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[Editorial] Reinvigorating economy

EditorialJan 1, 2020

Regulatory reforms should be accelerated to boost corporate activity in 2020
[Robert J. Fouser] The 2020s, a look ahead

ViewpointsDec 31, 2019

In my last column I looked back on the 2010s in South Korea; this time I look forward and offer some predictions for the 2020s. The predictions highlight the challenges that South Korea will face in ...
[Kim Seong-kon] Belling the cat in the Year of the Mouse

ViewpointsDec 31, 2019

In the Chinese horoscope, 2020 is the Year of the Mouse. According to the fable behind the horoscope, when the Emperor of Heaven invited 12 animals to his party, the Mouse cunningly tricked the Ox in...
[Editorial] Nation at crossroads

EditorialDec 31, 2019

Voters must make prudent choice over whether to stay or change the country’s course
Striving for clarity in 2020

ViewpointsDec 31, 2019

The first day of the new year is perhaps one of the most optimistic days of any year, bringing with it a host of new possibilities. “Out with the old, in with the new,” we intone. In this age of bef...
[Tyler Cowen] Women dominated the decade

ViewpointsDec 30, 2019

People react so emotionally to politics, I have decided to assess the decade just past by considering something less partisan but no less illuminating: culture. Start with the music I have been list...
[Noah Smith] Inequality is up a lot. The question is: how much?

ViewpointsDec 30, 2019

Inequality in the US has risen a lot during the past few decades. This has sparked outrage among segments of the public, raised concern among economists and other social scientists, and revitalized A...
[Editorial] Influx of tourists

EditorialDec 30, 2019

A booming tourism industry could help shore up Korea’s sluggish economy
[Letter to the Editor] Facts on palm oil, please, not falsehoods

ViewpointsDec 30, 2019

I write in response to the opinion written by Justin Fendos, “Palm oil catastrophe.” At a time when there is an urgent need to find sustainable sources for food and energy, it is important that cons...
[Trudy Rubin] During holidays, here’s how to help refugees

ViewpointsDec 29, 2019

On Dec. 20, in a grim prelude to Christmas, China and Russia vetoed cross-border aid deliveries from Turkey and Iraq to millions of desperate Syrian civilians. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused...
[Pankaj Mishra] Trump’s trade wars expose an abiding truth

ViewpointsDec 29, 2019

As the year ends, a partial and brief cease-fire seems imminent in Donald Trump’s trade war on the world. The United States and China may sign a deal as early as next month. But make no mistake: The ...
[Editorial] Keep up probe

EditorialDec 29, 2019

Charges against Cho seen as justified; Source of ‘external pressure’ must be identified
[Editorial] Dialogue momentum

EditorialDec 26, 2019

Moon-Abe summit bolsters efforts to settle long-standing discord between Seoul, Tokyo
[Ferdinando Giugliano] Greece gets a dose of McKinsey management

ViewpointsDec 26, 2019

Since the euro crisis earlier this decade, Greece has been the sick man of the monetary union. Athens has at times been in danger of crashing out of the single currency, despite three rescue program...
[Lionel Laurent] Macron battles against boomers, pensions

ViewpointsDec 25, 2019

Emmanuel Macron is the first French president in a decade who isn’t a baby boomer, and it shows. The 41-year-old’s battle to reform France’s high-tax, high-spend economy is often fought in the name ...