On May 13, Fr. Jenkins, the president of Notre Dame University, issued a statement regarding the recent protest on campus.

I’ve been closely monitoring the reports of pro-Palestinian protests at various U.S. university campuses, a topic widely covered by Korean media. My interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not new; it was the subject of my History EE, focusing on the Balfour Declaration and its ongoing implications. Yet, I hadn’t expected such protests at Notre Dame, considering its predominantly white, Catholic demographic and a general perception that Catholics may empathize more with Jews...

Having spent much of my youth years in South Korea, I must admit that my understanding of history is from the perspective of a South Korean. And, from that perspective, it has always been clear to me that the Japanese committed several unforgivable crimes during its colonization of Korea. The surviving forced laborers and the comfort women who are currently seeking an apology from the Japanese government are living proof of such crimes. There are also other artifacts and documents from then that backup the victims’ stories...

The goal of any democratic country is to elect a supreme leader who will work the hardest to implement policies that will benefit the citizens. However, when elected supreme leaders’ political parties fail to gain control of their legislative branch, the supreme leaders often quickly degenerate into lame ducks. Therefore, most South Korean citizens, having faith in President Moon Jae-in, believed that it would be more advantageous to elect legislators who belong to the same political party as that of the president. As a result, in a national election that took place on April 15, 2020, Democratic Party was able to secure 174 of 300 seats in the National Assembly...