May 30, 2018
Filed under Latest Stories, Letters to Editor, Opinion
Many have weighed in and shared their thoughts on recent developments in a promised peace treaty to be signed this year by South and North Korea. Yet I feel that a column written by Wesley Shirola in The Daily Northwestern crediting President Trump for the Panmunjom Declaration, and even possible reunification, requires a response. While I agree it is necessary for the U.S. t...
Wesley Shirola, Columnist
May 28, 2018
Filed under Columns, Latest Stories, Opinion
It all started in February at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, when South Koreans and North Koreans walked under one united flag for the first time in over a decade. This moving display of unity marked a sign ...
Marissa Martinez, Assistant Opinion Editor
April 2, 2018
Filed under Columns, Latest Stories, Opinion
I’ve dreamed of visiting South Korea since I was 8 years old. But because of money, school and work issues, we were never able to make the trip back to my grandmother’s homeland. She had immigrated to the Uni...
February 27, 2018
Leo Sainati, Assistant Opinion Editor
January 29, 2018
Filed under Columns, Latest Stories, Opinion
Reports of North and South Korea marching under one flag at the upcoming Olympics have recently made international headlines, as the Games’ location in Pyeongchang, South Korea has sparked tension. Holding one of the most politicized...
Paige Shin, Op-Ed Contributor
April 30, 2017
Filed under Contributors, Opinion
My paternal grandfather was born in 1931, to a Korea occupied by the Empire of Japan. Forbidden to speak his own language at home, he grew up learning Japanese in school and was forced to take on a Japanese name. I never knew...
April 25, 2016
Sam Houskeeper, Guest Columnist
June 5, 2015
Filed under Columns, Opinion
Northwestern does not have a large activist community, but it is a place where attempts at dialogue always seem to end up being particularly unproductive. Inability to discuss serious issues could be the result of the lack of...
April 15, 2015
March 6, 2015
Justin Orlando
February 8, 2015
Filed under Letters to Editor, Opinion
The opinion piece posted on Feb. 5 criticizing Shinzo Abe's action to denounce McGraw-Hill Education's publication piqued my interest. My concern with the piece is that it fails to mention this topic as a contested controversy with each s...
February 5, 2015
