- [Shin Dong-chun Column] 2026 Munich Security Conference: Korea-US 'From Protection to Transactional Relationship'
- The Munich Security Conference (MSC) is the world's largest annual security conference, often referred to as the 'Davos Forum for Security.' As of 2026, the 62nd conference was held from February 13-15, markin...
- 2026-02-17
- [Editorial] Launch of Weekly Hankamiilbo: "Seeking 500 Minutes to Start Together"
- On March 9th, will launch.Some may ask, "Why a weekly magazine now?"This is a question of whether another medium is needed in an era of information overload.However, the question should be framed in reverse.A...
- 2026-02-15
- [Kim Young's Korea-US Column] Leadership Abandoning the Party's Will, Whom Are They Campaigning For?
- It is difficult to recall a governing party that succeeded after turning its back on public sentiment. Similarly, it is rare to remember a leadership that won an election after abandoning the party's core suppo...
- 2026-02-15
- [Park Pil-kyu Security Column] The destruction of the military for political purposes must stop immediately.
- Of the over 1,600 personnel mobilized during the December 3rd Martial Law, more than 860, including generals and field-grade officers, underwent separate investigations, requiring the involvement of over 120 in...
- 2026-02-15
- [Matsuyama Literary Reading] Han Kang's 'The Vegetarian'... The Politics of Emotion and Memory
- Han Kang's novel 'The Requiem' is regarded as the most influential literary work dealing with the May 18th Gwangju Uprising, especially since it garnered a Nobel Prize. Many readers interpret this work as a re...
- 2026-02-14
- [Bang Minho's War Diary] Lunar New Year's Peak Amidst Waves of Fear and Falsehood
- This article begins on a train. I am on my way back to Seoul after holding my father's memorial service last night. Before boarding the train, I stopped by the market and bought things needed for the Lunar New ...
- 2026-02-14
- [Park Chan-young's Centenarian Column] Lunar New Year Holiday: Meal Management Tips to Prevent Blood Sugar Spikes and Stay Healthy
- While the Lunar New Year holiday is a joyous time for families to gather, share good food, and engage in lively conversation, neglecting meal management can lead to critical health issues like blood sugar spike...
- 2026-02-14
- [Kim Tae-san Column] Can people who couldn't even protect their own administration protect the nation?
- The title itself may touch upon Korean pride, but this is merely the perspective of someone who has lived in both the North and the South, so please read it without letting emotions come first. I attended a me...
- 2026-02-13
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- 'The World of Literature and Ideas' ④ Literature Thinks for the Reader: Character Identification [Special Contribution: Matsuyama]
- Philosophy establishes propositions, and history arranges events. Literature, however, creates people. Literature reveals the writer's mind. And the reader enters that mind. Literature always thinks through characters. 1. Why Do Characters Think Instead of Us? Shakesp...
- 2026-02-12
- [Park Pil-gyu Security Column] Distortion of Security Information Leads to National Crisis
- The film ‘Transmission’ (2017) is a work that succinctly portrays the collapse of a society characterized by information control and surveillance. This film depicts how a society crumbles when information ...
- 2026-02-12
- Post-war, advocating 'national self-reliance' instead of 'revolution' and 'armed struggle' [Songsan Column | 80 Years of North Korea-aligned Leftists ⑪]
- The armistice agreement was signed in Panmunjom on July 27, 1953. When the gunfire ceased, many thought, "The war is over." However, this armistice was merely a military pause, not a declaration of the end of ...
- 2026-02-11
- [Park Pil-gyu Security Column] Is North Korea's Provocation Our Fault? ... They Claim We Made North Korea Unsettled
- The movie "Don't Look Up" starkly portrays the ignorance and powerlessness of a society where politicians calculate approval ratings, the media crafts sensational narratives, and citizens ignore reality, even a...
- 2026-02-10
- [Kim Young's US Column] Kim Min-soo's Unfortunate Misjudgment
- Political evaluations are divided over the remarks made by Kim Min-soo, Supreme Council member of the People Power Party, on the 9th. While some call it a “realistic strategic shift,” others criticize it as...
- 2026-02-10
- [Editorial] Prime Minister who Disdainfully Views Opposition Parties
- The responses given by Prime Minister Kim Min-seok during the parliamentary interpellation on the 9th cannot be dismissed as mere verbal spars.The issue is not the intensity of the words, but the repeated evasi...
- 2026-02-10
- [Park Pil-gyu National Security Column] National Security Destruction for Whom... Military Combat Power Weakened to Dangerous Levels
- After being discharged from the military, I experienced premonitions that were difficult to explain even to myself. In 2008, the allegorical novel 'The Butterfly Prophecy 2020', written based on a dream, receiv...
- 2026-02-09
- 'The World of Literature and Thought' ③ When Emotion Precedes Reason, Literature Becomes a Commodity [Special Contribution: Matsuyama]
- Reading literature is often considered an intellectual activity. It is thought of as a mental exertion, involving interpreting sentences, understanding characters' actions, and organizing the meaning by followi...
- 2026-02-09
- [Shindongchoon Column] America's Unstoppable Innovation: The Launch of the 'Peace Committee' and Posey Initiative
- In a column published on January 12th, I warned that the United States' withdrawal from a series of 66 UN-affiliated organizations was more than just a diplomatic friction; it signaled the end of the "UN system...
- 2026-02-09
- [Korea-US Theory] Punishing traitors is the minimum line the People Power Party must uphold
- At a talk concert held at Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul on the 8th, Han Dong-hoon once again brought up the controversial 'posts under family members' names on the party members' bulletin board' incident. He c...
- 2026-02-09
- Police Family Retaliatory Murder Erased from War Crimes Records [Matsuyama Column | 80 Years of North Korean-aligned Leftists ⑩]
- When the war broke out on June 25, 1950, it wasn't just the front lines that collapsed. Administration and public security collapsed first. The vacuum left by the retreat of the ROK Army and police was filled...
- 2026-02-08
- [Editorial] The language of the law that compels search and seizure and 'self-censorship' by Hankook Ilbo
- The raid on Hanmi Ilbo is not an isolated incident. It is a symbolic scene that illustrates the phase into which Korean society is transitioning under the current administration. This is a signal that an era of...
- 2026-02-07