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Monday marked the 50th anniversary of private citizen Ronald Reagan’s landmark speech on behalf of Barry Goldwater’s presidential candidacy in 1964. …

Local conflicts and issues often reflect larger, deeper issues in a society. Two recent proposed changes to landmarks in the center of Seoul have stirred …

Balloons containing anti-North Korean leaflets sent across the border have become a contentious issue not only in inter-Korean relations but also among South …

The families of the 10 Sewol victims who remained missing as of Sunday took the courageous step of discussing whether the recovery efforts should be continued. …

If President Obama wants to use his last two years to further his agenda, here’s something he could do that would advance the cause of global security and …

Last week, I went to Wonju to attend the award ceremony of the 2014 Pak Kyong-ni Literary Prize. Bernard Schlink, this year’s recipient, remarked in his …

In 2009, I spent an afternoon talking with Malala Yousafzai’s father, Ziauddin, in an outdoor garden in Mingora, the capital of the Swat district of …

President Barack Obama has been repeatedly accused of delaying. Critics say he dragged his feet on sending more troops to Afghanistan, on addressing the …

NEW YORK ― I am a macroeconomist, but I dissent from the profession’s two leading camps in the United States: the neo-Keynesians, who focus on boosting …

Nearly 75 percent of Koreans considered themselves middle class in 1989, a year after the country hosted the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul. The number …