Stefan Straub, currently professor of German at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, majored in German and History at Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany), where he wrote a PhD on Karl Kraus and polemics as a literary form.

Recent articles

So you think you know America? A critical look at the latest columns of some of the most syndicated columnists in the United States leaves this European writer alarmed by a volley of words that can cause nothing but trouble.

The South Korean presidential election on 19 December is taking place against the background both of popular hostility to the presence of US forces and international tension involving North Korea. Less obviously, South Korean politics in the era of the ‘sunshine-policy’ towards the North is moving beyond regionalism towards a new era of democratic choice. From Seoul, a fascinating story of how democracy was reborn from desperation and World Cup soccer.