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Category Archives: Features
Image of the Week: Suwon and Hwaseong Fortress
A few weeks ago, I visited Suwon, a fairly large city just to the south of Seoul. The city is famous for Hwaseong Fortress, a castle from the Joseon Dynasty that is today designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Features, Image of the Week, Korea
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Image of the Week: US-Korea Free Trade Protests
The issue of free trade is a contentious one in Korea. The passage this past week of the US-Korean Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was a win for the sitting presidential administration and the conservative Grand National Party, but led to … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Economics, Features, Foreign Affairs, Image of the Week, Korea, Politics, United States
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Image of the Week: Incredible Photos from the Seoul Lantern Festival
Normally when I write these Image of the Week posts, I include some snarky comments about random things I have seen/taken photos of in Korea. This week, in unusual form, I am going to avoid making any comments on these … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Features, Image of the Week, Korea
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Image of the Week: Stanford’s Influence in Korea
KAIST (which, like the SAT, officially means nothing, but at one point meant the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) was originally proposed as part of a US Agency for International Development mission back in 1970. That committee was chaired … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Education, Features, Higher Education, Image of the Week, Korea, Stanford
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Image of the Week: The Multifunctional Administrative City™
At one point, Sejong City – the new Multifunctional Administrative City™ of Korea – was going to be the capital of the country. That is not going to happen now, even though dozens of agencies and government ministries are … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Economics, Features, Image of the Week, Industrial Policy, Korea, Politics
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Image of the Week: Finding the Lost Arc in the Strangest Korean Ghost City
Last week, I displayed photos from my trip to Songdo, the new Free Economic Zone city built on the outskirts of Seoul near the Incheon International Airport. As I noted before, the city is something of a ghost town, an … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Features, Image of the Week, Korea
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