Archive by category Opinion

Q. What’s a good way to waste millions of dollars of taxpayer money without trying very hard? A. Wait for a devastating terrorist attack to frighten people, …

South Korea is a country with a big headache: North Korea. The North has lately been more intensely provocative. This week, it fired a short-range rocket. Two …

 One of the many weird, yet unavoidable things in Korean politics is that many people with dubious pasts and low ethical standards are allowed to seek elected …

The Minjoo Party of Korea, the country’s main opposition party, looks like a man who is still carrying a torch for his estranged lover. Moon Jae-in, the …

A viral video released in February showed Boston Dynamics’ new bipedal robot, Atlas, performing human-like tasks: opening doors, tromping about in the snow, …

What makes Seoul? Back in town after a 10-month absence, I have been obsessed with the question as I meet old friends and visit places that feel as familiar as …

Recently, North Korea threatened the South by carrying out military drills that involved simulated attacks on Seoul using more than 100 pieces of long-range …

Starting next month, the government of India will require that cigarette packs be largely covered in graphic warning labels. That’s smart; in other …

I recognized the setting immediately. The high ceilings, giant windows streaming natural light, marble floors, verdant plantings, and decoratively incorporated …

Many Korean universities claim to be going global. However, it seems that most of them are still far from globalized in the way they treat foreign students, …