미국사 2장 (U.S. History Chapter 2)
(*English version at the bottom) 중국을 향한 꿈, 원주민의 악몽: 콜럼버스의 유산 원주민들의 평화는 유럽인의 유입으로 서서히 깨지기 시작했다. 일반적으로 아메리카 대륙을 처음 발견한 유럽인은 크리스토퍼 콜럼버스로 알려져 있지만, 사실 그보다 500년 앞서 북대서양을 건넌 바이킹들이 북아메리카에 작은 개척지를 세운…
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President Lee Jae-myung’s Diplomacy with Trump
한국어 Three months ago, before President Lee Jae-myung’s meeting with Donald Trump at the White House, Trump posted on social media accusing the Korean government of carrying out a purge (of Christians) and trying to start a revolution. It was…
Korean Book Recommendation: Han Kang’s We Do Not Part
한국어 The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to writers for the breadth and depth of their lifetime achievements rather than for a single book, unlike the Pulitzer or Booker prizes. When the Swedish Academy announced the award for the…
Korea’s AI Path: President Lee Jae-myung’s Vision for the Common Good of Humanity
한국어 Lee Jae-myung’s vision for artificial intelligence stands apart from the paths currently taken by global powers. While countries like the United States and China are racing to dominate AI through competition, scale, and in many cases military integration, Lee…
President Lee Jae-myung’s AI Vision
한국어 In the late 1990s, even as the aftershocks of the IMF financial crisis still hung heavily over the nation, then President Kim Dae-jung launched a national strategy to transform Korea into an Internet powerhouse. His focus on building fiber-optic…
이재명과 룰라 디 시우바
봄에 이재명 대표가 대통령으로 당선되었을 때 나는 정말 하늘을 나는 듯한 기쁨에 휩싸였다. 그 벅찬 감정은 지금까지도 전혀 사라지지 않고 있다. 오히려 더 깊고 단단해졌다. 이재명 대통령은 내가 기대했던 것 이상이다. 그는 주말에도 쉬지 않고 일하며, 윤석열 체제 아래의 3년…
Notable Korean Descent 2: Michele Kang
한국어 The Ambitions of Korean-American Billionaire Michele Kang Among Korean American men, the wealthiest individual is Michael Kim, founder and chairman of the private equity firm MBK Partners, whose estimated net worth is about 10 billion dollars. Among Korean American…
Korean Bands 2: ADOY
While sharing my thoughts on the Korean alternative rock band The Rose a few weeks back, I mentioned that Korea is producing some fantastic bands. Thanks in part to BTS’s global popularity, folks in other countries are beginning to explore…
IPSA Nominates the Citizens of Korea for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
한국어 In January 2026, the former and current leaders of the International Political Science Association (founded under the auspices of UNESCO in 1949, IPSA is the leading international body for political science, representing a global community of over 50,000 scholars through…