Reducing military tensions will help the climate crisis
How a peace treaty would change the focus to reducing climate risks on the peninsula...
To stop coups in South Korea, expand democracy
If Yoon's impeachment opened extraordinary spaces of participation, now they must become integrated ...
The global significance of South Korea’s leadership crisis
South Korean activists are showing the world how to save democracy...
Unofficial envoy Jimmy Carter’s diplomacy in the DPRK
A 2011 essay reiterates the sticky issues plaguing the U.S. relationship with North Korea, then and ...
Korea elected a “king” again
"Brain-rot" resulting from the haphazard consumption of online media...
Beyond Utopia: Another false narrative about Korea
A look at the producers of a recent PBS documentary, and its bias in relating Korean modern history...
The end of guns
Marie Lee's essay on guns, published ten years ago in KQ, is just as relevant today, as it was then...
Korean armistice, Ukrainian ceasefire
Pity the country that has no armistice, but pity the country that needs an armistice...
Discarded: Understanding an estrangement
One woman grieves a younger sister's rejection, analyzing some cultural roots that contributed to it...
North Korea’s real threat
North Korea's greatest liability is something that it currently views as an asset: It's radical isol...
One is never too old
On an organic farm in Korea, a volunteer has the chance to learn more about Korea and herself...
Why the KADiness?
Korean adoptees deserve greater unity, less toxic competition, among organizations...
The future of Korean democracy
Democratic failings emerge in Korea just when it needs responsive democracy the most...
Can Korea break the adoption cycle?
Single motherhood ~ still financially and socially untenable for South Korean women...
Asking a queer question to the church
How Rev. Dong-Hwan Lee became the defender of LGBTQ-plus Korean Christians...
I’m adopted and pro-choice
Anti-abortion activists are cautioned against using an adoptees' stories for their own agendas....
The right to his own story
"Blue Bayou": Ignoring adoptee human rights while making a film about adoptee human rights...
They’ll like us when we win
One convert to soccer discusses the metaphor of a sports league and its battle for legitimacy in Kor...
The meaning of “Squid Game”
South Korea has been a big winner in the game of globalization, but it has come at a price...
Asians are really hot right now
Contesting the sexual objectification of Asian women by embracing the power of the erotic...
Apology owed – Adoptees are #NotAThing
Korean adoptees push South Korean government to protect adoptee human rights...
A warning against the excesses of modern civilization
On how it is time for humanity to learn how to co-exist with nature...
Race and privilege
An adoptive parent views racial realities from an observation of her childrens' lives...
Parenting with the current during COVID-19
Raising confident, loved children means tuning into the flow and letting go of the schedule...
Mayor Park’s decision
How East and West view suicide is seen in opinions about the famous leader's recent death...
Ask the Dragon Dad: First in a series of advice columns
What’s the most important difference between China, Japan and Korea? To understand Korea, realizi...
Parasite lost
Truth-teller Joon Ho Bong exposes troubling relationship between South Korea and the U.S....
Why adoptee citizenship matters during the pandemic
The need to assure adoptees of their belonging is more crucial during this time of race hatred...
A progressive victory over the coronavirus
South Korea is now poised to show the world how to move forward to save lives, democracy and the pla...
Korea: Fighting the pandemic
North Korea has demonstrated its ability to respond quickly and, and South Korea flattens the curve...
Art in the time of COVID-19
A visit to the Met the day before it closed, one artist reflects on how art helps us persevere...
A reflection on coronavirus, 4.3 and freedom
It comes uninvited, with a challenge to us: How much can we exercise self-restraint and care for our...
South Korea is beating the coronavirus
Seoul has developed ways to counter the disease without crushing democracy...
A virus of racism
Pandemic of discrimination and hatred threatens the well being of Asian Americans...
The Coronavirus Wars
Doomsday preppers, Storage Wars and Pawn Stars mix it up in a trading frenzy that fails to help the ...


