[NYT] Japan’s Break With Peace
[THE NEW YORK TIMES] TOKYO — On July 1, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gutted Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, the so-called “peace clause” that has historically prohibited belligerence. Using a...
View ArticleExpert: College preparation should start in sophomore year
By Danny Byun The summer after sophomore year is a great time to set the tone for what a student will be doing during his final high school years. Sophomores should start talking to parents and...
View ArticleHazing deaths in Korea disturbingly unsurprising
By Kim Tong-hyung An Army private, 23, is brutally beaten by his colleagues, put on an IV drip so he can recover to be beaten again, has his genitals coated with anti-inflammatory medicine, is forced...
View ArticleThe elite college for you is one where you can succeed
Peter Pak is the education editor at The Korea Times Los Angeles. There are elite universities in America, and reports come out every year that, on average, graduates of these universities make higher...
View ArticleBecoming a community of culture starts Saturday at LACMA
By Chung Sookee Arts and Culture Editor The Korean exhibition at LACMA, showcasing artwork from the 518-year Joseon dynasty, is coming to an end on Sept. 28. I visited frequently because I liked it no...
View ArticleNew Year’s inspiration from celebrity chef Judy Joo: How I made it
By Judy Joo For the Korea Times - Blood, sweat, and tears. Blood—figuratively and literally. Sweat—dripping from head to toe. Tears—of joy and pain. (all of the above, in mass quantities… and...
View ArticleWhy Eddie Huang losing control of ‘Fresh Off The Boat’ turned out for the...
- OPINION - A few weeks before ABC’s “Fresh Off The Boat” debuted in February, Eddie Huang, whose life and memoir provide the premise for the show, came out swinging and his punches were aimed at the...
View ArticleColumn: Pacquiao injury another hit for boxing
By Tim Dahlberg LAS VEGAS (AP) — The people who paid $99.95 to watch at home had no clue. Neither did those spending $40,000 or more for a ringside seat Saturday night in Las Vegas. And, surely, the...
View ArticleOpinion: Japan’s play of words
Tokyo must respect its statement on forced labor Japan, in winning world heritage status for its old Meiji-era industrial sites, made a small but significant acknowledgement on Korean forced labor....
View ArticleOpinion: Ex-first lady’s visit to North Korea
Lee Hee-ho, the 92-year-old former first lady and widow of the late President Kim Dae-jung, will visit North Korea in August. As is widely known, her husband received the Nobel Peace Prize for his...
View ArticleWhy being an Asian American female in entertainment can be an advantage
By Grace Jung Earlier this spring, I participated in a talk alongside two other panelists at Barnard College for Columbia University’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. The talk centered around...
View ArticleRep. Ed Royce: Korean Americans deserve a fair shot at top universities
By U.S. Representative Ed Royce Being Korean American should not be an obstacle to receiving a top university education. It’s sad I have to make that clear in 2015. Earlier this year, a coalition of 64...
View ArticleSeoul’s terrible new slogan
By John Burton Seoul is becoming hip. A city that when I first arrived nearly 25 years ago had all the greyness and charisma of an East European Communist capital is now seen as cutting-edge. It is the...
View ArticleMy experience on an Air France flight under a bomb threat
By Kim Jong-ha “This is an emergency. We will be making an emergency landing.” The captain’s voice over the speaker was urgent but firm. I was watching a Korean film from Air France’s selection as a...
View Article‘The Throne’ picked as best film of 2015 by Korean film reporters
SEOUL (Yonhap) — An association of film reporters in South Korea said Thursday that it has chosen “The Throne,” the tragic story of a Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) king starving his own son to death, as...
View ArticleThis time, K-drama scene angers Chinese
By The Korea Times Seoul staff A scene in a Korean TV drama in which two people burn Chinese yuan notes has angered Chinese viewers. In Tuesday’s fourth episode of “Moolim School” on KBS, Lee Hyun-woo...
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