The state spy agency’s disclosure Tuesday that North Korea has launched cyberattacks against South Korea should not come as a surprise. The rogue state was widely expected to do so after the U.N. Security Council slapped the strongest ever sanctions on it earlier this month for its recent nuclear and missile provocations. Yet the latest cyberattacks are notable as they show the North’s cyberterrorism techniques have evolved. The National Intelligence Service said in a meeting of officials from 1

The current 19th National Assembly is said to be one of South Korea’s worst-ever parliaments, with critics pointing to its poor legislative performance, partisan standoffs and the numerous scandals that have hit its members. It is fortunate that its four-year term is drawing to an end. Unfortunately, the poor Koreans may have yet another bad parliament -- perhaps one even worse than the 19th Assembly. There are many bad omens. First, with only about 40 days left before the April 13 voting day, v

The list of influential modern first ladies always includes Eleanor Roosevelt and Hillary Clinton, but not usually Nancy Reagan. That’s a mistake.　Reagan, who died Sunday at 94, had a big influence on her husband, President Ronald Reagan, both in shaping White House operations in his first term and encouraging his breakthrough relations with the Soviet Union in his second.　For more than a half century, the Reagans’ love story was so intense that at times it burned at the expense of family, frien

 　The issue of North Korea has dominated local news outlets over the past two months. Though Pyongyang’s nuclear test occurred in early January, the national defense issue has become more heated at the National Assembly after the Ministry of Unification shut down the Gaeseong industrial park in February.　A common question raised by the public is why the North Korean issue seems to come to the fore whenever nationwide elections are near at hand. Netizens express great curiosity about the supposed