanted to work toward internationalization but also, internationalization was extremely necessary for the country.

2018-04-21 09:53

[VIEW] Time to demonstrate the art of deal

VIEWTime to demonstrate the art of deal

By Hwang Jae-ho On March 8, U.S. President Donald Trump accepted the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to meet. It is said that Trump accepted the offer through a South Korean envoy at the White House even before the envoy finished his sentence. On April 9, Trump said contact had been made with the North Korean side regarding the summit meeting with Kim and that i...

2018-04-14 10:58

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