Undergoing trials
We are undergoing trials every moment. Each of us in different positions is walking on and on while going through trials and challenges for the change and betterment of society. It is interesting to know that Vincent Van Gogh receives the highest price for his works of art. He was born in 1853 and ended […]
Do’s and don’ts for Park
Use popular mandate correctly and humbly President-elect Park Geun-hye has finally attained her lifelong goal of winning the nation’s highest office. Awaiting her is the much harder task of turning her occupancy of Cheong Wa Dae into a legacy future historians’ will extol. Here’s a checklist of things she should and shouldn’t do toward that […]
Park Geun-hye sets many firsts
This year’s presidential race is that of many firsts. It is the first between genders in Korea and the first to elect a president who was born after the outbreak of the Korean War (1950-1953). Park Geun-hye becomes the first woman president in the nation’s history as a republic. In fact, over the course of […]
Four Asian nations in power transition asked to have summit meeting at DMZ
Any one to study the history of the Far East Asia can easily realize how much it is difficult to grow the seeds of trust in the soil of those four countries; China, Japan, North & South Korea. This is true either for people or more critical for the politicians. Wars and their victims have […]
Year of new things
In this month of year-end gatherings, old friends and acquaintances never fail to get together. Koreans live a fast and hard life, and the last month of the year is a good excuse to put all things behind them and meet friends. They talk about the old days but also about the new things they […]
Egyptian Novelist Youssef Ziedan: Religious terror of fanatic people starts when they speak in the name of God
Youssef Ziedan is an Egyptian scholar who specializes in Arabic and Islamic studies. He worked as director of the Manuscript Center and Museum affiliated to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. He is a university professor, a public lecturer, a columnist and a prolific author of more than 50 books. The study of Arabic and Islamic manuscripts has […]
Protecting all members of our human family
I am a great champion of the power of youth to change the world but I am celebrating a 64-year-old responsible for ushering in momentous progress. Not a person but a document that was born on December 1948 and forever altered the view of how we treat members of our human family. The Universal Declaration […]
Winner’s bucket list
Here are five suggestions for what our new President has to do during his or her five-year term. 1) Don’t be ambitious but be ambitious The late former President Roh Moo-hyun once observed, “The fact that I became president,” when asked what he thought was his biggest presidential achievement. Roh didn’t elaborate but it was presumed […]
Despite revolutions, much of the problems remain intact in Arab countries
2011 has been a busy year for most Arabic countries, as they witnessed the uprisings of revolutions that were later named “Arab Spring.” Now, it’s been almost two years after the revolution, and it seems that no stability is set yet. In Tunisia, the instability is due to Islamists radical rising to power, and as […]
Fear of Japan’s regression
LDP’s return to power must not undermine peace Dark clouds are gathering in Northeast Asia as Japan’s conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) returned to power Sunday. The party’s hawkish former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will get a second chance to lead Japan after his one-year stint from 2006 to 2007. The LDP, which ruled Japan […]
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