Stefan Straub

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

As some others see us: Reading America

As America sets out to craft the world in its own image and according to its self-interests, we non-Americans often scramble to find out whats really going on. What

By Stefan Straub

/ 1 May 2003

Roh Moo-hyun and the elections in Korea: a narrative

I. On 19 December there will be presidential elections in South Korea. The president is elected by simple majority and serves one five-year term only. Since he totally controls the

By Stefan Straub

/ 16 Dec 2002