Reinventing the K-Pop
An industry in full mutation Korean pop or more commonly known as “K-Pop” is a musical genre that emerged in the early 1990s. It includes several types of music such as: “ballad, dance-pop, variety”....
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Semiconductor Diplomacy: The Emergence of a New Dimension in International Geopolitics of Disruptive Technologies
To emphasise the obvious, technology has an impact on geopolitics. Every day, fresh books and articles are published about how technology X may affect the politics of State Y. However, there are surprisingly few...
Alphabet’s Epitome: The Invention of Hangul and its Contribution to the Korean Society
“In its simplicity, efficiency and elegance, this alphabet is the alphabet’s epitome, a star among the alphabets, a national treasure for Koreans” – John Man Every year October 9 is celebrated as Hangul Day....
Japan’s dream of possible war: The history that must be denied
Professor John Mark Ramseyer of Harvard University Law School in the United States published a thesis on “comfort women” in the Japanese armed forces. This paper is controversial because it contains the content that...
Treaty of Portsmouth: How it shaped 20th-century Diplomacy in the East
September 5, 2019, marks the 114th anniversary of the infamous Treaty of Portsmouth. This treaty was formally signed between Imperial Japan and Imperial Russia to end the 1904–05 Russo-Japanese War. It was signed on...
Deepening Divergences in Japan and South Korea Relations
East Asia is once again in news, drawing myriads of global attention with the scaling of trade friction between two of the prominent Asian industrial giants, technological powerhouses and neighbours, Japan and South Korea....
War-end declaration ‘slippery slope’ for U.S. Korea presence: U.N. Command general
WASHINGTON – A declaration to end the 1950-53 Korea War could be a “slippery slope” to questioning the need for the U.S. troop presence in South Korea, the deputy head of the U.N. Command...
South Korea says US drills suspended to aid talks with North
SEOUL — South Korea on Tuesday presented a united front with the United States on a decision to call off a major military drill, one week after President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that he...
Kim Jong Un visits China to discuss next steps on nukes
BEIJING — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is making a two-day visit to Beijing starting Tuesday in which he’s expected to discuss with Chinese leaders his next steps after his nuclear summit with...
Trump threatens to re-start military exercises with S Korea if talks fail
Washington US President Donald Trump today defended his decision to stop military exercises with South Korea, saying such “war games” were “provocative and expensive” but threatened to re-start them if talks with North Korea break...
