The Washington Times: Celebrating 70 Years - The United States and South Korea Alliance

Georgia-Korea relationship provides a shining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 We can all learn from the Korean Peninsula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 example of mutual prosperity By U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher By Governor Brian Kemp ‘South Korea is model for all countries’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 The U.S.-South Korea relationship: Shared sacrifices. . . . . . . . . . 5 By Joseph R. DeTrani TIMESSUPPLEMENT TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

in war, strong partnership in peace By U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton President Yoon: Champion of freedom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 By Newt Gingrich Celebrating 70 years of partnership with South Korea. . . . . . . . . 6 By U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul The Korean Wave: Why in Asia, “cool” is spelled with a “K” . . . . . . 14 By Andrew Salmon The latest Asian culinary invasion: K-food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 By Andrew Salmon Time to neutralize North Korea’s missile threat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 By Stephen Meyer The United States and South Korea alliance:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 ADVERTISING

An enduring friendship in the 21st century An unassuming winner sparks an unlikely sports dynasty . . . . . . . 18 By U.S. Rep. Ami Bera, M.D. By David R. Sands WASHINGTON A SPECIAL Tuesday • April 25 • 2023 | THE

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Georgia-Korea relationship provides a shining example of mutual prosperity the connection between Georgia and facility in the Western Hemisphere, it made here, which in reality were worked Korea has only grown, with even more will employ over 4,000 Georgians across on before they took office, they also try explosive investments. I made the first northeast Georgia. This project has been to skirt blame for the damage caused by economic development mission of my years in the making and is a direct result their policies. administration to Korea that same year of state and local efforts. While some politicians have put and celebrated the groundbreaking of Each of these job creators recognized policy ahead of people, Georgia’s com- SK Battery America’s (SKBA) facility the distinct advantages of doing business mitment to bringing opportunity to all in Jackson County. SKBA continues in the Peach State: world-class infra- our citizens, regardless of their zip code, to expand, now employing over 2,600 structure, including the world’s most-uti- has led to a partnership with Korean job Georgians with an expectation to sur- lized airport in Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jack- creators that is bringing generational pass 3,000 by year’s end. son, two deepwater ports in Savannah investment to hardworking Georgians.

By Governor Brian Kemp

G eorgia has been recognized as the No. 1 state in the country to do business for nine consecutive years. That’s no accident. This distinction is the result of proven conservative policies; a pro-business partnership approach; and our decision to trust hardworking Geor- gians during the pandemic. It is also a result of the resilience of job creators, our nation-leading workforce develop- ment programs, and investments in our TIMESSUPPLEMENT TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

international relationships.

Since 2020, $17.5 billion in investments by Korean firms are creating 23,000 jobs across the Peach State. That’s why when companies like Kia, Hyundai Motor Group, SK Group, and others are looking to expand their operations, Georgia is the natural choice. ADVERTISING

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by Korean firms are creating 23,000 jobs Governor Brian P. Kemp attends the groundbreaking ceremony at the future site of Hyundai Motor Group’s Metaplant in Savannah, GA. WASHINGTON

across the Peach State. These record-breaking projects do not happen overnight. Georgia’s De- A SPECIAL

partment of Economic Development On top of that incredible growth, last and Brunswick, and highways connect- I will continue to work with state – renowned for its responsiveness and year, I announced the largest economic ing all major centers of commerce; the and local leaders to ensure that Georgia Tuesday • April 25 • 2023 | THE

assistance with businesses of all sizes development project in state history: best workforce training program in the remains the business-friendly environ- – spent years laying the groundwork Hyundai’s investment of $5.54 billion to nation, Quick Start; and a friendly busi- ment companies can rely on. and building the partnerships needed to build its first factory dedicated to all elec- ness environment where we work with foster a successful relationship with our tric vehicle production near Savannah. companies, not against them. Brian Kemp is 83rd Governor of Georgia. friends in Korea. This site alone will create approximately These factors have reinforced our Under his leadership, Georgia has broken These efforts have yielded incredible 8,100 jobs, and suppliers in the surround- economic connections with our partners economic records with jobs and invest- success, including the establishment ing area have already announced commit- in Korea and throughout the world. They ment coming to every corner of the state of Kia Georgia in West Point. Since its ments to create thousands more. have kept our state on the cutting-edge in communities large and small. Gov- 2006 announcement, this factory and its In January, I announced Qcells, a of developing industries, as the electric- ernor Kemp, First Lady Marty Kemp, suppliers have created over 14,000 direct worldwide leader in solar panel produc- mobility revolution develops strong and their three daughters live on their jobs while setting the standard for giving tion that opened in Georgia in 2019, is roots in every corner of the Peach State. family farm in Athens and are commit- back to the community. doubling its current footprint. Already While some in Washington, D.C., try ted to building a safer, stronger Georgia 4 Since I first took office in 2019, the largest solar panel manufacturing to claim credit for the investments being for all who call the Peach State “home.”

The U.S.-South Korea relationship: Shared sacrifices in war, strong partnership in peace conventional and nuclear arsenals at an unprecedented pace and appears to be preparing for an invasion of Taiwan. If we are to defend ourselves and prevent another devastating war, the United States and South Korea must strengthen our partnership economically, diplomati- cally, and militarily. We must demonstrate that if China and North Korea seek war, we will win and they will lose. To this end, we must expand and improve our militaries, build up our munition stockpiles, and expand joint military exercises. And we must integrate our bilateral alliance with other partnerships in the region. President Yoon demonstrated bold statesmanship with his visit to Tokyo last month, and By U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton both sides are resuming their intelli-

T gence sharing agreement. Further efforts his week, President Biden to improve relationships within and will welcome South Korea’s across alliances are essential. President, Yoon Suk-yeol, We must also strengthen our com- to the White House, where mercial ties. South Korea is already they will celebrate a security America’s sixth-largest trading partner. partnership that has endured In recent years, American and South for 70 years. This occasion gives us the Korean firms have entered joint ventures opportunity to reflect on the unique, to accelerate the development of battery reciprocal, and special relationship our and semiconductor technology. Samsung nations share. The U.S.-South Korea alone has pledged nearly $200 billion partnership is more important than dollars to build as many as 11 advanced ever as we face growing threats to our chip plants in Texas. These investments prosperity and security from communist could lead to a technology revolution If we are to defend ourselves and prevent

A SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO THE WASHINGTON China and North Korea. that makes our peoples more prosperous We forged this bond through shared another devastating war, the United States and and our nations more secure. Innovation adversity and struggle. In June 1950, the aside, these investments are crucial to North Korean military rolled across South Korea must strengthen our partnership making our countries more resilient to the 38th parallel in Soviet-made tanks economically, diplomatically, and militarily. outside disruption and less dependent and under Soviet air cover, smashing on China, whose technology theft and South Korea’s defenses. American troops anti-competitive practices hurt our com- rushed to South Korea’s defense, but panies every day. they too were pushed back by a more and North Korean forces. It wasn’t could end without humiliation. For seven decades, our two nations numerous and better prepared enemy. until President Eisenhower threatened Since the start of our partnership, have traded together, fought together, At Pusan, near the southern tip of the nuclear war that the communists came South Korea has risen from poverty and succeeded together. Together we Korean peninsula, North Korean armies to the table and agreed to an armistice. to prosperity and from dictatorship to have shown the world how civilized na- surrounded American and South Korean America came to South Korea’s aid democracy. It is now a strong, vibrant, tions ought to interact and together we forces. For a dark moment, it seemed the in its moment of need, and South Korea and secure nation—quite a contrast with have made each other stronger. And it

THE WASHINGTON TIMES | Tuesday • April 25 • 2023 communists would win the first major returned the favor a decade later. When the regime to its north, whose subjects is only together that we can ensure that conflict of the Cold War in a rout. American soldiers once again deployed suffer in squalor, forced to worship the the next seventy years are as prosper- Then the legendary General Douglas to fight Chinese-backed communists, cult of Kim. ous as the last. McArthur launched one of the most this time in Vietnam, South Korea sent The stark difference between South daring and brilliant amphibious land- more than 300,000 soldiers to fight in Korea and North Korea shows the dif- U.S. Senator Tom Cotton serves as the ings in history. He successfully landed that “noble cause,” as Reagan called it. ference between capitalism and com- Ranking Member of the Subcommittee tens of thousands of troops deep behind In so doing, South Korea demonstrated munism. But it’s also a result of foreign for Criminal Justice and Counterterror- enemy lines on the shores of Inchon, that it was much more than a “fair policy. At the crossroads, South Korea ism on the Judiciary Committee and the throwing the communists into chaos and weather” friend. chose America, while North Korea Ranking Member of the Subcommittee for disarray. American and South Korean Our shared sacrifices in war laid the chose China. The results are so stark Air Land Power on the Armed Services forces pushed back the enemy toward foundation for a strong partnership in because America seeks partners, while Committee. The Arkansas Republican the banks of the Yalu. The reunification peace. Over the decades, we have built China seeks puppets. is also a member of the Intelligence of the Korea seemed at hand, when hun- a prosperous trade relationship that has Although economically and morally Committee. A graduate of Harvard dreds of thousands of Chairman Mao’s enriched both countries. And in 1987, inferior, the China-North Korea alli- Law School and former clerk with the soldiers stormed across the Chinese President Reagan memorably helped ance is still dangerous—and growing U.S. Court of Appeals, he left the law to border, forcing our soldiers back below midwife South Korea’s democracy, urg- more dangerous by the day. North Korea serve in the United States Army as an the 38th parallel. ing its strongman, Chun Doo-hwan, to has resumed ballistic missile testing Infantry Officer on two combat tours in For the next two years, American step down amid pro-democracy protests and has threatened to detonate another Iraq and Afghanistan. His military deco- and South Korean service members and offering a face-saving visit to the nuclear weapon, as a show of strength. rations include the Bronze Star Medal, endured brutal combat against Chinese White House so that his dictatorship Meanwhile, China is expanding its Combat Infantry Badge, and Ranger Tab. 5

ROK President Yoon welcomes Foreign Affairs Chairman McCaul and other members of the U.S. Congressional delegation visiting South Korea earlier this month.

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this year marks the 70-year anniversary very candid discussions regarding Congressional Delegations to meet of the U.S. – South Korea relationship. the growing threat of the Chinese face to face with our allies and part- Born out of a security-focused relation- Communist Party in the region, and ners to discuss our mutual interests ship after the Korean War hostilities the need for all U.S. security allies, and reiterate our commitment to both ceased in 1953, this partnership has flour- including South Korea, to ensure that regional and global security. ished and become one of mutual benefit Taiwan remains a free, democratic This trip to the region has crystal- and strategic importance. nation. We also discussed the need to lized the importance of our bilateral South Korea’s security environ- stand together against economic coer- relationship and South Korea’s vital ment is increasingly complex with cion, for instance in critical minerals role in the region. South Korea is the persistent nuclear and missile threats and essential technologies such as linchpin of peace, security, and pros- from North Korea, and an increasingly semiconductors. perity in Asia. aggressive Chinese Communist Party. Semiconductors are a foundational The United States and its partners In response, South Korea released a technology, powering everything from do not seek conflict - but only through new Indo-Pacific strategy, which de- your phone to common household ap- strength and partnerships can we pro- ADVERTISING

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Given this new strategy, I encour- keep Americans safe and process the the globe. Weakness only emboldens age the Yoon administration to put data that runs the global economy. our enemies and invites aggression. By U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul action behind its words and support Currently, 90% of these advanced

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democratic nations such as Ukraine semiconductor chips are made in U.S. Representative Michael McCaul e are living in an in- and Taiwan that are under threat from Taiwan and a disruption in the supply is the Chairman of the House Foreign Tuesday • April 25 • 2023 | THE

creasingly dangerous aggressive, authoritarian neighbors. chain from Communist China would Affairs Committee. He is also the Co- time, as hostile nation I recently returned from a trip to have devastating global consequences. Founder and Co-Chair of the Con- states such as Russia, Northeast Asia, where I led a biparti- The growing threats from an in- gressional High Tech Caucus and the China, North Korea, san Congressional Delegation to South creasingly hostile Communist China Cybersecurity Caucus. Prior to Con- and Iran are threaten- Korea to hold meetings with President and a belligerent North Korea are not gress, he served as Chief of Counter ing the global balance of power. Yoon, Foreign Minister Park Jin, and going away and we must strengthen Terrorism and National Security in the As we face this generational chal- several National Assembly members, our bilateral relationships to counter U.S. Attorney’s office, Western District lenge to maintain the rules-based order, as well as U.S. Ambassador Goldberg. these malign provocations, and to pro- of Texas, and led the Joint Terrorism now, more than ever, our allies are criti- I also had the pleasure of confirming vide the deterrence necessary to avoid Task Force charged with detecting, cal, as they are often the first line of de- to President Yoon that he would be an increase in hostilities. deterring, and preventing terrorist ac- fense against growing authoritarianism. invited to speak to a Joint Meeting of As the Chairman of the House tivity. Currently serving his 10th term One of the most important U.S. allies Congress on April 27th. Foreign Affairs Committee, I believe in the U.S. House, he represents the 6 in the Indo-Pacific is South Korea, and During our meetings, we had it is critical to have these bipartisan 10th Congressional District of Texas.

