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President Park Geun-hye on Thursday nominated Justice Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn as prime minister. If the National Assembly approves the nomination, Hwang will …

The Pacific Century Institute is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization that promotes understanding among the nations and peoples of the Pacific Rim.  …

Robots have long fascinated me, since the moment I discovered them in Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation and Robot” series more than 30 years ago.  What is …

Korea’s current account surplus jumped by 41.9 percent from a year earlier to $10.3 billion in March, stretching the record for a consecutive monthly surplus …

Data released by the National Tax Service this week drew attention again to a wide gender wage gap in the country and the need to bring more Korean women into …

I have been running a personal website. This is hardly a novelty. After all, many journalists in Korea and elsewhere have a host of digital channels to …

I am pleased to visit Korea, once again, at the invitation of minister Yun Byung-se, to take part in the fifth ministerial MIKTA meeting, together with our …

In his First Inaugural Address during the depths of the Great Depression, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously told Americans that, “The only …

As expected, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s short visit to South Korea ended in the usual way, with the top American diplomat and his hosts ― namely …

Prosecutors probing the Sung Woan-jong scandal are set to indict South Gyeongsang Gov. Hong Joon-pyo and former Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo soon on charges of …