Joshua Park is an Executive Editor and Staff Writer at the HIR. He studies History and East Asian Studies at Harvard University. He has been published in the Diplomat, the SCMP, CSIS, and more.
Asia
"The United States government labels them HIDDEN COBRA. They prey on user data, cryptocurrency, and vaccine intellectual property. Today, they are most commonly identified as the Lazarus Group. They are one of the greatest cyber threats to the security of the international community."
Asia
"On October 10, 2020, all eyes were on [North Korea] for clues on how it had fared as the rest of the world came to a halt. The results were surprising and mixed."
Law & Diplomacy
You file a small claim for US$5,000 and expect to meet with a lawyer or plead your case before a judge. This might be true in almost every county and country in the world–except Estonia.
Development
"They failed to protect the very people they were supposed to protect and they did everything to mask their culpability. It is their negligence even with the knowledge of wrongdoing that constitutes the gross violations of the rights to clean water, hygiene, and in some instances, life."
Asia
Amid the noise of the United States' engagement with China, Japan and South Korea have recently engaged in their own trade war. On July 4 of this year, while Americans were celebrating their own independence and freedom, South Koreans were reminded of their own colonial history as their neighbor and