The Chosun Journal has often been accused of being too one-sided and polemical. As the editor, I am mostly to blame for this unfortunate indictment. It is unfortunate because The Chosun Journal’s staff itself is made up of liberals and conservatives, Christians and agnostics, diverse people with opposing points of view. What binds us […]

With the exception of Kim Dae Jung, I cannot think of a more zealous, well-intentioned but ultimately boneheaded advocate for North Korean human rights than the New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. A response to at least one of Mr. Kristof’s editorials published in the last few weeks regarding the situation of North Korean […]

January 21, 2004

1. Please introduce yourself and explain your work.
My full-time job is the Dean of the George Washington University Law School but in this capacity I am Chairman of the U.S. Committee on International Religious Freedom, which was created by Congress in 1998 as a legislative and executive branch, and foreign policy advisory committee. […]