Politics
- A New Phase of Korea-U.S. Atomic Energy Accord
- South Korea and the United States have just agreed on a 10-year joint research on the issue of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel with a new proliferation-safe technology, dubbed “pyroprocessing,” which is a core issue in negotiati...
Economy
- Improvement in Trade Deficit with Japan
- The Japanese people have been traditionally known for their reluctance to buy Korean products. Japanese consumers refused to buy cheap Korean products because they were cheap; they didn’t buy expensive Korean products because the...
Society
- Why Do Koreans Feel Unhappy?
- A significant majority of Koreans say they are not happy. They believe that “money is a prerequisite for happiness.” Regarding this attitude, a foreign scholar has said, “Koreans believe they can be happy when they beat others ...
Culture
- Park Wan-suh: A Blessing to the 20th-century Kor...
- Since she made her literary debut, the novelist Park Wan-suh gave readers heartwarming joy. In 1970, when her novel, “Naked Tree” (Namok), won top prize at the literary contest sponsored by the Women’s Dong-a magazine, she was ...