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A bowl of rice topped with many vegetable, fried pork and egg yolk, a famous traditional Korean food called Bibimbap.

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Korean cuisine is “sugar-free kimchi.” It’s a big change from the days when K-pop, K-drama, K-film. The cultural im- pact spilled over on to the nation’s dining at the table —are cheaper than galbi, and are the traditional salaryman’s solace. winning American international hotel staffers dreaded the arrival of South Korean tour groups, noto- room tables. “Traditionally, whenever there is a • Bibimbap: A bowl of rice mixed with vegetables and meat, often topped by an hearts and bellies rious for carrying the spicy — but piquant — condiment that graces every Korean drama, there is a dining scene,” said Yang Sun-mook, a former South Korean govern- egg and flavored with spicy sauce, is a simple favorite, popular on international meal into their dining rooms. ment adviser and restaurateur. “It’s almost flight menus. By Andrew Salmon South Korean food is the latest Asian a rule for any Korean TV drama — food • Pajeon: This meal of savory pancakes, The Washington Times cuisine to infiltrate U.S. parlors, kitchens has been an indispensable prop.” dipped in soy sauce, is an essential part of and restaurants. Chinese and Mexican res- Korean cuisine’s roots lie in the austere the recovery from a hike in South Korea’s SEOUL | Celebrity chefs, internet influ- taurants may still have pride of place, but vegetarianism of the Buddhist temples, the ubiquitous mountains. encers and even Hollywood A-listers can’t a foodfirefriends.com survey last fall listed hearty offerings of the rural peasantry and • Budae Jjigae: This “regimental stew” ADVERTISING

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dinner with visiting South Korean Presi- Chinese, Mexican, Thai and Indian cuisine. Rice-based, Korean meals can feature been served to visiting U.S. presidents. dent Yoon Suk Yeol next week hasn’t been As postwar Americans began to sample fresh seafood from the waters surrounding • Doenjang Jjigae: This thick stew of set, but if the two leaders are looking to more adventurous dishes than their meat- the peninsula on three sides, but also offer fermented soybeans is a more muscular, A SPECIAL

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be a highly suitable choice. outside their bases in Japan, Korea and such as kimchi, the pickled vegetable a table groaning under the weight of a “I’ve been intrigued with Korean cui- Vietnam. As global tourism and globaliza- that supplies critical vitamins during the constantly arriving series of dishes. It’s sine for the last 15 to 20 years,” said British tion advanced, so did appreciation for the harsh winters, and jang — thick, piquant, how Korean royalty of yore dined. superchef Gordon Ramsay. “I have, for variety of Asian cuisines. fermented sauces. • Tteokbokki: These cylinders of rice some time, believed that the chefs doing The popularity of South Korean cui- For a quick primer on the essentials pasta in spicy gravy are a street-food staple, the most interesting work in America sine in the U.S. benefited from two macro of Korean cooking, here are 10 popular available nationwide. — chefs who are in fact redefining what trends, foodies say. offerings to consider for your next meal: • Makkoli: A milky-looking, white rice ‘American food’ means — are Korean,” said One was the dining habits of the approx- • Galbi: Pork ribs, cooked by diners brew, this traditional sweet and/or sour the late New York chef, television host and imately 2 million-strong Korean-American on the griddle set into their tabletops concoction — unique to Korea — has writer Anthony Bourdain. communities, and the restaurants they set and carved with scissors, will delight undergone a renaissance in recent years. And actress and lifestyle guru Gwyn- up in ethnic enclaves across the country. carnivores. • Soju: No Korean meal is complete eth Paltrow, describing her diet to over- The other was the victorious march • Samgyeopsal: Slices of pork belly, without a bottle or two of this cheap but 8 come COVID-19, gave a shout-out to of Korean pop culture in the last decade: dipped in salt and sesame — again, cooked cheerful, vodka-like grain spirit.

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The United States and South Korea alliance: An enduring friendship in the 21st century

By U.S. Rep. Ami Bera, M.D.

E arlier this month, I had the pleasure of traveling to South Korea with my House Foreign Affairs Committee colleagues. On April 27, I will have the Washington and Seoul honor of welcoming Presi- dent Yoon Suk Yeol as he addresses a must also continue to joint meeting of Congress during his cooperate on emerging visit to the United States. President as well as supporting resilient health technologies that will United States-Korea Free Trade Agree- Yoon’s visit commemorates the 70th systems around the world. South Korean ment (KORUS FTA). The ROK has also anniversary of the alliance between companies have also invested billions in dominate the 21st century been a dependable partner in assisting the United States and the Republic of the United States creating thousands of to include artificial Ukraine throughout Russia’s war of Korea (ROK, as South Korea is officially American jobs in clean energy and elec- intelligence, cybersecurity, aggression, with a recent $130 million TIMESSUPPLEMENT TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

known)—an alliance based on mutual trical vehicle battery manufacturing. pledge to address the humanitarian and security and economic interests, as well Additionally, the robust U.S.-South quantum computing, and infrastructure needs of Ukraine. as dedication to the rule of law, human Korea relationship is critical to advancing clean energy technology. During my trip to South Korea earlier rights, and democracy. a free and open Indo-Pacific in the 21st this month, I joined my House Foreign The U.S.-ROK partnership is one of century. In March, South Korea co-hosted Affairs Committee colleagues in meeting the most successful bilateral relation- the second Summit for Democracy, and with high-ranking officials including ships in history. Built upon shared announced they would hold a future third the People’s Republic of China repre- President Yoon, Foreign Minister Park sacrifice throughout the Korean War, the Summit. In December of 2022, Korea sents a security risk throughout the Jin, and National Assembly Speaker Kim United States and South Korea became unveiled its Indo-Pacific Strategy, which region. COVID-19 has demonstrated Jin-pyo. The conversations we had in formal allies, signing a Mutual Defense shares the United States Indo-Pacific the need for international coopera- Korea reaffirmed both countries’ com- Treaty on October 1, 1953. Today, our Strategy’s goals to strengthen the rules- tion to prepare and respond to the next mitment to our shared values, unshake- Mutual Defense Treaty endures, and our based international order to ensure a free, pandemic. Washington and Seoul must able alliance, and enduring friendship. relationship has expanded upon its solid peaceful, and prosperous Indo-Pacific. also continue to cooperate on emerging The U.S.-ROK Alliance is one forged foundation. South Korea supports U.S. As we enter the 70th year of the alli- technologies that will dominate the 21st in war but has grown as our shared ADVERTISING

