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May 21, 2019 Columnists

[Robert J. Fouser] Changes in “street economy”

When I visited South Korea in the spring of 2018, everybody was talking about the breakthrough with North Korea. A year later, everybody is talking about the economy. Small business owners, in parti...

[Robert J. Fouser] Reducing abandoned houses in old neighborhoods

Last week, I visited a friend living on top of a steep hill in Seongbuk-dong. The house had a sweeping view of the entire center of the city and of the rest of the neighborhood below. As we talked ab...

May 7, 2019
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[Robert J. Fouser] Making the most of the renewable energy boom

A few weeks ago, somebody asked me the secret to South Korea’s success. Not being an economist, I couldn’t give an authoritative answer, so I replied by saying simply that Korea invests in its people...

April 9, 2019
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[Robert J. Fouser] Looking at mayors for future leaders

The race for Democratic nomination for president in 2020 is almost full. Only the front runner, former Vice President Joe Biden, has yet to declare his candidacy. The race has more women and African-...

March 26, 2019
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[Robert J. Fouser] After the Hanoi summit

Expectations were low going into the recent summit in Hanoi between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, but nobody expected that the two leaders would end up saying goodbye...

March 12, 2019
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[Robert J. Fouser] South Korea as No. 1?

Last week, a BBC article from 2017 stating that life expectancy in South Korea would become the longest in the world by 2030 popped up on a social media feed. The article noted that life expectancy f...

February 12, 2019
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[Robert J. Fouser] Dangers in the upcoming US-North Korea summit

The first month of the New Year has been busy in Washington, DC. A 35-day government shutdown over funding for a wall along the US-Mexico border ended with President Donald Trump caving to a united D...

January 29, 2019
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[Robert J. Fouser] Strong measures needed to fight fine dust

The past weekend saw another wave of fine dust blanket Korea. Over the past 10 years, the frequency of waves of fine dust has increased steadily, causing people to worry about negative effects on pub...

January 15, 2019
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[Robert J. Fouser] Challenges facing South Korea in 2019

South Korea finds itself in an odd place as 2019 begins. Progress in inter-Korean detente slowed at the end of 2018 after three historic summit meetings between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean...

January 1, 2019
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[Robert J. Fouser] Candlelight Revolution two years later

Two years ago, hundreds of thousands of people holding candles filled Gwanghwamun in support of impeaching then-President Park Geun-hye. The National Assembly voted to impeach Park on Dec. 9, 2016, a...

December 18, 2018
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[Robert J. Fouser] Listen to the broad middle

Labor strife in South Korea is back in the news, as the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions launched a general strike on Nov. 2l. The KCTU also boycotted a meeting of the Economic, Social and Labor ...

December 4, 2018
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[Robert J. Fouser] After the US midterm elections

The results of the recent midterm elections in the US were as predicted. Democrats have taken control of the House of Representatives, and Republicans retained control over the Senate. Democrats did ...

November 20, 2018
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[Robert J. Fouser] Thinking about Korea in Spain

During the last half of October, I stayed in Madrid to practice the Spanish that I had learned in high school and university. Instead of going to a school, I tried self-study and practice while walki...

November 6, 2018
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[Robert Fouser] Looking into global rankings of Korean universities

The Korean media like international rankings and report on them frequently. During the boom years, Korea’s rankings in gross domestic product growth and per capita GDP made for big headlines, but thi...

October 9, 2018
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[Robert J. Fouser] Promoting popular Korean studies

September is moving time in university cities and college towns across Europe and North America as students get settled for the new academic year. For many young people, the move from home to univers...

September 11, 2018
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