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[Robert J. Fouser] Improving early English education

The Ministry of Education’s recent proposal to ban the teaching of English in kindergartens and nursery schools brought English education back in the news after a long quiet. Bowing to public pressur...

January 17, 2018
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[Robert J. Fouser] Building on Moon Jae-in’s good first year

South Korea did well in 2017. The year began with insecurity over the impeachment of then-president Park Geun-hye. Her removal from office in March caused a short, but intense, election campaign that...

January 2, 2018
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[Robert J. Fouser] Toward a united, neutral and democratic Korea

During President Moon Jae-in’s recent visit to China, the Korean media focused intensely on the details of protocol and were quick to suggest that the president had not been accorded sufficient respe...

December 19, 2017
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[Robert J. Fouser] Dealing with failing private universities

The year 2018 will mark the beginning of a new era in higher education in Korea, as the number of high school graduates falls below the number of available spaces in university for the first time in ...

December 5, 2017
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[Robert J. Fouser] IMF crisis 20 years later

Most Koreans over the age of 40 remember November 1997 very well. Concern over rising corporate debt in the summer and over the spreading financial crisis in Southeast Asia caused sharp stock market ...

November 21, 2017
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[Robert J. Fouser] Rebuilding the South Korean-US relations

In November 1983, US President Ronald Reagan visited South Korea amid rising global tension. In September that year, the Soviet Union shot Korean Air Lines’ flight 007 out of the air, killing the 269...

November 7, 2017
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[Robert J. Fouser] The “Candlelight Revolution” One Year Later

The end of October brings the first anniversary of the beginning of the “Candlelight Revolution” that led to the impeachment and removal of former president Park Geun-hye. The anniversary provides an...

October 24, 2017
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[Robert J. Fouser] Thinking about October 1989 in Eastern Germany

Eastern Germany in October is a time to celebrate and remember the 1989 democracy movement that brought an end to the repressive East German regime. Leipzig, where the pro-democracy demonstrations be...

October 14, 2017
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[Robert Fouser] Donald Trump’s North Korea strategy

Speeches to the United Nations General Assembly are usually diplomatic, but not this year. US President Donald Trump took the opportunity this year to lash out at North Korea by threatening to “total...

September 26, 2017
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[Robert J. Fouser] Korea and the world in 2100

The internet and social media make it hard to escape the news. News junkies are addicted to breaking stories and jump at the chance to post and tweet. Others scroll through the drone of the news in s...

September 12, 2017
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[Robert J. Fouser] Trump could still win re-election

Under President Donald Trump, politics in the US takes odd turns almost daily. In his need to control the political narrative, the president makes contradictory tweets and statements that keep politi...

August 29, 2017
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[Robert J. Fouser] What happened to “Hell Joseon?”

Remember “Hell Joseon,” the name for South Korea among social critics that spread rapidly on social media a few years ago? The election of President Moon Jae-in in May after the impeachment of Park ...

August 15, 2017
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[Robert Fouser] Dealing with North Korea

North Korea’s successful tests of two ICBMs in July have worsened the already tense security environment in Northeast Asia. Each provocation by North Korea triggers a round of condemnation in Seoul, ...

August 1, 2017
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[Robert J. Fouser] Disappearing side dishes

Shortly before leaving Korea in late June, I met some people who wanted to hear my ideas about globalizing kimchi. I enjoyed the talk, but, as always, argued that cultural transmission is more comple...

July 18, 2017
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[Robert Fouser] Travels in multicultural Korea

Language is always changing, but the changes often escape us because they occur slowly. During a recent visit to Gochang and Gwangju, I noticed many changes that are harder to detect in busy Seoul. T...

June 20, 2017
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