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of its GDP, one of the largest percent- ents a significant security threat to both clean energy technology. years have been an undoubted success, ages among U.S. allies. Korea is also our nations. North Korea (officially known As the Ranking Member of the House and I look forward to what the next 70 seventh largest trading partner, with $227 as the Democratic People’s Republic Foreign Affairs Committee Indo-Pacific years will bring. A SPECIAL

billion of trade in 2022. South Korea con- of Korea, or DPRK) has resumed an Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the tinues to invest in the U.S., with foreign intense missile testing regime, launching bipartisan Congressional Caucus on U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D., is Tuesday • April 25 • 2023 | THE

direct investment reaching $72.5 billion both short range missiles designed to Korea, one of the largest bipartisan cau- the Ranking Member of the Indo-Pacific in 2021, up 14.9% from the previous year. target the peninsula as well as Intercon- cuses on Capitol Hill, I am enthusiastic Subcommittee the House Foreign Affairs The ROK is also a trusted partner tinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) that about working with the Yoon Adminis- Committee. He is also a member of the when it comes to battling the existential pose a risk to the continental United tration to advance the bilateral relation- House Permanent Select Committee on threats our world faces, such as infec- States. North Korea has also tested six ship. I commend President Yoon’s visit Intelligence and the Select Subcommit- tious diseases and climate change. At nuclear weapons and may attempt an- to Japan last month and look forward to tee on the Coronavirus Pandemic as well the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenish- other nuclear test soon. working with both countries to advance as the Co-Chair of the Congressional ment conference, hosted by President However, the DPRK’s antagonistic the U.S.-Japan-ROK trilateral partner- Korea Caucus. The longest-serving In- Biden last fall, the ROK announced activities are not the only threat to our ship. I also applaud South Korea’s par- dian American in Congress, he represents a pledge of $100 million, a fourfold shared values of promoting democracy, ticipation in the Indo-Pacific Economic California’s Sixth Congressional Dis- increase from its Sixth Replenishment advancing human rights, and respect Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), which trict and was the Chief Medical Officer pledge. The pledged amount will go for a rules-based international order. will enhance the U.S.-South Korean in Sacramento County during his 22 year 10 to fight HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria, Malign activity by the government of economic relationship beyond the 2012 medical career prior to elected office.

We can all learn from the Korean Peninsula resilience in Taipei. President Yoon has also stood up to Beijing’s military demands, refus- ing to go along with Xi Jinping’s “three no’s”: no deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System (THAAD), no participation in the U.S. missile defense network, and no trilat- eral military alliance with the United States and Japan. South Korea is grappling with the same challenges as the United States and most freedom loving countries: how to maintain non-threatening economic ties with China while ensuring that this com- merce does not result in a dependence that risks our national security nor our independence as a nation. By U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher Supply chain alliances should also

T be a forum to resist economic coercion; o the north of the demili- ensuring that the United States, South tarized zone (DMZ) on the Korea, and others discourage their com- Korean Peninsula lies a panies from undermining each other if cautionary tale of what a “no- the PRC chooses to engage in economic limits” partnership with the retaliation. South Korea itself has been a Chinese Communist Party victim of PRC economic coercion, with (CCP) looks like in practice. Total isola- the PRC announcing restrictions on tion. Rampant poverty. Horrific human PRC tourists going to South Korea and rights abuses. restricting the import of certain South A no-limits partnership with the CCP Korean consumer products. Only by means there are no limits to how much standing together can we resist CCP- they can exploit you. As journalist Bar- directed economic coercion. bara Demick’s interview with a defector Shutterstock.com Above all, South Korea and the summed it up: “Dogs in China ate better Topography of the Korean Peninsula in Seonam Village, Yeongwol. United States must stand united to than doctors in North Korea.” To say ensure that Xi Jinping does not shatter that North Korea has been rendered a the stability in the Indo-Pacific that has

A SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO THE WASHINGTON hermetic tributary state to the Middle allowed so many countries like South Kingdom is an insult to other historical streaming charts, South Korean music The CCP’s goal is to make it too Korea to prosper over the last seventy hermetic tributary states. shakes dancefloors from Bangkok to costly to resist their control. They also years. That means deterring People’s Lib- Over 90% of North Korea’s imports Boston, and South Korean movies win seek to use their economic leverage to eration Army (PLA) aggression in the come from China. The export stats are Hollywood’s biggest prizes. Not to men- drive a wedge between the United States Taiwan Strait as well as North Korean nearly as lopsided. China is not a trading tion, one in four smartphones in the and South Korea. But we’re not going to nuclear brinkmanship. We should ex- partner— it is a trade dictator to North world is made by Samsung and much of let that happen. pand cooperation across our militaries, Korea, whose dependency is so acute the world’s trade floats on South Korean- South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol supply chains, sanction and export con- that it has no leverage. built ships. South Korea’s success is one understands the dangers of becoming trol regimes, and other areas, to generate North Korea relies on political and of the greatest reproofs to the arguments too economically reliant on the Chinese the maximum deterrent effect. economic support from the CCP to shield of totalitarian apologists. Communist Party — and is taking ac- President Yoon has made it clear its nuclear weapons program from the how ardently he hopes for a better lot worst effects of international sanctions. for the people of North Korea, and how There has been evidence People’s Repub- South Korea and the United States must stand united to ready he is to meet any turn towards

