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[Letter to Editor] Redefining DMZ as contact zone of hope

ViewpointsMar 2, 2020

On cold winter evenings, I watched drama series “Crash Landing on You.” Although this romance drama has been assessed by some critics as a pure fantasy, it has achieved great success by vividly featu...
[David Fickling] What the virus end game will look like

ViewpointsMar 1, 2020

Pandemics come and pandemics go. In the grip of a new infection spreading around a planet with no natural immunity, it can feel like the sky is falling. Over the coming months, it’s likely that a si...
[Noah Feldman] Coronavirus has come to the US and lawsuits won’t be far behind

ViewpointsMar 1, 2020

The coronavirus called COVID-19 has spread beyond its origin in Wuhan, China, and has arrived on U.S. shores. I’m a law professor, not an epidemiologist, so my thoughts immediately turned to how the ...
[Editorial] Responsible leadership

EditorialMar 1, 2020

Moon should not spare apology to ensure concerted efforts to fight virus
[Management in Korea] Why all shareholders matter (1)

OpinionMar 1, 2020

How investors can spur better corporate governance
[David Fickling] Coronavirus complacency is worse than panic

ViewpointsFeb 27, 2020

Don’t think about a white bear. What did you just see in your mind’s eye? If the answer was “a white bear,” you’ll have grasped one of the problems facing public health officials in talking about th...
[Jean Pisani-Ferry] A radical way out of the EU budget maze

ViewpointsFeb 27, 2020

In 2003, I co-authored a report on the future of the European Union -- the Sapir report -- in which we observed that the expenditures, revenues, and procedures of the EU budget were all inconsistent ...
[Editorial] Do not pass the buck

EditorialFeb 27, 2020

Minister blames Koreans; Cheong Wa Dae points at Shincheonji; Ruling party praises response
[Serendipity] Do not let virus destroy us

ViewpointsFeb 27, 2020

The entire country, and increasingly the world, is gripped by the fear of a possible viral pandemic. In South Korea, what seemed at first controllable is now virtually out of control, with new confi...
[Kim Myong-sik] ‘Crime and punishment’ of former president

ViewpointsFeb 26, 2020

Last week, the Seoul Appellate Court handed down a sentence of 17 years’ imprisonment to Lee Myung-bak, who was president of the South Korea from Feb. 25, 2008, to Feb. 24, 2013. The judge added two ...
[Jeffrey Frankel] Will the virus trigger global recession?

ViewpointsFeb 26, 2020

At the start of this year, things seemed to be looking up for the global economy. True, growth had slowed a bit in 2019: from 2.9 percent to 2.3 percent in the United States, and from 3.6 percent to ...
[Editorial] Far-sightedness

EditorialFeb 26, 2020

Virus crisis should prompt policy shift to reverse structural economic downturn
[Editorial] Korea-phobia

EditorialFeb 25, 2020

With COVID-19 surge, Korean travelers denied entry overseas
[Robert J. Fouser] Developing an appropriate response to COVID-19

ViewpointsFeb 25, 2020

As news of the surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Daegu spread, The Drudge Report, a sensationalist site run by investigative reporter Matt Drudge, ran a photo of a thermal imaging devi...
[Kim Seong-kon] Wavering between hope and despair

ViewpointsFeb 25, 2020

The world is now experiencing an unprecedented crisis due to a new coronavirus pandemic. So is South Korea, where the number of COVID-19 patients are increasing exponentially each week. At the same t...