SEOUL — At around 1:30 p.m., Jae Min’s mother carried him up the worn green steps of Jusarang...
Apr 25, 2018An unlikely advocate for medical marijuana legalization
SEOUL — Seated on a large colorful play mat, a doctor coos at her son; they are both...
Apr 25, 2018Churches filled with Korea’s youth embrace the #MeToo Movement
SEOUL — It started out as a tweet in the United States just a few months ago. It’s a...
Apr 25, 2018Korean churches lose young congregants, who view religion as irrelevant
SEOUL — Like many of Korea’s formerly religious youth, Ryoo Eunseo didn’t make a conscious choice to leave...
Apr 25, 2018South Korea’s conservative Christians are at odds with a growing LGBT movement
SEOUL — Amid the unity flags flapping in the wind and other messages of peace at the 2018...
Mar 22, 2018In Seoul, planned Trump-Kim summit is met with mix of hope and skepticism
SEOUL — It’s just 35 miles from the over-caffeinated, overworked metropolis of Seoul to the tense and eerie demilitarized...
Mar 12, 2018Despite a show of Olympic unity, many South Koreans remain skeptical of North Korea
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — After watching the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Feb. 9, I...
Feb 17, 2018The Kremlin and opposition leaders are vying for Russia’s youth vote
MOSCOW — This year, four waves of protest — in March, June, October and November — brought thousands of Russians...
Dec 06, 2017The damage Trump has done with his ‘fire and fury’ threat against North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — Seoul’s streets may be business as usual, with Koreans and foreigners alike filing into...
Aug 10, 2017Documentary about Vietnam War reporters holds lessons for the present
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts — Like an illumination round fired from an artillery shell, a new documentary film titled...
Aug 04, 2017