THE WASHINGTON TIMES | Tuesday • April 25 • 2023 lic of China (PRC)-origin technology has disarmament with an outstretched assisted North Korea’s missile program, ensure that Xi Jinping does not shatter the stability in hand of friendship. We in Congress and North Korea relies on China’s inter- the Indo-Pacific that has allowed so many countries like hope that our two countries, together net infrastructure for its cyber attacks. South Korea to prosper over the last seventy years. with other allies and partners, can Many of North Korea’s cyber agents are work to strengthen the increasingly even located within the PRC. fragile supply chain for the most criti- For 70 years, China has underwritten That is the choice at hand. Peace tion to reduce critical dependencies on cal export of all: peace. North Korea militarily, technologically, and prosperity or utter poverty and the China while maintaining trade ties. He is and economically. And perhaps most constant threat of war. continuing to work with the United States U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher serves egregious of all, the Chinese Communist The Chinese Communist Party to improve the bilateral trade relation- as Chairman of the Select Committee on Party has prevented the reunification of might not be sending soldiers across ship, which will help reduce our mutual the Strategic Competition Between the the Korean Peninsula, standing in the way the Yalu River as they did in 1950, but dependence on China while boosting our United States and the Chinese Communist of the deep desire of the Korean people. they, unquestionably, are on the march. resilience to CCP economic coercion. Party, as Chairman of the House Armed In stark contrast, to the south of Today, CCP aggression comes in the In 2022, an aide to President Yoon Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Informa- the DMZ lies a nation who sided with form of economic coercion, propaganda, saw the future and declared, “We need tion Technologies, and Innovation, and on the free world, and the United States, and political warfare. It comes in the supply chain alliances.” Less than a year the Permanent Select Committee on Intel- instead of the Chinese Communist Party. form of elite capture and United Front later, the “Fab 4” semiconductor alliance, ligence. He represents Wisconsin’s Eighth Its economy is booming, and its culture work. The low-interest loan for a dam or comprised of the United States, Japan, Congressional District and served for is the envy of the world. airport today is the seed for tomorrow’s South Korea, and Taiwan held its first seven years on active duty as a U.S. Ma- South Korean TV shows top the no-limits partnership. senior officials meeting on supply chain rine, including two deployments to Iraq. 11

‘South Korea is model for all countries’

By Amb. Joseph R. DeTrani

O n the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the U.S.-South Korea alliance, the state visit of President Yoon Suk Yeol is an op- portunity to reflect on past challenges and successes and strategize on upcoming challenges and opportuni- ties to enhance the alliance and contrib- ute to world peace. Indeed, South Korea is a model for all countries. From a country devastated A dynamic liberal by the Korean War that ended with an democracy with the Armistice on July 27, 1953, to a dynamic liberal democracy with the 10th larg- 10th largest GDP and a est GDP and a world leader in mobile world leader in mobile TIMESSUPPLEMENT TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

phones, semiconductors, automobiles, phones, semiconductors, chemicals, music and cinema. The unification. These are impressive goals, to get the North to return to negotia- “miracle of the Han River” is testimony certainly shared by the U.S. and others. automobiles, chemicals, tions with the U.S. and South Korea and to what a free market economy, teth- Given North Korea’s race to build music and cinema. refrain from additional nuclear tests and ered to the rule of law and the universal more nuclear weapons and ballistic mis- missile launches. values that undergird its democracy, is siles to deliver these nuclear weapons, China is South Korea’s largest trading capable of accomplishing. the Yoon administration has worked partner, with 26% of its exports in 2022, President Yoon’s first year in office closely with the Biden administration Korea, with an extant Peace and Friend- followed by the U.S. with 16%. China has has been impressive. He has worked to enhance efforts to contain and deter ship Treaty between the two countries. reached out to South Korea, based on hard to strengthen South Korea’s al- North Korea, while reaching out to China’s President Xi Jinping, in a recent a relationship of mutual benefits, given lied relationship with the U.S. He has Pyongyang to provide humanitarian message to Kim Jong-un, stressed the their trade and economic relationship reached out to Japan, holding the first assistance and engage in a dialogue. To traditional friendship between China and concern for nuclear developments summit in over a decade with Japa- date, North Korea has rebuffed South and North Korea, noting that “the inter- with North Korea. In that context, China nese Prime minister Kishida Fumio in Korea’s – and the U.S.’s – outreach. Joint national and regional situations are now facilitating a dialogue between the two ADVERTISING

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as a “global pivotal state”, having been Command can respond to any military strategic communications with Comrade Also on the likely agenda will be invited to the Group of Seven (G7) provocation from the North. General Secretary Kim, jointly lead the South Korea’s concern with the Inflation Summit in May 2023, with the potential The state visit of President Yoon and direction of development of China- Reduction Act and the CHIPS Act and A SPECIAL

for an eventual invitation to join the G7, discussions with President Biden come DPRK relations, and promote friendly media speculation in the South about making it a G8. at a critically important time. Tension cooperation between the two sides to a U.S. protectionism. Addressing these Tuesday • April 25 • 2023 | THE

An understandable priority for the on the Korean Peninsula is at an all-time higher level,” according to the Korean concerns will be an important part of Yoon administration is relations with high, with North Korea building more Central News Agency. these discussions. North Korea. Despite North Korea’s tactical and strategic nuclear weapons China has significant leverage with The state visit of President Yoon Suk refusal to engage with South Korea – and an array of ballistic missiles capable North Korea, given their allied relation- Yeol will be an opportunity for the lead- and the U.S. – the Yoon administration of delivering these weapons of mass ship and North Korea’s reliance on the ers of both countries to recommit to an has reached out to North Korea with its destruction. The recent launch of a solid crude oil, petroleum products and trade enduring allied relationship. “audacious initiative” to help Pyongyang fuel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile with China. Indeed, North Korea’s eco- develop its economy. According to a (ICBM) – the Hwasong 18 – reportedly nomic survival depends on China. And Ambassador Joseph R. DeTrani is the for- Ministry of Unification White Paper pub- capable of reaching the whole of the U.S. it is this leverage, and China’s previous mer Special Envoy for Negotiations with lished in April 2023, the priority is efforts is indicative of Pyongyang’s efforts to role as the host of the Six Party Talks North Korea and the former Director of to denuclearize North Korea, normalize threaten all countries. with North Korea from 2003-2009 that the National Counterproliferation Center. inter-Korean ties, improve the North’s Since the Korean War, China has had hopefully will convince China to use its The views are the author’s and not any 12 human rights records, and prepare for a long-allied relationship with North significant influence with North Korea U.S. Government agency or department.

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday, March 21, 2023, his government will take steps to restore Japan’s preferential trade status as he’s trying to push for his contentious bid to resolve fraught ties with Japan despite domestic opposition.

