South Korea

Visa program doesn't discriminate against Arabs, Muslims

2013-05-03 06:45:00

Commentators Zainab Choudry and Saqib Ali complain that Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin co-sponsored legislation to extend a visa waiver program to Israel ("Don't let Israel discriminate," April 30). The waiver program currently allows citizens of 37...

General Motors unveils its new electric motor in White Marsh

2013-04-16 16:51:00

General Motors officially launched its new electric motor in White Marsh Tuesday, a milestone in U.S. manufacturing — and a key part of the company's bet that the electric-vehicle market is poised to grow. With production under way at the...

Korean powder keg

2013-04-08 13:05:39

North Korea's recent threats to target South Korean and American cities with atomic destruction have the shrill belligerence of a 6-year-old's temper tantrum. But while few analysts believe North Korea has the means to carry out its threats, U.S. and...

North Korea's missile antics

2012-12-13 13:54:29

Under its new ruler, Kim Jong Un, North Korea has reverted to its old tactics of provocation and aggression with the launch this week of a long-range missile it claims was intended to put the country's first satellite into orbit. It's unclear whether...

The Asia opportunity

2013-01-14 03:00:00

Over the past two years, the Obama administration has focused greater diplomatic attention and military resources on East Asia as part of a policy described as a "pivot" or "rebalancing." While American leaders are loath to admit it publicly, this is a...

From Lime Kiln Middle School to the final frontier

2013-02-17 18:41:00

They use words most likely to be heard at a Scripps National Spelling Bee: chryseobacterium, aquaticum or trypticase. They envision careers in medicine, they enjoy math and science, and — between juggling schedules that include school, music and...

North Korea's 'red lines'

2013-02-13 11:26:00

Last April, when a North Korean missile launch appeared to be imminent, this newspaper published my commentary urging the U.S. to "get tough with North Korea." My determination that U.S. actions to date had produced little or no effect in deterring the...

Bringing two worlds together at Resurrection-St. Paul

2013-01-29 16:48:00

Winter break is usually just that: a break from school for students across the world. But halfway across the world, the beginning of winter vacation for 10 students in South Korea was spent traveling to the United States, and the rest of the school...

Foreign midshipmen forge international ties

2012-12-01 14:07:21

Like her classmates at the U.S. Naval Academy, Midshipman 1st Class Dagmara Broniatowska learned how to salute, ran the endurance course and memorized the body of American military information, history and quotations known as the Rates. In her "four...

Fast-growing local manufacturer? Yes, it is possible

2012-11-30 14:19:00

Drew Greenblatt's company has grown every year for the past six years — something many other firms, buffeted by the sharp recession, can't claim. What makes that all the more notable: It's a manufacturer. In Baltimore. With 35 employees, up from...

Korean education administrators visit area schools

2012-09-18 18:20:00

Jina Shin, a South Korean schools budget analyst in the U.S. for three weeks of study, stood in a schoolyard among a boisterous crowd of children, teachers and parents at dismissal. The end of the school day at St. Mark's School in Catonsville is fairly...

Romney, Obama are both wrong on outsourcing

2012-07-25 03:00:00

President Barack Obama is slamming Republican challenger Mitt Romney for heading companies that were "pioneers in outsourcing U.S. jobs," while Mr. Romney is accusing Mr. Obama of being "the real outsourcer in chief." These are the dog days of summer,...

President Barack Obama attends a joint news conference with South Korea's President Park Geun-hye in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Four out of 10 Chevrolet vehicles sold globally are produced in South Korea. In China, GM has 11 joint ventures and two wholly owned foreign enterprises.

2013-04-19 00:00:00

South Korean soldiers close a gate at a checkpoint near the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from South Korea, in Paju, north of Seoul.

2013-04-18 00:53:36