By Sean Choi, Staff Member On February 5, 2018, the South Korea Appeals Court reversed the lower court’s decision, letting the heir of Samsung, Jay Y. Lee, walk free out of jail.[1] The decision frustrates many South Koreans who believed that putting one of the most powerful businessman in jail would be an important milestone […]
Korea Inc.: Punishing Corporate Executives in South Korea Read More »
By Amy Byrne, Staff Member In November 2017, eighty percent of global bitcoin trading[1] was accounted for in South Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.[2] South Korea, known as the most active cryptocurrency exchange in the world,[3] is reportedly “obsessed” with bitcoin.[4] An estimated one in fifty South Koreans are trading cryptocurrency.[5] Consequently, South Korea’s recent cryptocurrency
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Zachary Miller, Staff Member Since his election, President Trump has engaged in a war of words with North Korea’s “supreme leader,” Kim Jong-un. Trump has promised “fire and fury,”[1] and threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea should war erupt.[2] But under what circumstances would war with the DPRK be legal? The use of military force
Can the United States Legally go to War Against North Korea? Read More »
By Eric Ryu, MJIL Staff Member Even though the documented human rights abuses in North Korea is extensive, they are a party to four major international human rights treaties: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)[1], International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights[2], Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)[3], and Convention
North Korea’s Human Rights Obligations: North Korea Sends Report to the CEDAW Committee Read More »
Shin Young Jo, MJIL Staff Member On February 7, 2016, North Korea launched the rocket “Gwang Myung Sung-4.” Despite United Nation’s Security Council resolution’s banning of North Korea’s research and development on nuclear weapons or ballistic missile technologies, Kim Jong Un’s provocation against the international security has gone off the hook.[1] So what is all
Kim Jong Un’s New “Toy” Missile: Are We Safe Enough? Read More »
Harold Yun, MJIL Note & Comment Editor: Three years into her 5 year presidency, the current president is pushing the nationalization of history textbooks. In other words, the government will create an ‘official’ history textbook which must be used in schools. It seems absurd and obviously it is being met with fierce opposition, but to
Putting the Korean Government’s Attempt to Nationalize History into Context Read More »
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