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Moons rush for breakthrough with Japan raises questions Posted : 2020-12-17 17:07 Updated : 2020-12-17 18:13 President Moon Jae-in speaks by phone with new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Sept. 24 at Cheong Wa Dae. / Courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae By Do Je-hae President Moon Jae-ins rush to resolute serious issues with Japan before the Tokyo Olympic Games is not going as well as Cheong Wa Dae had hoped. Moon named former four-term ruling party lawmaker Kang Chang-il as the next ambass...

What It’s Like to Live in South Korea as a Foreigner Living in South Korea for these two women offers insights about work, beauty, health, and appreciating Korean culture. Dec 17th, 2020 Chalk it up to the food, the swift and efficient public transportation that gets you where you need to be, or the changing of the seasons as the trees take on the most vibrant colours. Fact is, many people love South Korea, and some love it just enough to pack their lives into a suitcase and start a new lif...

Filed in Foreign Studies on December 15, 2020 Last week, JBHE published a featured story on the 10 African Americans who were named Rhodes Scholars from the United States. The 32 Rhodes Scholars chosen from the United States are just a fraction of the students honored by the Rhodes Scholarship program. Rhodes Scholars are chosen from 23 other jurisdictions (more than 60 countries) around the world, and for the second year, two scholars have been chosen from countries in the world without their...

December 11, 2020 12:08 Embattled Prosecutor-General Yoon Seok-youls disciplinary hearing at the Justice Ministry ended in disarray on Thursday after the government got cold feet in its hounding of the popular official. The hearing, which had already been postponed once, reconvenes next Tuesday. The seven members of the disciplinary committee were handpicked by Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae, but one did not bother to turn up, one resigned, and one later recused himself, leaving the bare quorum...