Korea
‘Past Lives’: Well-lived
July 6, 2023Through simple, direct narrative, writer/director Celine Song has deftly sketched a shaded palette of relationships.
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The costs of U.S. empire’s ‘forever wars’
August 26, 2021Back in the days when I was growing up (before the Vietnam War), we were told that the United States had never “lost” a war. Teachers would point to the two World Wars, the Spanish-American and Mexican-American...
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Biden’s Korea deal continues a dangerous U.S. foreign policy
March 11, 2021The president’s progressive domestic policy is not at all well served by catering to corporate interests that see China as a threat.
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Korean workers say POSCO steel company guilty of manslaughter
January 8, 2021A pattern of fatal accidents at the global steel company will only be resolved when workers’ have the right to organize freely and participate in safety systems, says the Korean Metal Workers’ Union.
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Decade of Asian cinema crowns 2019’s Top Ten Films
December 23, 2019There is an Asian pivot in global cinema which accompanies the economic strength of the region.
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