President Yoon: Champion of freedom

A SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO THE WASHINGTON provide security on a peninsula which the world market in a wide variety of shown remarkable courage in solving has all too often been invaded. industries. It is a vibrant and exciting difficult problems. His biggest risk came I have a personal interest in this free society. in deciding that the threat from com- 70th anniversary, because my father President Yoon is a great example munist China was too great. He knew was fighting in Korea during the last of the unique pattern of the rule of law, a series of emotional issues dividing year of the war, which began when the free expression, and free elections which South Korea and Japan simply had to North Korean communist dictatorship define the modern South Korean nation. be resolved. Many Koreans resented his invaded the South in June 1950. It was He rose to the presidency through an willingness to work with Japan, which extended by the massive intervention unusual route. He was a career prosecu- had occupied Korea from 1910 to 1945 of the Chinese communists in the fall tor focused on corruption. In fact, while and had inflicted enormous physical and of that year. he led the Supreme Prosecutor’s Of- moral pain on the Korean people. However, President Yoon concluded that the threats from China today and President Yoon is a great example of the tomorrow outweighed the pain of the

THE WASHINGTON TIMES | Tuesday • April 25 • 2023 unique pattern of the rule of law, free past. It was an act of enormous cour- age and cost him significantly in short expression, and free elections which define term popularity. the modern South Korean nation. As he visits Washington, we should By Newt Gingrich remember that President Yoon has been

S an amazing fighter for law and order outh Korean President Yoon My family has had a long and deep fice, he launched investigations against against corruption, and for our vital al- Suk Yeol’s visit to the United commitment to the security of South Minister of Justice Cho Kuk, who was liance. He is a staunch opponent of the States is an important mo- Korea and the maintenance of peace on involved in various scandals. North Korean dictatorship and deeply ment for the relationship the peninsula. Even more amazingly, with Yoon’s concerned about the threat from com- between our two nations. As Speaker, I visited the Republic and courageous commitment to honesty and munist China. The Republic of Korea is a was privileged to welcome President the rule of law, the prosecution indicted He is a great friend to our country, and cornerstone of our strength in contain- Dae-Jung Kim to address a joint session two former presidents (Lee Myung-bak we should receive him in Washington as a ing the Kim Jong Un dictatorship in of the Congress. Listening to him say and Park Geun-hye). Yoon was equally member of the family of freedom. North Korea and balancing the growing “thank you” because the United States committed to rooting out corruption in power of communist China. had saved his life from political enemies the business community. Speaker Newt Gingrich is Chairman It is hard to believe, but this is the in his own country was an emotionally When Yoon retired as prosecutor, of Gingrich 360, a multimedia production 70th anniversary of the United States- powerful experience. he entered politics as a member of the and consulting company based in Arling- Republic of Korea alliance. For seven Today, South Korea is a technologi- conservative People Power Party. ton, Virginia. For more commentary from decades, we have worked together to cally advanced nation competitive in Since his election, President Yoon has Newt Gingrich, visit Gingrich360.com. 13

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BTS performs “Butter” at the American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

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‘Hallyuwood’ government advisor who promotes South Korean “silver” fashion globally. makes nation a It provides a needed identity when your country is sandwiched between two cultural force to be cultural superpowers in China and Japan. Seoul officials are “riding the coat- reckoned with tails of Hallyu because they understand that soft power is better than hard power when you are a small country between the By Andrew Salmon world’s second and third largest econo- The Washington Times mies, both with much larger populations,” said CedarBough T. Saeji, who teaches ADVERTISING

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foreign-language film to snag a “Best “A ‘Made-in-Korea’ tag once conjured Picture” Oscar. In 2020, boy band BTS up images of poverty or, in extreme cases, dominated the music charts and drew despotic leaders and nuclear missiles,” A SPECIAL

comparisons to The Beatles. And a year added David Tizzard, who teaches Ko- later, the culture-shaking TV series Associated Press rean studies at Seoul Women’s University Tuesday • April 25 • 2023 | THE

“Squid Game” became the most-watched A LEGO set made of its blocks featuring K-pop band BTS, is displayed during a publicity “Now, Korea is not just winning the hearts show ever on Netflix. event at a store in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 2, 2023. of people though its cultural content, it’s All three hail from South Korea, a na- also writing its own national identity and tion that has set global benchmarks for securing legitimacy in its struggle with “zero-to-hero” surges in both hard and the North.” soft power. protests in the 1980s and 1990s. just beginning to swamp Asia. It has also been good for the national South Korea and its cultural output Millennial South Korea, however has Since then, “Hallyuwood” has swept economy. were virtually unknown in international become a byword for cool — with a capi- the world, generating outsized artistic “According to the Korea Foundation, the society before the Korean War. The dev- tal “K.” Credit goes to “Hallyu” (“Korean influence and attention for a country of Korean Wave has generated approximately astated country was subsequently seen as Wave”), a term coined by a Chinese jour- just over 50 million people. $100 billion in revenue since its inception a basket case in the 1950s, as an unlovely nalist in 1999 to describe an extraordinary “Hallyu has been instrumental in en- in the late 1990s,” Mr. Yang said. “Tourism bastion of metal-bashing in the 1960s and outpouring of domestic pop-culture – K- hancing Korea’s national brand on the 14 1970s, and as a hot spot of fiery political drama, K-pop, K-film, K-gaming — that was global stage,” said Yang Sun-mook, former » see Hallyu | C15

From left, Lee Jung-jae, Jung Hoyeon, Hwang Dong-hyuk and Park Hae Soo arrive at a red carpet event for “Squid Game” on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, 2021, at NeueHouse Hollywood in Los Angeles. Associated Press

Hallyu regimens: singing, dancing, acting, mod- elling, promoting.

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deserve credit. nology mastery and an openness to inter- Bong Joon Ho poses in the press room with the awards for best director for “Parasite”

