Yoon’s domestic efforts on Korea-Japan issues have already demonstrated the challenges of coming up with a resolution acceptable to the South Korean public.
Can the young men of BTS tell whether they are being asked to hype up a political campaign or amplify a message of patriotic propaganda?
Moon Jae In’s administration wants to leave a legacy of maintaining a hard line on Japan, and thus will probably avoid resolution of any major political...
President Moon Jae-in’s administration, which will soon end, continues to stir up anti-Japanese sentiment while trampling on its bilateral agreements with Japan.
South Korea’s President Moon Jae In says North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong Un is an honest leader who longs for peace and development. However, his attempts...
South Korea and Austria share many historical experiences in common, but the outcomes have been very different, and Moon Jae In missed a chance to understand...
Japan still cannot celebrate without reservation a recent favorable ruling by a Seoul court. President Moon Jae In’s attitude is one reason South Korea has a...
Buckling to Pyongyang’s demands last year, the Moon administration swept away freedom of speech in South Korea in a new law designed to appease the North.
“Deep concern” about North Korea’s missile program is not enough to start talks, especially when Pyongyang has a perfect record of nonchalantly breaking promises it has...
Following this court decision and the “final and irreversible agreement” between Japan and South Korea in 2015, this issue is now one for South Korea to...
Sex scandals and corruption allegations have led to a shift from left to right but candidates on both sides claimed their opponents were “too pro-Japan”.
North Korea, which boycotted the 1988 Seoul Games, became the first nation to announce it will skip the upcoming Olympics amidst the global pandemic.
