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[Clara Ferreira Marques] Russia can’t afford to trip up in the vaccine race

ViewpointsJul 21, 2020

Moscow researchers say one of the country’s potential coronavirus vaccines has been proven safe in small-scale human trials and is ready for wider tests. It should be a modest win for a country that ...
[Trudy Rubin] Attack on patriotism and US economy

ViewpointsJul 20, 2020

When White House officials bullied Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman into retirement this month the damage surpassed the ruination of a patriotic officer's career. Vindman is the decorated Iraq war veteran...
[Noah Feldman] Supreme Court’s future hinges on the 2020 election

ViewpointsJul 20, 2020

The blockbuster Supreme Court term that just ended was a (nearly) unmitigated disaster for movement conservatives. Chief Justice John Roberts declined to overturn precedent on abortion rights. Conser...
[Editorial] Step backward

EditorialJul 20, 2020

Revoking operation permits of defector groups goes against democratic values
[Robert J. Fouser] Joe Biden’s campaign challenges

ViewpointsJul 17, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the presidential campaign in the US. In a normal election year July, the party out of power crowns its nominee, and the party in power does so a few wee...
[Editorial] Suspicion of leak

EditorialJul 17, 2020

Late Seoul mayor is suspected of having known of accusation before death
[Theresa Raphael] Poland’s vote a warning to Americans, too

ViewpointsJul 16, 2020

Two decades ago, Poles could only look on in bewilderment. Americans were so divided over who should be president that the 2000 election hung on a dimpled chad and had to be decided by the Supreme Co...
[Kim Myong-sik] Local office chiefs enjoy old-fashioned prestige

ViewpointsJul 16, 2020

South Koreans bid farewell to two prominent people last week amidst noises about the mixture of respect and scorn shown in accordance with the people’s ideological divide. Half a million citizens pe...
[Editorial] Wage costs

EditorialJul 16, 2020

Supplementary measures needed to ease burden on employers despite lowest minimum wage increase
[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...
[Anjani Trivedi] China is winning the 5G war

ViewpointsJul 15, 2020

China is building tens of thousands of 5G base stations every week. Whether it wins technological dominance or not, domestic supply chains may be revived and allow the country to maintain -- and adva...
[Editorial] Proper recognition

EditorialJul 15, 2020

Move Paik’s grave to Seoul National Cemetery; his merits outweigh his demerits
[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...
[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...
[Editorial] Face reality

EditorialJul 14, 2020

Detected facility suspected of making nuclear warheads points to Pyongyang’s recalcitrance