THE WASHINGTON TIMES | Tuesday • April 25 • 2023 The 1987 democratization wave saw national influences. and for best international feature film for “Parasite” from South Korea at the Oscars in Los censorship lifted and South Koreans freed From the late 1990s, K-pop and K-drama, Angeles on Feb. 9, 2020. to travel and study overseas, where they populated by attractive, “nice guy/nice girl” enrolled in film schools and binged on stars, began attracting fan bases across Asia, MTV. The government began pushing Latin America and the Middle East. creative industries after seeing the success Public funding helped, but analysts say “What Korea has successfully done is in Korea across multiple mediums - food, of Hollywood’s “Jurassic Park” franchise. Hallyuwood’s success was bottom-up, not to create the next big stage for a modern, music, movies, beauty, fashion, computer The 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis top-down. “Government did not become industrialized Asian country,” said Keiko games,” said Mr. Tizzard. “In a non-West- proved an even bigger stimulus, forcing involved in supporting K-pop until after Hagihara-Bang, who heads Bang Media ern, non-English-speaking country, that old, established companies out of the K-pop had already been making interna- Group and who notes that Hallyu is an has not really happened before. We are in entertainment business and allowing new tional inroads,” said Mr. Saeji. asset for traditional K-products. uncharted territory.” talent to fill the vacuum. The crisis ham- As the talent pool expanded, South “Every second on the screen is a chance Uncharted – and inclusive. mered the currency, and as cable TV came Korean offerings became more sophis- to generate interest in [Korean] fashion, “This ability to transform creativity online across Southeast Asia, South Korean ticated. Western audiences tuned into design, food, cosmetics, tourism, electron- into an interface for a country is most drama producers saw an opportunity to edgy, gritty K-films like violent thriller ics — even cars,” she said. extraordinary,” said Ms. Hagihara-Bang. undercut Japanese competitors. “Old Boy” (2003), and Psy’s catchy rap Hallyu’s versatility also has vaulted “I don’t think there’s another country in There was also sweat equity. Borrow- “Gangnam Style” (2012). It was only a South Korea ahead of earlier Asian cultural the world that has an entire society — ing “corporate warrior” paradigms, South matter of time before “Parasite,” “Squid powerhouses. government, business and civic forces Korean talent agencies put prospective Game” and BTS took London, New York “While Hong Kong had its movies and — build a national brand in this way, stars through rigorous, cross-training and Paris by storm. Japan had its anime, … this is happening without coercion.” 15

Time to neutralize North Korea’s missile threat

By Stephen Meyer, Discovery Institute

R ecently Rep. Mike Rog- ers, the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), issued an urgent call to upgrade America’s defenses against missile attack. His statement came in response to yet more North Korean Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) tests, in- cluding several involving long-range missiles capable of reaching virtually any Fortunately, another layer of missile are much more difficult to intercept Alabama, but also Adam Smith, the American city with nuclear warheads. defense can be quickly and inexpen- because they are smaller, moving- ranking Democratic member of the In his press release, Chairman Rogers, sively added to the U.S. arsenal—indeed, faster and capable of taking evasive House Armed Services Committee, a stalwart proponent of missile defense, one specifically designed to neutralize counter measures. Yet, ground-based from liberal Washington state. TIMESSUPPLEMENT TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

emphasized the need to enhance cur- the threat of Kim Jung Un’s ICBMs. The missile defense systems can intercept Further, Congress has already called rent ground-based missile defenses by system concept, known as “Remotely ICBMs only during these later phases on the Department of Defense to accelerating the development of a next Piloted Aircraft, Boost Phase Intercept” of flight. Thus, adding another layer of develop a boost phase intercept system generation (anti-missile) interceptor (or RPA BPI), was designed by Dr. Leon- defense capable of boost phase inter- specifically capable of neutralizing (NGI). He also urged continued research ard Caveny, former Director of Science ception makes obvious sense. missile threats from regional powers exploring the viability of a comprehen- and Technology at the Ballistic Missile The RPA BPI system is technologi- such as North Korea. In the National sive space-based defensive system. Defense Organization (now called The cally viable, affordable (costing roughly Defense Authorization Act of 2018, Such an all-of-the-above approach Missile Defense Agency). $100-$150 million, not multiple billions) Congress authorized “the Director of to missile defense is urgently needed. Here’s how it would work: The RPA and could be built and tested within 24 the Missile Defense Agency” to develop But there is another specific system for BPI system would use drones as a high- months on an expedited “rapid fielding” a “ballistic missile intercept layer. . .that defending against missile attack that altitude platform for hosting anti-missile basis. Drones for hosting these missiles is (1) regionally focused; (2) capable of Rep. Rodgers and key congressional interceptors. These remotely piloted are already used for persistent Intelli- providing boost-phase defense; and (3) proponents of missile defense should aerial vehicles (RPAs) would patrol for gence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance [able to achieve] operational capability immediately consider. 20-30 hours each at 40,000-45,000 feet (ISR) all over the world. By using avail- at the earliest practicable date.” ADVERTISING

Missile defense experts have long above sea level in international airspace able propulsion and guidance technology Unfortunately, the RPA BPI system advocated a multi-layered approach to at a safe stand-off distance over the East and lighter weight materials to fashion has not yet been built despite a signifi- WASHINGTON

missile defense because of the difficulty Sea. Existing detection and data fusion much faster anti-missile interceptors, and cant push for it from key congressional of destroying an ICBM in flight. Yet, technology would allow system op- by attaching them to available drones, leaders in 2018. Since there is now an currently the United States relies on only erators on the ground to identify rising engineers can convert an intelligence even more pressing need to deploy the A SPECIAL

one layer of homeland missile defense, North Korean missiles in their hottest, gathering system into a missile defense system, perhaps Congress can come to- a ground-based system of anti-missile slowest and easiest-to-detect “boost platform—using existing technologies. gether across the aisle to shepherd this Tuesday • April 25 • 2023 | THE

interceptors based in Alaska and Cali- phase”—the time between launch and a In the future, the drone-based mis- project through to completion. Doing fornia. Because the United States has a missile reaching the upper atmosphere. sile defense concept could be adapted so will protect American cities—in both limited number of these interceptors, Once operators on the ground identify to protect carrier groups in the Pacific red and blue states—from an increas- our present defensive system is vulner- a rising missile on a dangerous course, against anti-ship missiles and to provide ingly existential threat. able to a large volley of enemy ICBMs. newly available, extremely high-speed a coastal shield against submarine or Moreover, tests of these interceptors (4km/sec) missile interceptors with cargo-ship launched missiles. Stephen C. Meyer is a Senior Fellow of against dummy ICBMs have shown them sophisticated guidance systems would But can our deeply divided govern- the Discovery Institute, a public policy effective in shooting down only about then destroy the hot, slow-rising ICBM ment mobilize itself quickly to field this think tank advancing a culture of pur- 50% of their targets. Meanwhile, space- by kinetic impact soon after launch—en- game-changing technology? pose, creativity, and innovation. As part based systems using directed energy suring that any debris would fall onto or There are reasons to hope so. Both of Discovery’s Technology and Democ- (i.e., lasers) remain over a decade away near North Korean territory. parties now include prominent propo- racy project, he conducts research and from technical viability, as even many By contrast, missiles during their nents of missile defense, including, not writes on missile defense policy and 16 proponents acknowledge. mid-course and terminal phases just Mike Rogers from conservative critical infrastructure protection.

