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    [Kim Myong-sik] Who would like a weaker prosecution, stronger police?

    While all people had their souls tied with the daily outbreaks of COVID-19, a major reform in the law enforcement system was stealthily carried out in South Korea. Ordinary people are not well inform...

  • [Kim Myong-sik] 21st National Assembly, Behemoth of the 21st century

    South Korea’s 21st term of the National Assembly is the Behemoth of the 21st century -- it can do anything, bad things mostly. The Book of Job in the Old Testament describes it: “When the river rage...

    December 17, 2020

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  • [Kim Myong-sik] Time for a reset to denuclearize North Korea

    Have South Korea’s armed forces become stronger under the Moon Jae-in administration, or weaker? Those who believe our military power has grown over the past few years cite the 5-7 percent annual inc...

    December 3, 2020

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  • [Kim Myong-sik] 72 years from Rhee Syng-man to Moon Jae-in

    Confusion in the US presidential election passed two weeks since the Nov. 3 voting with Donald Trump still refusing to accept Joe Biden’s victory despite the final electoral votes of 232 and 306. Kor...

    November 19, 2020

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  • [Kim Myong-sik] Legal justice in doubt on ex-president’s prison term

    Former president Lee Myung-bak was back in the Dongbu Prison on the eastern outskirts of Seoul last Monday with the Supreme Court’s final sentence of 17 years. He was ordered to pay 18.78 billion won...

    November 5, 2020

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  • [Kim Myong-sik] Han Dong-hoon, symbol of sick prosecution system

    An old Chinese saying goes: Cook the dog after catching the hare. This may be applied to the current turmoil in the state prosecution organization involving Prosecutor-General Yoon Suk-youl and Chief...

    October 22, 2020

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  • [Kim Myong-sik] Virus of deceit infects both government, governed

    Disease control authorities complain that their fight against the coronavirus is most seriously disrupted when people conceal their contact with the sources of infection. These cheaters want to avoid...

    October 8, 2020

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  • [Kim Myong-sik] Ruling group’s audacity invites the people’s dissent

    The nation is faced with a triple crisis. The No. 1 problem, of course, is the COVID-19 pandemic, which over the past nine months has seriously transformed South Koreans’ lifestyles. Next is economic...

    September 24, 2020

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  • [Kim Myong-sik] ‘Prosecution reform’ drive takes wrong direction

    What is prosecution reform? They say it is to ensure that our prosecutors respect human rights in every stage of a criminal investigation and that they maintain independence from outside interference...

    September 10, 2020

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  • [Kim Myong-sik] Moon distances Christians in coronavirus politics

    Last Sunday, many Christians in Korea held online worship services from their homes, as requested by the government. Sitting before their computers or holding smartphones, they listened to sermons by...

    August 27, 2020

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  • [Kim Myong-sik] Socialist approach fails in real estate market

    After numerous failures, policymakers of the Moon Jae-in government must by now know that they cannot control apartment prices with tough restrictive measures on property transactions. With their lat...

    August 13, 2020

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  • [Kim Myong-sik] Pandemic provides excuse for return to nuclear energy

    Former Korea Exchange Chairman Hong In-kie devoted his life after public service to research on international energy issues. While teaching at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, ...

    July 30, 2020

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  • [Kim Myong-sik] Local office chiefs enjoy old-fashioned prestige

    South Koreans bid farewell to two prominent people last week amidst noises about the mixture of respect and scorn shown in accordance with the people’s ideological divide. Half a million citizens pe...

    July 16, 2020

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  • [Kim Myong-sik] Pandemic to silence noise from April general elections

    Two-and-a-half months have passed since the last parliamentary election threw South Koreans into a big surprise at the stunning leftist victory. During this period, suspicions of a rigged election pe...

    July 2, 2020

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  • [Kim Myong-sik] Balloons expose North’s leadership in jitters

    North Korea’s demolition of the South-North Liaison Office building in the border town of Kaesong this week was outrageous, but it also showed Pyongyang’s limitations in its actions against Seoul in ...

    June 18, 2020

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