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Column
A Distant Neighbor: Russia’s Search to Find Its Place in East Asia
*Author, Tsuneo Akaha is Professor of International Policy Studies and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California. HISTORICALLY, EAST ASIAN countries have tended to see Russia as a “distant neighbor” with a distinct civilization — neither European nor Asian —…
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South East Asia
Cambodia: North Korea bristles at US ‘aggression’
Top news in <The Phnom Pen Post>: North Korea bristles at US ‘aggression’ North Korea launched a scathing attack on the US during the ASEAN Regional Forum in Phnom Penh yesterday, accusing it of being aggressive toward the rogue state over its “peaceful use of nuclear energy”, according to a statement…
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Society
Gov’t to intervene in Macquarie deals
Australian firm loses in legal dispute with Gwangju The Ministry of Strategy and Finance indicated Thursday that it will help resolve disputes between Macquarie and municipal governments over the firm’s business practices in Korea. “Local governments deserve support from the central government in addressing unfair contracts they signed with Macquarie,”…
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5 overseas military units to get expanded tours
Seoul will seek to extend the missions of five overseas-based units including troops in Afghanistan and an anti-piracy one patrolling waters off Somalia, the Ministry of National Defense said Thursday. The request for the extensions, which also includes forces in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Lebanon and Haiti, will be…
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Politics
Release of 4 detainees imminent
Meng Jianzhu, China’s public security minister, is to arrive in Seoul Thursday for a three-day visit, amid speculation that the release of four South Korean detainees in the neighboring country is imminent. This is the first time that a Chinese public security minister has visited South Korea since the two…
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Politics
Foreigners use Kumgangsan Hotel
North Korea is allowing foreign groups to use some South Korea-developed facilities at the Mt. Geumgang resort, the site of a stalled cross-border project, but business remains sparse, a recent visitor there said Thursday. The resort once brought droves of South Koreans to facilities developed under an exclusive deal between…
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Politics
3 nations plan consultation body
South Korea, the United States and Japan will launch a consultation body based in Washington D.C. to facilitate trilateral cooperation, their top diplomats announced Thursday amid persisting concerns over North Korea. The announcement was made by Foreign Minister Kim Sung-whan and his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, Hillary Clinton and Koichiro…
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Defending coup d’état
Does Park still think it revolution to save country? Barely a day after declaring her candidacy for the Dec. 19 presidential elections, Rep. Park Geun-hye caught her critics off guard. And she did so by pre-empting the debate on her weakest point: the dark legacy of her father and mentor,…
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DUP seeks to curb chaebol investment
Lawmakers of the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) proposed a bill Thursday that includes the reviving of the Regulation on Total Equity Investment. The regulation, which restricts big conglomerates from acquiring shares of other domestic companies, was originally introduced in 1987 to hold back the so-called chaebol from indiscriminately…
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Lifestyle
Saju of Korean presidents
Public figures hopeful of becoming the 11th South Korean president have started to make their moves for the upcoming election on December 19th this year. Some have already declared their candidacy while others are still deliberating. The public’s attention is pulled toward various interests accordingly. The approval ratings are continuously…
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