The Korea Herald

[Kim Myong-sik] Awaiting young leaders who reject left, right extremism

ViewpointsDec 18, 2019

South Korea’s political leaders are neither too old nor too young. Out of some 18 people so far mentioned in the media as presidential aspirants, 10 are in their 60s, seven are in the 50s and the old...
[Mohamed A. El-Erian] US-China deal a short-term truce

ViewpointsDec 18, 2019

There are times, including in armed conflict, when adversaries see it in their own interests to opt for a truce and sell it to the outside world as a steppingstone to a comprehensive peace. But both ...
[Editorial] Wayward approach

EditorialDec 18, 2019

Repeated strengthening of regulations cannot curb soaring home prices
[Editorial] Resume dialogue

EditorialDec 17, 2019

Pyongyang must know nuclear ICBMs can lead to self-destruction
[Kim Seong-kon] ‘A Lone Lighthouse Keeper’ of Korea

ViewpointsDec 17, 2019

Recently I came across a book of memoirs by Kim Yong-chol, professor emeritus of Sungkyunkwan University. The book, “A Lone Lighthouse Keeper: Memoirs of Kim Yong-chol,” is the author’s reminiscence ...
[Robert J. Fouser] Looking back at the 2010s in South Korea

ViewpointsDec 17, 2019

In a couple of weeks, we will enter the third decade of the 21st century. For South Korea, the 2010s saw continued progress amid anxiety over the future. The decade began with solid, though not spect...
[Zev Chafets] Israel will not be third time lucky

ViewpointsDec 16, 2019

Against all expectations, political logic and basic commonsense, Israel’s major parties have refused to form a unity government, and are dragging an irate public back for a third national election in...
[Lionel Laurent] EU prepares for next Brexit punch-up

ViewpointsDec 16, 2019

After a year of gridlock in Westminster that has frustrated the UK’s attempts to leave the European Union on amicable terms, British voters have handed Prime Minister Boris Johnson a thumping majorit...
[Editorial] Proper choice

EditorialDec 16, 2019

In selecting the next PM, Moon should overcome pressure from support base
[Simon Kilmurry] New US visa requirement is silencing foreign filmmakers

ViewpointsDec 15, 2019

Social media are indispensable to many foreign documentary filmmakers. They are the way they connect with the subjects of their films, research the stories they are telling and share their work with ...
[Noah Smith] LBJ’s Great Society won War on Poverty

ViewpointsDec 15, 2019

In 1964, speaking at the University of Michigan, President Lyndon Johnson called for the US to become a “great society.” That term came to be synonymous with the Johnson administration’s raft of anti...
[Editorial] Chance to revive exports

EditorialDec 15, 2019

Policy change needed to use US-China trade deal in reinvigorating economy
[Leonid Bershidsky] Europe’s young leaders are bucking politics as usual

ViewpointsDec 12, 2019

The emergence of 34-year-old Sanna Marin as Finland’s new prime minister is no fluke: In recent years, Europe has seen its leaders get younger as the new generation appears better at navigating incre...
[Noah Smith] Military spending on R&D a boon for private sector

ViewpointsDec 12, 2019

There has been a clamor for the US government to spend more on research and development. Economic theories such as those of Paul Romer, who won the Nobel Prize in 2018, suggest that spending more on ...
[Editorial] Unrestrained spending

EditorialDec 12, 2019

Bloated budget for next year heightens alarm on mounting national debt