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[Kim Seong-kon] When we are proud of our judges

ViewpointsJul 15, 2020

Recently, a BBC reporter, Laura Bicker, wrote via Twitter, “Prosecution in South Korea are asking for an 18-month sentence for a man who stole 18 eggs because he was hungry.” This was the same amoun...
[Editorial] Proper recognition

EditorialJul 15, 2020

Move Paik’s grave to Seoul National Cemetery; his merits outweigh his demerits
[Gregory A. Maniatis] Don’t scapegoat migrants for the pandemic

ViewpointsJul 14, 2020

Let’s be clear: COVID-19 initially spread around the world as a result of well-heeled travelers returning home from cruises, foreign skiing holidays, and international conferences. But many wrongly p...
[Andreas Kluth] How do we face our racist past?

ViewpointsJul 14, 2020

The past is never dead. It’s not even past. William Faulkner’s famous line comes from a harrowing tale about two women in Mississippi. One is a Black nursemaid, Nancy, who is to be hanged for the mu...
[Editorial] Face reality

EditorialJul 14, 2020

Detected facility suspected of making nuclear warheads points to Pyongyang’s recalcitrance
[Trudy Rubin] Crackdown on HK dangerous for world

ViewpointsJul 13, 2020

When China imposed a draconian new security law on Hong Kong last week, I grabbed my phone to call some young pro-democracy activists I’d met there in November. Then I put the phone down because I r...
[Ram Garikipati] Indo-Sino conflict in context of S. Korea’s problems

ViewpointsJul 13, 2020

China recently blocked Indian websites and e-commerce platforms in retaliation for India’s move to ban 59 Chinese apps and prevent Chinese companies from participating in infrastructure projects. It...
[Editorial] Remembering Park

EditorialJul 13, 2020

Questionable if city funeral is proper; No more damage to sex abuse accuser
[Digital Simplicity] The smartphone not taken: Apple iOS vs. Android system

ViewpointsJul 10, 2020

Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is deeply profound and almost prophetic even when we read just the first two lines: “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both.” Le...
[Conor Sen] US can’t wait for jobs recovery

ViewpointsJul 10, 2020

With the US Congress set to tackle the next phase of economic relief this month, Thursday’s jobs report provided more evidence of how much permanent damage is being done to the labor market by the co...
[Editorial] Risky summit

EditorialJul 10, 2020

Trump’s intention to meet Kim again does not bode well for North Korea’s denuclearization
[Noah Smith] The wealthy and privileged can revolt, too

ViewpointsJul 9, 2020

Plenty of people will tell you that the unrest spreading through the US is rooted in inequality -- in the dissatisfaction of the 99 percent. But what if it’s not that simple? What if there’s also an ...
[Ferdinando Giugliano] Why Europe’s in better shape than the US

ViewpointsJul 9, 2020

After the Great Recession, the American economy rebounded faster and stronger than the eurozone, raising doubts over the effectiveness of the “European social model.” As Europe emerges from the first...
[Editorial] Suspicious big shots

EditorialJul 9, 2020

Alleged Optimus fund fraud arouses suspicions of complicity with power
[Kim Seong-kon] Remembering those who laid down their lives for us

ViewpointsJul 8, 2020

Recently, a friend sent me a succinct but powerful essay written by Lee Jung-woong, a former TBC producer, on the topic, “What is America to us?” The friend who thoughtfully sent me this essay wrote ...