Korea

In Korea, Breaking & Beef, Hip-Hop & Free Trade

Jeff Chang | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics


Jeff Chang

Why all the fuss over beef? To many ordinary Koreans, the government's lifting its ban on U.S. beef is a demonstration of the way the U.S. version of "free trade" has hurt their country.

McCain's Numbers: 2013, 4, 100... To Inanity and Beyond!

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics


Robert Schlesinger

McCain hopes that within four years of taking office, the Iraq war will be concluded. Is this a walk-back of his wish for a century-long, Korea-style military presence in Iraq.

Olympic Torch Run: Not a 'Bright and Colorful Day' in Both Koreas

David Flumenbaum | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics


David Flumenbaum

In North Korea, where political dissent is as rare as an Internet connection, the world got a taste of how China had envisioned the torch procession at all of its stops -- quiet, calm and Communist.

"There Is No Substitute for Victory," and Other Flights from Reality

Harold Pollack | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics


Harold Pollack

Sen. McCain promises more than our nation, or the Iraqi nation, can reasonably deliver. His rhetoric denigrates the search for painful but realistic alternatives.

Where Do Obama And Clinton Stand On China?

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

In the near future, China will eclipse the Middle East and terrorism to be our number one foreign policy challenge. Yet neither Obama nor Clinton are calling for any real change in our China policy.

DVDs: Hitchcock's Best Movie

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.20.2007 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

My favorite from his British era is The Lady Vanishes. It's a pure delight and wouldn't be matched for comic elan till North By Northwest.

Bush Speech: Iraq Another Korea

Taylor Marsh | Posted 09.13.2007 | Politics


Taylor Marsh

Again with the mission creep. I don't know how many times Mr. Bush has expanded our goals in Iraq, but what he's offering tonight takes it around the bend and back again.


 

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