Politics & Security
BOOK REVIEW | ‘Wartime Military Records on Comfort Women’ by Archie Miyamoto
The comfort women issue has generated a lot of heat. There is endless argument about how many women worked […]
Comfort Women: Were They Prostitutes or Sex Slaves?
Professor Lew Seok-choon of Yonsei University in Seoul is under criminal investigation for libel and other charges for h
Politics & Security
INTERVIEW | Gordon Chang: Ending Intelligence Sharing with Japan Makes Sense Only if You’re Pro-North Korea
Second of Two Parts (Part 1: INTERVIEW | Gordon Chang: U.S., China Have Reached Tipping Point) The respected American
South Korea Scuttles UNESCO Efforts to Reform ‘Memory of the World’ Program
PARIS —The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has abandoned its goal of reformi
Books
BOOK REVIEW | ‘Park Statue Politics’ by Thomas J. Ward and William D. Lay
There has been a troubling lack of understanding of the comfort women issue. Indeed, given the refusal in many [&helli
Culture
EDITORIAL | Freedom of Expression Is Not A License to Preach Hate
Should art, which promotes hate under the guise of “freedom of expression,” be condoned? Certainly not, in the [&hel
Special Reports
At the Crossroads: Can South Korea Survive Without Japan?
On July 3, 2019, Japan halted the unrestricted export to South Korea of three high-tech materials essential for [&he
Special Reports
Yoshiko Sakurai Keeps Leading the Way on Free Speech in Japan
Free speech is rapidly becoming a vanishing commodity worldwide. Political correctness, pandemic fake news, social
Special Reports
When Some Korean Intellectuals Exaggerate, Distort History with Japan
There was “no racial discrimination concerning wages” against conscripted workers from the Korean peninsula during the
Special Reports
Former Gunkanjima Residents to Debunk Korea’s False Claims on Wartime Laborers at U.N. Side Event
A group of Japanese is set to bring to a United Nations symposium firsthand testimony against Seoul’s claims on [&hell
Books
Naoki Hyakuta’s Bestseller Tells Us the Real Reason Japan Should Apologize to South Korea
Japanese author Naoki Hyakuta has just published a new book, Now is the Time to Apologize to […]
Politics & Security
U.S., South Korea Growing Apart in Policy Over DPRK Policy
Foreign policy analyst and former American diplomat Evans Revere was in Tokyo on Friday February 15, where [&helli