- Accomplices in the Founding of the North Korean Regime… "Silence is Different from Ignorance" [Matsuyama Column | 80 Years of Pro-North Korean Leftists ⑤]
- The biggest problem with pro-North Korea left-wing discourse is not that they "didn't know," but that they "knew and didn't speak." Ignorance is a lack of knowledge. However, choosing to remain silent when one...
- 2026-01-15
- [Kim Young's Hanmi Column] If the judiciary is diluted with politics, justice turns into revenge
- Questions about Process Raised by Former President Yoon Suk-yeol's Trial The rule of law is not perfected by its outcome. The success or failure of the rule of law is always determined by its process. Even if ...
- 2026-01-13
- Why Did Iran Become an Anti-American State [Special Contribution: Matsuyama]
- Iran was not anti-American from the outset. From the 1940s to the early 1950s, the general perception in Iranian society was closer to the idea that "we can cooperate with the United States." To understand Ira...
- 2026-01-13
- [Shim Kyu-jin Column] Why is Jang Dong-hyuk walking the path of an 'unmarried Elizabeth'?
- While Jang Dong-hyuk, leader of the People Power Party, and Queen Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603) are figures from vastly different eras, their positions of power are remarkably similar. Both stood at the ce...
- 2026-01-13
- [Kim Byung-joon Column] The Yellow Envelope Act… A Grim Future of Corporate Collapse
- The revised labor law, the amendment to Article 2 and 3 of the Labor Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act, also known as the "Yellow Envelope Act," is scheduled to take effect on March 10th, just two months...
- 2026-01-13
- [Park Hye-soo's Hanmi Column] The Bell of Siloam Rings, Dawn Will Come!
- Park Jun-young, representative of "Free University," is staging a hunger strike in front of the Seoul Central District Court and at a hospital, urging the judiciary to conduct a fair trial regarding President Y...
- 2026-01-12
- Korean Right-wing Must Establish Racial Language Instead of Claiming Rightness [Special Contribution: Matsuyama]
- Until the early 21st century, American politics defined itself as the "guardian of universal values." Globalism, centered on free trade, multilateralism, human rights, international norms, and the alliance orde...
- 2026-01-10
- Shifting Responsibility for Division to South Korea [Matsuyama Column | 80 Years of Pro-North Korean Leftists ④]
- A framework like “South Korea as the perpetrator vs. North Korea as the victim” is not historical explanation but political propaganda. The division was not a confrontation between good and evil, b...
- 2026-01-10
- [Jo Woo-seok Column] Why "National Actor Ahn Sung-ki" is the Worst Nonsense
- This is a world where one cannot live with a sound mind. It has somehow transformed into a world where everyone, at some point, becomes a "red leftist" or their sympathizer, giggling and sticking together. This...
- 2026-01-10
- [Kim Young's US Column] Han Dong-hoon's Two Standards: What is Manipulation and What is Sedition?
- The most dangerous thing in politics is not lies. It is the collapse of standards. Lies can be refuted, but when standards collapse, it becomes impossible to distinguish fact from judgment. The recent remarks...
- 2026-01-10
- [Yohui Im's US-Korea Column] The Great Arctic Battle
- To us, accustomed to the Mercator projection, the Arctic was a region that was “out of sight.” The Arctic was a frozen land where polar bears lived, a somewhat mysterious space where Eskimos raised reindeer...
- 2026-01-09
- [Era of Upheaval: A Solitary Voice] Lee Jae-myung's Visit to China, the Imbalance of Diplomacy Hidden Behind the Word 'State Guest'
- Lee Jae-myung has returned from a state visit to China, the first by a South Korean president in nine years. The government declared a "full restoration of ROK-China relations" and boasted of its achievements, ...
- 2026-01-09
- [Park Pil-gyu Column] West Sea Joint Management is Not Management, but Territorial Abandonment
- Key security agendas such as denuclearization, North Korea's nuclear program, and illegal structures in the West Sea were entirely absent from the public remarks of the recent South Korea-China summit. Presiden...
- 2026-01-08
- “History is a political tool and an object of management”… Xi Jinping’s regime’s view of history [Special Contribution: Matsuyama]
- Under the Xi Jinping regime, history is not a matter of interpreting the past, but a state management policy to maintain current power and define future direction. In China, a 'historical view' does not signif...
- 2026-01-08
- [Editorial] Ammunition Depot Management Remains Confidential in Audit Report
- The Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) announced the results of its special inspection on public integrity in the defense sector on the 8th, stating that instances of inadequate management were identified acro...
- 2026-01-08
- [Bang Min-ho's War Diary] ① Maduro, Overturns the World
- News broke that Maduro had been arrested by the Delta Force special unit and swiftly extradited to the United States. The world suddenly seemed different from the day before. It was as if the world had been div...
- 2026-01-07
- [Editorial] Defense Budget Underspending Leads to Suspicions of Budget Diversion
- The situation where the FY2025 defense budget approved by the National Assembly was not executed at the end of the year, causing disruptions in military operations and defense industry contracts, is a significa...
- 2026-01-07
- Kim Il-sung as 'Liberation Hero'... The Beginning of a False Narrative [Matsuyama Column | 80 Years of the Pro-North Left ③]
- If one were to pinpoint a single original sin of pro-North Korea left-wing discourse, it would be the initial framing that "made Kim Il-sung a liberation hero." This is not merely a matter of assessing an indiv...
- 2026-01-07
- [Shim Gyu-jin Column] "Why Is Only One Interpretation Allowed for the May 18th Democratization Movement?"
- I heard unbelievable news right at the start of the new year. It's about the plan to make the standing chairman of the Korean Teachers' Union a suspect and refer him to the prosecution as part of the effort to ...
- 2026-01-07
- [Park Pil-kyu Column] Stand on the ‘Right Side of History’? … Xi Jinping's Blasphemous Demand for "Submission to China"
- On the 5th, the South Korea-China summit held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing was more than just a diplomatic ceremony. President Lee Jae-myung defined this visit as the "first year of the full resto...
- 2026-01-06