politics

Dennis Rodman Calls on Kim Jong-un to `Do me a Solid` and Release Imprisoned American
5 weeks 5 days ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- The world viewed former NBA star and lifelong social agitant Dennis Rodman’s trip to North Korea as little more than spectacle and far short of substance, but “The Worm” might very well redeem himself in the public...

Feature: Remembering Maggie - A British Expat Looks Back on the Thatcher Years
9 weeks 6 days ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- Over the last two days, since Margaret Thatcher's...

Interview: Economist Correspondent and Author Daniel Tudor Talks Korea
22 weeks 5 days ago

SEOUL, South Korea -- For those with even a brief experience living in South Korea, there is one thing on which all will concur: they are a proud people. Proud of their food, their history and their culture, while imbued with an...

Korean Elections: The Race for the Blue House
26 weeks 1 day ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- Despite all that’s been written about it so far, Korea’s presidential election really only just began. S*** got real once...

Exclusive: PSY`s Anti-America Protesting Past?
29 weeks 4 hours ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- The talented 34-year-old rapper Park Jae-sang, known better to the world as PSY, has been a controversial staple of the Korean music scene since his first full-length album, ...

Inside Look: Who is Running for President? Part Three - Park Geun Hye
35 weeks 4 days ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- Park Geun-hye’s candidacy has both an uphill battle and an unfair advantage.

Her advantage is over both Moon...

Inside Look: Who is Running for President? Part Two - Moon Jae-in
37 weeks 4 days ago

BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA -- Moon Jae-in is way more badass than he looks.

He’s the seemingly milquetoast 59-year-old, gray-haired candidate for the Democratic United Party, the current left-wing opposition. His main opponent is Park Geun-hye, a conservative who is—and this is where it gets awesome—...

Inside Look: Who is Running for President? Part One - Ahn Cheol-soo
38 weeks 4 days ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- Just in case you didn’t know, South Korea has a presidential election coming up December 19. It’s a pretty big deal. The Sixth Republic of South Korea has only had five presidents so far, and the current Blue House resident...

Politics: Have the Dokdo Ad Wars Begun?
39 weeks 6 days ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- The Japanese government...

Commentary: The Importance of Voting
42 weeks 10 hours ago

BUSAN, South Korea -- Over the past year, Busan Haps has given me the opportunity to write a series of articles on American politics. That opportunity has been deeply appreciated by this author. In all of my previous articles I have refrained from using the...

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