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Apr 15, 2009, 10:28 am ET
Individualistic, legalistic America v. communitarian, Confucian Asia
»By Anthony Bessette

SEOUL, South Korea — I’ve finally reached my limit for listening to people harp on the notion of a deep East-West cultural split.

Apr 3, 2009, 8:36 am ET
Constitutional review: A law prohibiting night protests
»By Anthony Bessette

A few months ago, the Korean National Assembly passed a law restricting nighttime protests. Under the law, groups would need to get permits to hold nighttime protests; daytime ones remain unrestricted.

Mar 28, 2009, 8:53 am ET
Intellectual property in Korea
»By Anthony Bessette

SEOUL, South Korea — When most people think of Asian countries where intellectual property rights are readily flouted, I imagine they usually think of places like Vietnam, Thailand and especially China.

Mar 4, 2009, 10:09 am ET
The human rights of a suspect’s family, revisited
»By Anthony Bessette

It occurred to me that other cultures recognize certain legal rights as human rights, where we in the United States simply don’t.

Mar 4, 2009, 10:06 am ET
Human rights v. right to know
»By Anthony Bessette

SEOUL, South Korea — A man has confessed to murder, setting off a debate over which “right” is more important: The right of the people to know his identity, or the right of the accused and his family to keep his identity a secret until he is proven guilty.