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[Digital Simplicity] Consumers face dilemma of subscription economy
ViewpointsFeb 21, 2020
What is called a “subscription economy” is not so far removed from the everyday life of ordinary Koreans. A growing number of Korean consumers, especially those in their 20s, are embracing this new model that favors subscriptions over ownership. For digital services and software, this makes sense. Netflix is a case in point. Korean viewers, who once preferred downloading video files from online hard drive service operators, are signing up for the global video streaming platform. Th
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[Elizabeth Drew] Who can beat Trump?ViewpointsFeb 19, 2020The US presidential election in November is the most consequential in modern history. Whether the increasingly authoritarian, vindictive and dangerous Donald Trump wins another four years in power could define the US for a long time to come. This year’s election will be no typical struggle between two parties that differ more in degree than in kind. But first, the Democrats must select their candidate, and this time that contest is exceptionally fluid. Former Vice President Joe Biden&rs -
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[Anjani Trivedi] China Inc. virus cure will make matters worseViewpointsFeb 18, 2020Beijing is throwing all it’s got at the coronavirus. Less visible than the drama of quarantining communities, however, is the new pressure that the outbreak is bringing on China Inc.’s hard-up borrowers. They face $944 billion of debt maturities onshore and $90 billion offshore this year. Authorities are going back to their old playbook of spewing handouts to get them through. The costs will add billions of dollars of debt and cripple an already weakened financial system. It may be d -
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[Kim Seong-kon] Living well until the endViewpointsFeb 18, 2020Recently, I saw an American movie in which the main character says there are three words beginning with “R” that kill older people slowly. They are retirement, regret and revenge. “Reward,” too, should be included in this category. “Retirement” can be bliss for some people, and yet it is a curse for others. After retirement, some people may enjoy a restful life, but others get bored. Indeed, if you have nothing to do all day long, you will find your life bor -
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[Keenan Fagan] Time for a temporary travel banViewpointsFeb 17, 2020Recently, President Moon has expressed confidence that South Korea can control the novel coronavirus outbreak with its quarantine system and that its threat to the country will soon subside. However, there is an increasing threat of a major outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) in the Republic of Korea because flights carrying passengers from much of stricken China continue to arrive. To contain the threat of outbreak here, it is time for the Moon administration to consider a temporar
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[James Jay Carafano] The Pentagon’s three headachesViewpointsFeb 17, 2020Secretary of Defense Mark Esper doesn’t have much gray hair. Just wait. He has some monumental challenges ahead. Even if Esper has the backing of the president, and Trump gets reelected, the Pentagon has a daunting to-do list. If the secretary plans to leave the common defense stronger than it was when he came aboard, he’ll have to overcome three big problems. Big Problem No. 1: All bets aren’t covered. There are three vital areas of operations for the US: Europe, Greater M -
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[Ivo Daalder] China’s secrecy has made coronavirus crisis much worseViewpointsFeb 17, 2020For eight years, China’s President Xi Jinping has trumpeted his country’s increasingly authoritarian system as a grand model for other developing countries to follow. No doubt, China has seen an extraordinary period of economic growth, which has benefited hundreds of millions in China and around the world. But authoritarianism has also come at great cost, as the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus underscores. In two months, the virus has spread throughout China and beyond. More t -
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[Volker Perthes] Toward new Iran nuclear dealViewpointsFeb 16, 2020When Iran announced in January that it would further “reduce” its commitments under the 2015 deal limiting its nuclear activities, it was not responding to the United States’ assassination of Iranian Quds Force leader Gen. Qassem Suleimani a few days earlier. But both developments reflected the escalating confrontation between Iran and the US since the summer of 2019. Any effort to safeguard the substance of the 2015 deal -- formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Act -
[Editorial] Necessary stepEditorialFeb 16, 2020Beefing up THAAD system would counter North Korea’s enhanced missile capabilities
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