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[Clara Ferreira Marques] Thailand’s economy was already sickening

ViewpointsFeb 3, 2020

Outside China, Thailand has the largest number of patients infected by the novel coronavirus. Unfortunately, the export-reliant $500 billion economy, Southeast Asia’s second-largest, was sickly even ...
[David Fickling] Airlines aren’t about to succumb to coronavirus

ViewpointsFeb 3, 2020

Airlines are perpetually on the alert against crashes. That doesn’t mean the coronavirus epidemic will lead to any corporate disasters. The outbreak that originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan coul...
Present and future of Korea's medical AI

ViewpointsFeb 3, 2020

In March 2016, Koreans were stunned by the match between Alpha Go, an artificial intelligence program, and Lee Se-dol, a world-renowned Go champion. In many ways, the match marked a turning point in ...
[Jan-Werner Mueller] Christian democracy or illiberal democracy?

ViewpointsFeb 2, 2020

For years, a conflict has been brewing between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the European People’s Party, the supranational organization of Christian Democratic and center-right parties i...
[Joseph E. Stiglitz] Has Davos man changed?

ViewpointsFeb 2, 2020

This year marked the 50th anniversary of the World Economic Forum’s flagship meeting of the world’s business and political elites in Davos, Switzerland. Much has changed since my first Davos in 1995....
[Editorial] Alarming indicators

EditorialFeb 2, 2020

Shrinking manufacturing sector could further drag down Korea’s growth potential
[Editorial] Do not shake prosecution

EditorialJan 30, 2020

Prosecution charges 13 figures with election meddling for Moon’s crony
[David Fickling] Small weapons are the most potent in virus fight

ViewpointsJan 30, 2020

How do you turn a disease outbreak into an epidemic? The best way might be to mix infected people with the healthy for long periods in crowded conditions, and then move them around to new locations. ...
[Jean Pisani-Ferry] Explaining triumph of Trump’s economic recklessness

ViewpointsJan 30, 2020

Since he was elected US president, Donald Trump has done almost everything standard economic wisdom regards as heresy. He has erected trade barriers and stoked uncertainty with threats of further tar...
[Serendipity] Still perplexed after all these years

ViewpointsJan 30, 2020

In October 2005, I visited Pyongyang and Myohyangsan with a small group of South Korean travel journalists. This was the time of the Roh Moo-hyun administration when there were robust inter-Korean ex...
[Slawomir Sierakowski] The twilight of EU foreign policy

ViewpointsJan 29, 2020

Reporting on a recent conference in Berlin to discuss the conflict in Libya, one of Germany’s largest newspapers, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, notes that, “the days when America dominated the Midd...
[Kim Myong-sik] Moon, Choo must cooperate in Yoon’s probe

ViewpointsJan 29, 2020

Battles are underway on multiple fronts ahead of the general election this spring. Of course, noisiest are the demonstrations at Gwanghwamun and those in Seocho-dong, Seoul, by anti- and pro-governm...
[Editorial] Ultimate challenge

EditorialJan 29, 2020

Efforts needed to bolster sagging growth potential beyond the impact of coronavirus
[Kim Seong-kon] Clones and drones in era of AI

ViewpointsJan 28, 2020

Recently, Korean universities are busy belatedly preparing for the “Age of Artificial Intelligence,” implementing new curricula and projects in academic departments and graduate schools and hiring ex...
[Robert J. Fouser] Reviving economic growth in South Korea

ViewpointsJan 28, 2020

South Korea’s economy grew 2.01 percent in 2019, just over the government goal of 2 percent. The growth rate is the lowest since 2009, when the world economy was reeling from the effects of the 2008 ...