The Korea Herald

[Lee Kyong-hee] Tracking the dreams of modern writers and artists

Apr 15, 2021

Abject poverty shrouded Korea in the 1930s and ’40s, but writers and artists persevered. Their dreams never succumbed to colonial oppression and destitution. In fact, they thrived, assisted by friend...
[Bobby Ghosh] Klaxons should be sounding in US after hit on Natanz

Apr 15, 2021

Beware the fog of propaganda around the Natanz attack. But beware, too, what the attack portends: a real escalation in the confrontation between Iran and Israel. And finally, beware any claims that t...
[Timothy L. O’Brien] Biden needs to respond to Russian hacking

Apr 14, 2021

President Joe Biden is a famously nice guy. Maybe he should stop being nice, just for a while. His administration is reportedly close to punishing Russia for a series of glaring transgressions and a...
[Kim Seong-kon] The vain dream of eternal power

Apr 14, 2021

Anyone who has seized political power wants to remain in power for good. Some have illusions that they can wield power forever, and others do whatever it takes not to lose power. Eventually, however,...
[Achim Steiner] Myanmar’s young demand their future

Apr 13, 2021

Half of Myanmar’s population is under the age of 30, and many of these young people have benefited from their country’s fragile, imperfect democratic transition over the past decade. They know the mi...
[Lee Hyuk] ASEAN and Korea amid mounting US-China rivalry

Apr 13, 2021

The bitter war of words at the US-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Alaska last March portended the rough waves of the new Cold War between the US and China with profound implications for this...
[Elizabeth Drew] Why would anyone want to be president?

Apr 12, 2021

More often than anyone might think, ample grounds exist for wondering why anyone would want to be president of the United States. Yes, there’s the glory of being elected to occupy the country’s most ...
[Peter Singer] Extending the right to die

Apr 12, 2021

The right to assistance in dying continues to gain ground. Last month, the Spanish parliament passed legislation, expected to come into effect in June, permitting doctors to assist adult patients to ...
[Serendipity] Do not ignore Myanmar’s calls for help

Apr 9, 2021

Since ousting the democratically elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup on Feb. 1, the military junta in Myanmar has killed more than 600 as the people of Myanmar continue to resist mil...
[Robert J. Fouser] President Moon’s last year

Apr 9, 2021

As of this writing, polls are open in by-elections for mayor in Seoul and Busan. The election offers a chance to assess public opinion only 13 months before the next presidential election in May 2022...
[Noah Feldman] Could Congress end gerrymandering?

Apr 8, 2021

The “For the People Act” currently being proposed by House Democrats would transform the way the US runs federal elections. Known as HR 1, the bill would make it substantially easier to vote. It woul...
[Kim Myong-sik] Seoul, Busan by-elections start reversal process

Apr 8, 2021

By the time this edition of The Korea Herald is delivered to readers, the winners of the April 7 mayoral by-elections in Seoul and Busan will have been decided. There was a weeklong blackout of opini...
[Kim Seong-kon] ‘I Am Infected’: Surveil and punish

Apr 7, 2021

A few days ago, many people around the world witnessed a video of a Black American man brutally attacking a tiny Asian woman, stamping her face with his foot repeatedly in broad daylight on the stree...
[Doyle McManus] Biden in race against time

Apr 7, 2021

Joe Biden is racing against time. “We have to move now,” he said last week as he unveiled his giant $2 trillion-plus economic plan. “We can’t delay another minute.” Why is a 78-year-old president on...
[Thitinan Pongsudhirak] The global reverberations of Myanmar’s coup

Apr 6, 2021

Myanmar is leading Southeast Asia’s race to the political bottom. Since overthrowing a civilian government on Feb. 1, the military has killed more than 530 unarmed civilian protesters and arrested th...