The Korea Herald

OPINION

LATEST NEWS

[Kim Seong-kon] Rereading Richard Kim’s ‘The Martyred’ in 2019

When I first came across Richard Kim’s “The Martyred” in 1967, I was an intellectually adventurous and emotionally vulnerable college freshman. At the time, I was intrigued and mesmerized by the nove...

Jul 30, 2019
Viewpoints
[Robert J. Fouser] An effective response to the global populist wave

Last spring, a Korean friend used the phrase “things people can still do” in broad conversation about business and current events. Last week, I was reminded of the phrase when I took a ride in a driv...

Jul 30, 2019
Viewpoints
[Jeffrey D. Sachs] The crisis of Anglo-American democracy

How did the world’s two most venerable and influential democracies -- the United Kingdom and the United States -- end up with Donald Trump and Boris Johnson at the helm? Trump is not wrong to call Jo...

Jul 29, 2019
Viewpoints
[Leonid Bershidsky] Today’s world leaders are walking cliches

One of the most striking things about Boris Johnson, who became UK prime minister last week, is how precisely he fits the stereotype of the eccentric upper-class Brit. With his elevation, Britain joi...

Jul 29, 2019
Viewpoints
[Leonid Bershidsky] Germany should just drop NATO’s 2 percent spending goal

On Wednesday, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the likely successor to Chancellor Angela Merkel, took over as Germany’s defense minister. In a speech to parliament outlining her priorities, AKK, as she is...

Jul 28, 2019
Viewpoints
[David Ignatius] US ally in Syria faces new threats

KOBANI, Syria -- In the direct and disciplined voice of Gen. Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the Syrian Kurdish militia, you can hear the determination that has made the Kurds a great partner for Amer...

Jul 28, 2019
Viewpoints
[David Ignatius] US military muscle in Persian Gulf

ABOARD THE USS BOXER IN THE PERSIAN GULF -- Capt. Ronald Dowdell was on the starboard side of the bridge, looking toward Iran, as his vessel passed through the Strait of Hormuz on July 18. He’d been ...

Jul 25, 2019
Viewpoints
[David Ignatius] Uncertainty clouds the path forward for Afghanistan

At the military headquarters here (Kabul) where commanders oversee America’s longest war, an official explains in one sentence the US-led coalition’s bottom-line objective: “Peace is a situation wher...

Jul 24, 2019
Viewpoints
[Leonid Bershidsky] A comedian‘s triumph is a test for benevolent populism

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has achieved something none of his predecessors managed: Winning a parliamentary majority, obviating the need to form a coalition. Whether he knows how to capi...

Jul 24, 2019
Viewpoints
[Ashoka Mody] Let’s choose the best person to lead the IMF

Now that Christine Lagarde has announced her resignation as managing director of the International Monetary Fund, German chancellor Angela Merkel says Europeans “again” have a “claim” to fill what is...

Jul 23, 2019
Viewpoints
[Kim Seong-kon] Ultra-nationalism in the era of globalism

We are now living in the era of globalism when the whole world has become a global village. The boundaries between nations are rapidly collapsing and people are experiencing crossovers everywhere. Ta...

Jul 23, 2019
Viewpoints
[Trudy Rubin] A free press can never be taken for granted

Earlier this month, President Trump addressed a group of so-called “digital leaders” invited to a social media summit at the White House. The guests included far right social media activists linked ...

Jul 22, 2019
Viewpoints
[Andrew Sheng] Bastille Day and global populist uprising

July 14 is celebrated in France as Bastille Day, on which day 230 years ago, French peasants stormed the Bastille prison in Paris and sparked off the French Revolution. Thus began the populist moveme...

Jul 22, 2019
Viewpoints
[Noah Smith] South Korea foreshadows gray, slow-growth future

In 1960, South Korea had a total fertility rate of more than six children per woman, high enough to cause a population explosion. But as the country developed, this number dropped decade by decade: ...

Jul 21, 2019
Viewpoints
[Ann McFeatters] What is the definition of a racist in 2019?

It is astounding that 159 years after the end of the Civil War we are having a full-throated debate about whether the US president is a racist. Or is that surprising? Donald Trump’s tweet that four ...

Jul 21, 2019
Viewpoints

The Korea Herald by Herald Corporation

Address : Huam-ro 4-gil 10, Yongsan-gu,Seoul, Korea
Online newspaper registration No : Seoul 아03711
Date of registration : 2015.04.28
Publisher. Editor : Kwon Chung-won
Juvenile Protection Manager : Yang Sung-jin
Tel : 02.727.0114