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[Kim Seong-kon] Lesson from Academy Award-winning Parasite

ViewpointsMar 17, 2020

Ostensibly, the 2020 Academy Award-winning South Korean film “Parasite” seems to depict the problems of a polarized society here, sharply divided between the rich and the poor. That was why Korean le...
[Stephen Mihm] Why the US doesn’t have enough hospital beds

ViewpointsMar 15, 2020

Hospitals often speak of what’s called “surge capacity” -- the ability to absorb a sudden influx of patients because of a terrorist attack, a natural disaster, or even, yes, a pandemic. Given the pos...
[Editorial] Economic leadership

EditorialMar 15, 2020

Clear control tower needed to coordinate efforts to bolster virus-hit economy
[Martin Schram] Can we cure pandemic politics?

ViewpointsMar 15, 2020

It is a cliche of our times to hail something as a tipping point -- a happening that will change something forever. And what Americans experienced throughout Wednesday really didn’t happen in a way ...
[Letter to Editor] Religious freedom and COVID-19 epidemic

ViewpointsMar 15, 2020

On March 2, Rev. Lee Man-hee, the founder of the Shincheonji religious sect, expressed remorse that so many patients were tied to his church. If Rev. Lee apologized to the Korean people of his own fr...
[Serendipity] Love, kindness will see us through

ViewpointsMar 12, 2020

The novel coronavirus has landed at my doorsteps. Literally. Almost 60 days into the COVID-19 outbreak, my mobile phone screeched an alert with a message that two people in my neighborhood were confi...
[Barry Ritholtz] Rules for coping with market panic

ViewpointsMar 12, 2020

People don’t like being told what to do, and when agitated they really dislike being told to be less agitated. So rather than just tell you not to panic (seriously, DON‘T PANIC), I will offer some th...
[Francis Wilkinson] How Sanders saved the Democratic Party

ViewpointsMar 12, 2020

With his string of primary losses today to former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders has revitalized the institution that he most loves to hate: the Democratic Party. Sanders had hoped to ...
[Editorial] The sooner, the safer

EditorialMar 12, 2020

Swift preparations needed to prevent COVID-19 explosion in capital area
[Noah Smith] Taxing bad things isn't always good

ViewpointsMar 11, 2020

The idea of taxing things that are bad for society has a powerful allure. It offers the possibility of a double benefit -- discouraging harmful activities, while also providing the government with re...
[Kim Myong-sik] Park stirs up politics in epidemic-stricken nation

ViewpointsMar 11, 2020

Three years after her impeachment and subsequent imprisonment, former president Park Geun-hye revealed her intent to play a part in Korean politics and she proved she still could. Her letter from pri...
[Editorial] Repeated embarrassment

EditorialMar 11, 2020

Moon government should be more resolute in countering the North’s provocations
[Editorial] Rash self-praise

EditorialMar 10, 2020

Though spread of virus falters in Daegu, sporadic outbreaks continue in other parts
[Robert J. Fouser] Lessons from the Spanish flu

ViewpointsMar 10, 2020

Since March began, the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, has spread rapidly around the world, causing broad disruption in its wake. The speed of the spread has caught leaders and public health of...
[Kim Seong-kon] Korea’s image battered by coronavirus outbreak

ViewpointsMar 10, 2020

Until the recent outbreak of the new coronavirus, South Korea’s reputation in the international community could not have been better. For the past few decades, Samsung, LG, and Hyundai have significa...