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[Robert J. Fouser] Trump’s self-coup fails

ViewpointsJan 15, 2021

Pandemic weary Americans entered 2021 with hope for better times but found those hopes dashed. On Jan. 6, as a mob of insurrectionists, incited by Trump, stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to halt ...
[Robert J. Fouser] South Korea’s post-pandemic future

ViewpointsJan 1, 2021

The world begins 2021 with hope amid continuing despair. The roll out of vaccines in wealthy countries offers hope that the COVID-19 pandemic will wind down as the year moves along. This hope contras...
[Robert J. Fouser] South Korea pulls through 2020

ViewpointsDec 18, 2020

The year 2020 has been a very cruel one, as the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe. As of mid-December, 74 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported and 1.65 million people have died from the d...
[Robert J. Fouser] Biden’s foreign policy and South Korea

ViewpointsDec 4, 2020

In his first month as US president-elect, Joe Biden has made steady progress in preparing to take office in January. His first round of high-profile appointments focused on foreign policy and nationa...
[Robert J. Fouser] Korean American women storm the House

ViewpointsNov 20, 2020

The recent US election produced a mixed result. As expected, Joe Biden won the presidency, thus adding Donald Trump’s name to the list of defeated presidents. Down-ballot elections for the Senate, Ho...
[Robert J. Fouser] Why Koreans wear face masks

ViewpointsNov 6, 2020

More than anything else, the face mask has come to symbolize the COVID-19 pandemic. It stirs strong emotions and deep prejudices. It has been at the center of public health debates and the turbulent ...
[Robert J. Fouser] It’s Biden’s election to lose

ViewpointsOct 23, 2020

With a little more than a week to go in the US presidential election campaign, Joe Biden maintains a steady lead over President Donald Trump. For all the shocks and instability of 2020, Biden’s lead ...
[Robert J. Fouser] Hangeul Day beyond South Korea

ViewpointsOct 9, 2020

Today, Oct. 9, is Hangeul Day, a national holiday in South Korea that honors Korea’s unique writing system. Hangeul Day was celebrated as a national holiday from 1949 to 1990 and again from 2013 to t...
[Robert J. Fouser] South Korea as a Middle Power

ViewpointsSept 25, 2020

On Monday this week, President Moon Jae-in addressed world leaders by satellite in a special event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. In his address, Moon focused on the multi...
[Robert J. Fouser] America’s ‘lost two decades’

ViewpointsSept 11, 2020

Nineteen years ago today, terrorists hijacked two planes and flew them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing thousands. George W. Bush, the US president at the time...
[Robert J. Fouser] The resurgence of COVID-19

ViewpointsAug 28, 2020

South Korea’s battle with COVID-19 took a turn for the worse as cases started to jump in the middle of August. Unlike the first wave, which centered on Daegu, the recent spike in cases has been natio...
[Robert J. Fouser] Is ‘Korean New Deal’ needed?

ViewpointsAug 14, 2020

A month ago, on July 14, President Moon Jae-in gave a speech outlining the “Korean New Deal.” The term takes its name from US President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s sweeping response to the Great Depressi...
[Robert J. Fouser] Sejong City back in limelight again

ViewpointsJul 31, 2020

Sejong City is back in the limelight. Politicians of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, are rallying behind a proposal to move the president, the National Assembly, and government ministries from ...
[Robert J. Fouser] Joe Biden’s campaign challenges

ViewpointsJul 17, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the presidential campaign in the US. In a normal election year July, the party out of power crowns its nominee, and the party in power does so a few wee...
[Robert J. Fouser] South Korean leadership for openness

ViewpointsJul 3, 2020

North Korea’s recent demolition of the South Korean liaison office in Kaesong is a sharp reminder that tension remains the norm on the Korean Peninsula. More recently, Prime Minister Abe of Japan cam...