The Korea Herald

[Editorial] Aging population

EditorialJan 15, 2020

Korea needs concerted efforts to help senior citizens lead active, healthy lives
[Kim Myong-sik] Sadly reading Moon’s inaugural address again

ViewpointsJan 15, 2020

The bumpy political path of our republic in the 21st century has had two major upheavals involving former presidents: the suicide of Roh Moo-hyun and the impeachment of Park Geun-hye. They resulted ...
[Elizabeth Drew ] Trump’s near miss with Iran

ViewpointsJan 15, 2020

The recent tense, dangerous exchanges between the United States and Iran have revealed a great deal about US President Donald Trump’s management of his foreign policy. The main conclusion is that he ...
[Robert J. Fouser] Outlook for the National Assembly election

ViewpointsJan 14, 2020

Rumbling and positioning for the National Assembly election this April will intensify after the Lunar New Year holiday at the end of January. The results of the election will impact the rest of Presi...
[Kim Seong-kon] True meanings of progressivism and conservatism

ViewpointsJan 14, 2020

People say that today’s South Korea has become a battlefield between progressive and the conservative. The press, too, divides the people into these two categories. When there is an anti-government d...
[Editorial] Divided, the right fall

EditorialJan 14, 2020

Conservative parties poised to begin discussing integration to rebuild system of checks and balances
[David Fickling] What ‘Parasite’ misses about inequality in Korea

ViewpointsJan 13, 2020

To judge by “Parasite” -- Bong Joon-ho’s Golden Globe-winning portrait of three Seoul families thrown into queasy proximity by the country’s wealth divide — South Korea is an Asian version of Brazil ...
[J. Bradford DeLong] Isn’t a wealth tax common sense?

ViewpointsJan 13, 2020

I was not surprised when leading Democratic primary contenders began endorsing a “wealth tax” along the lines of what has been proposed by my University of California, Berkeley colleagues Gabriel Zuc...
[Editorial] No more mockery

EditorialJan 13, 2020

Moon government should be in touch with reality in dealing with Pyongyang
[Trudy Rubin] Phase 2 of US-Iran conflict will take place in Iraq

ViewpointsJan 12, 2020

This is a moment -- in the wake of the Soleimani killing and the mild Iranian response -- when everyone needs to take a deep breath. Iranian officials are clearly shocked and debating their options....
[Editorial] Frame of disobedience

EditorialJan 12, 2020

Ruling camp cites a strained excuse to put pressure on prosecutor general
[Serendipity] Judge a book by its cover, you stand to lose

ViewpointsJan 10, 2020

This sounds rather silly. For a couple of years, I had seen copies of “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles on prominent display at the Kyobo Book Center. On the cover was a black-and-white photo of...
[David Fickling] Iran’s freaking out the oil market. It shouldn’t

ViewpointsJan 9, 2020

It’s often said that the best time to buy is when there’s blood on the streets. The best time to sell oil, by contrast, is when the world’s gas tanks look empty. That’s reason to temper the fear and...
[Leonid Bershidsky] Putin now needs to rethink Mideast plan

ViewpointsJan 9, 2020

Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, killed last week by a US drone in Baghdad, has been credited with persuading Russian President Vladimir Putin to intervene militarily in Syria in 2015, a claim the Krem...
[Editorial] Declining investment

EditorialJan 9, 2020

Moon government’s anti-corporate policy makes Korea a difficult place to invest