Reasons to Record and Remember North Korea’s Tragic Human Rights Situation The North Korean Human Rights Documentation Center and Archives operated by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea marked its first anniversary on March 15. Before the center’s opening, there had been scattered testimonies and record keeping ...

How to Make the ‘Korean Legend’ Continue While studying in the United States many years ago, I had a chance to work at the World Bank for a while. I was a political science major, but the opportunity to work for the global financial institution mostly staffed by economics majors arose becau...

Heroes Who Built the Ieodo Ocean Research Station Kim Si-jung, former minister of science and technology, feels like being on cloud nine these days in spite of having a sore throat. China's recent territorial claim to Ieodo, a submerged rock south of Jeju Island, ironically reflects the importance o...

Truth about Gureombi Rock Amid the prolonged disputes over the construction of a naval base on Jeju Island, we often hear the unfamiliar word "gureombi." On her visit to the controversial construction site on March 7, Han Myeong-sook, chairwoman of the main opposition Democra...