Participants wishing for peace in the Korean Peninsula attend a rally near the US Embassy in Seoul on the eve of the 72nd anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement on July 26. The banner reads: "Let's stop the military and trade pressure!" — AP
MANY political commentators these days point out that we are living in a world at war. Some say that the current situation of the world resembles that of the early 20th century when World War I broke out, and others argue that our times look more like the mid-20th century when World War II began. Either way, we are undoubtedly living in a time of unprecedented global crisis.
Just a few years ago, everyone on earth desperately fought a war against the Covid-19 virus that devastated the world, leaving heavy casualties of human lives. Now the pandemic is over and yet, war on earth still seems to be going on, due to territorial disputes, ideological clashes, or trade frictions that have erupted into global crises.
