Published by the Gwangju International Center since 2001
Under normal circumstances when someone doesn’t pay back a loan, that person should be allowed to default on the debt and face the appropriate consequences. Such is not the case with the latest political drama between the ROK and DPRK governments.
Jeju Island, the idyllic getaway for Korean honeymooners and nature-loving tourists alike, has been at the center of a controversial conflict which has heightened in intensity, and the voices involved are as varied as the opinions on the issue itself.
It’s the final frontier. The cruel reminder of a nation so bitterly divided and remnants of the Cold War era which seems so long ago.
On Thursday, December 22, South Korea woke up to find their neighboring country in a state of national mourning over the death of their leader.