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In this May 17, 1998, file photo, Se Ri Pak of South Korea poses with her trophy after winning the LPGA McDonald’s Championship at the DuPont Country Club in Rockland, Del. TIMESSUPPLEMENT TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

An unassuming winner sparks an unlikely sports dynasty Se Ri Pak and the rise of South Korea’s women golfers By David R. Sands Korean female golfers who were about to teams ,and many rank the Red Devils’ run 2020 survey in the Asian Journal of Sport The washington Times transform the sport. to the semifinals at the 2004 FIFA World History and Culture, brought by foreign ADVERTISING

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it, but President Biden’s plan to host South much room to spare for ballfields, soccer modern era. tion. The ravages of World War II and the Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for a pitches and golf courses, South Korea But it’s safe to say no win on the field, Korean War nearly decimated the sport three-day state visit this month comes has always punched above its weight the rink or the pitch has had such a far- in Korea. A SPECIAL

just before a milestone anniversary for the when it comes to international sport- reaching impact as Ms. Pak’s surprise vic- “Korean golfers who survived the Japa- history of South Korean sports. ing competitions, in disciplines ranging tory that day in Delaware. Not only would nese colonial era began to rebuild the golf Tuesday • April 25 • 2023 | THE

It was 25 years ago, on May 17, 1998, from taekwondo, archery and short-track Ms. Pak go on to win the U.S. Women’s courses, thereby creating the cornerstone that a little-known 20-year-old rookie speed skating to team sports such as soc- Open two months later — the youngest of what has today become a global golf pro from the central South Korean city cer and baseball. player ever to do so — and forge a Hall powerhouse,” researchers Sang-woo Cho, of Daejeon completed a three-stroke, Marathoner Hwang Young-cho won of Fame career, but she also proved a har- Hyun Woo Lee and Gwang Ok wrote. Even wire-to-wire victory in the Ladies Profes- Olympic gold in Barcelona in 1992, and binger for a generation of South Korean then, however, the women’s game took a sional Golf Association Championship, Kim Yu-na did the same in ladies’ figure female golfers, a national sports dynasty distinct back seat to men’s competitions. played at the DuPont Country Club in skating in the 2010 Winter Olympics in that would rival the Kenyan runners who Remarkably, given the number of golf- Mr. Biden’s home state of Delaware. Ms. Vancouver, Canada. Baseball is hugely followed the path blazed by Kipchoge ers who would follow in her footsteps, Pak’s victory was the first by a South popular in South Korea and the victory Keino or the hordes of Swedish tennis Ms. Pak was the only South Korean player Korean golfer in one of the LPGA’s four by the national team in the 2008 Beijing stars who rose to prominence in the 1980s on the LPGA tour when she scored her prestigious “major” tournaments. Olympics set off a massive celebration trying to be the next Bjorn Borg. breakthrough victories in 1998. It would not be the last — either for Ms. back home. South Korean soccer players Golf came to the Korean peninsula 18 Pak or for a remarkable cohort of South can be found on some of the world’s elite in the early 20th century, according to a » see DYNASTY | C19

DYNASTY near the scale of their female compatriots. There has long been a debate in South Korean circles over whether the country’s From page C18 military service mandate has held back the men by forcing them to take years out of “The first couple of months, everything their prime playing days to serve. [was] lonely,” Ms. Pak recalled in an inter- Analysts point to a variety of factors to view with Sports Illustrated last year for try to explain South Korea’s late-blooming a story titled “Today’s LPGA is brought success as a golf superpower, starting with to you by Se Ri Pak.” “… I never used the a strong cultural work ethic and a dedica- locker room, because they spoke English tion to the teaching of fundamentals on the and I didn’t know [how]. Only the parking country’s thriving youth golf scene. South lot, to the course, back to the car, back to Korean stars such as Birdie Kim, the 2005 the hotel, back to the course in the morn- U.S. Women’s Open champ, credit strong ing. Just lonely, lonely, lonely.” parental involvement and support, espe- She would not be lonely long: Largely cially for promising young girls. inspired by her example, a parade of South The domestic KLPGA and the highly Korea female golfers, often referred to competitive men’s and women’s national as “Se Ri’s Kids,” would go on to claim a teams — backed by increasingly generous Associated Press slew of titles and dominate tournament corporate sponsorship as the economy South Korea team players listen to the national anthem prior to the Asian Football leaderboards around the globe. In one boomed — provide a level of training and Confederation U20 Asian Cup semi-final soccer match, Wednesday, March. 15, 2023. sign of the times, 26-year-old LPGA star match seasoning for Korean players before Lee Jeong-eun is routinely listed on the they ever enter an international competi- scoreboard as “Lee6,” to distinguish her tion. And some argue that, unlike in other

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from the five more senior Lee Jeong-euns countries, South Korea’s best young ath- who play golf at the professional level. letes tend to gravitate to the sport, partly Consider some numbers: South Korean because of the success of the country’s women golfers won 17 of the 34 LPGA professionals such as Ms. Pak on the

THE WASHINGTON TIMES | Tuesday • April 25 • 2023 major titles up for grabs in the wake of world stage and partly because golf does Ms. Pak’s 1998 wins. Five of the world’s not require unusual strength, height or an top-ranked female golfers today are South imposing physique for success. Korean, and 27 of the top 100. When Jin Ms. Pak has said that her major titles in Young Ko won the 2021 BMW Ladies 1998 came at a good time for her country, Championship in 2021, it marked the 200th struggling at the time with a crashing tournament win for a South Korean female economy and the fallout from the decade’s golfer on the LPGA tour since 1998. Asian financial crisis. But she says she was Even the world’s current No. 1 female surprised — and a little intimidated — that player, Lydia Ko, was born in Seoul before so many younger South Korean women her family emigrated to New Zealand when would look to her as a role model. she was a young girl, and several other For the Se Ri Kids, however, there’s no top 50 players can boast Korean ancestry. mystery about the astounding success. And the pipeline of new Korean stars “A lot of people are curious why Korean shows no signs of running dry — for five players are so good,” Soyeon Ryu, a star on straight years starting in 2015, the LPGA the LPGA tour and, like Ms. Pak, a winner Tour’s “Rookie of the Year” award went to of the U.S. Women’s Open, told Sports Associated Press a South Korean. Illustrated. “One of the biggest things is NC Dinos players celebrate after winning the 2020 Korean Series, the Korea Baseball South Korean male golfers also have we always had a good role model. Se Ri Organization’s championship round, against the Doosan Bears, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. found success globally, although nowhere opened the door.” 19

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