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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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US will take steps for three-way engagement on nuclear deterrence with S. Korea, Japan: Campbell
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Seoul to promote luxurious side of the city
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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Pitching in for inclusive growth in Philippines
I’m often asked what needs to be done for the Philippines to achieve inclusive growth, or economic growth with widest participation and whose attendant benefits are felt by all. We all know the Philippine economy has lately been growing faster than most in the region, but having that growth come from a broader base and uplift the lives of the least endowed among us remains elusive.What will bring about more inclusive growth in the economy? We need more of our economy’s growth to come from sector
Sept. 4, 2014
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Nepal aims to achieve ‘total literacy’ next year
Nepal’s fast increasing literacy is definitely something to be proud of. In 2008, just over half of the population was literate ― the literacy rate stood at 55.6 percent. Since then, the rate has increased by leaps and bounds. According to the 2011 Census, Nepal’s literacy rate was 65.9 percent. In the three years since, the rate has increased to a staggering 84 per cent, according to the government. If all goes well, the government looks set to achieve its ambitious goal of “total literacy” ― a
Sept. 4, 2014
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[Kim Ji-hyun] Why more of us should be playing by the rules
Yesterday morning, as I was waiting to make a right turn, a truck driver coming in the opposite direction flashed his high beams at me, and for a minute, I was furious.That kind of behavior is insulting and uncalled for. I stopped there for a second, wondering exactly what I had done to irk him so much when the driver flashed his lights again, motioning for me to make the turn.I softened up, and I remembered that I was in Tokyo. I thanked him with a nod, and went my way. During my short stay her
Sept. 3, 2014
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[Cass R. Sunstein] Extremism loves company
Why do people become violent extremists? You might speculate that the answer is poverty. George W. Bush thought so: “We fight against poverty because hope is an answer to terror.” Or you might think a lack of education explains it. Laura Bush thought so: “A lasting victory in the war against terror depends on educating the world’s children.” Neither of these answers is correct, however. Most extremists, including those who commit violence, are not poor and do not lack education.Suicide bombers a
Sept. 3, 2014
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[Kim Myong-sik] Soft discipline to end atrocities in military?
From this week, soldiers at combat outfits can meet their families and friends during off-duty hours on weekdays as well as weekends; those on frontline GOP (general outpost) duties can receive visitors on holidays only. Soldiers can make the schedule for the 28 days of furlough during their 21-month compulsory service on their own ― such as into four weeklong outings, two fortnights or three and one. The Defense Ministry will distribute cellphones (the old folding types) to small groups of enli
Sept. 3, 2014
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Sell U.S. visas, for the right price
This summer’s scenes of ragged Central American children and teenagers crammed into makeshift detention centers didn’t exactly affirm Lady Liberty’s invitation to “your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Rest assured, however, that your well-rested, your rich, your coddled elites face their own difficulties opening the golden door to U.S. citizenship. Exhibit A is the dysfunctional U.S. program that’s meant to grant foreign investors green cards in return for invest
Sept. 3, 2014
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India’s foolish crush on Japan
Narendra Modi, India’s new prime minister, visited Japan twice during his long decade of ostracism by the West. He is one of only three people that Shinzo Abe follows on Twitter. Commentators have hailed Modi as “India’s Abe” because he seems as determined as the Japanese prime minister to boost national self-esteem through economic growth. Japanese direct investment in India is rising; it may even help realize Modi’s grand, Japan-inspired vision of “smart cities” and bullet trains across India.
Sept. 3, 2014
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[Lee Jae-min] Racing against the clock
It is everybody’s nightmare when the deadline for a project is approaching but progress is slow. A deadline, if well managed, works as a catalyst for a positive outcome ― we all experience last-minute creativity and efficiency sparks under extreme time pressure. When, however, a deadline is imposed but the task is unrealistic, this positive last-minute drive does not work. People just have to let the chips fall where they may.Ever since a deadline was set as the end of this year at the July summ
Sept. 2, 2014
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Democracy in the twenty-first century
NEW YORK ― The reception in the United States, and in other advanced economies, of Thomas Piketty’s recent book “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” attests to growing concern about rising inequality. His book lends further weight to the already overwhelming body of evidence concerning the soaring share of income and wealth at the very top.Piketty’s book, moreover, provides a different perspective on the 30 or so years that followed the Great Depression and World War II, viewing this period as
Sept. 2, 2014
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Women in math: Things are better, but still bad
Last month, Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman in history to win a Fields Medal ― “math’s Nobel Prize.” This is a cause for celebration, but also for reflection.Things are definitely better than they once were for women in mathematics. In the late 18th century, Sophie Germain, who made significant contributions to number theory despite having no formal schooling, had to use a male pseudonym initially to get the attention of renowned scholars Joseph-Louis Lagrange and Carl Friedrich Gauss,
Sept. 2, 2014
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[Kim Seong-kon] Beware! It’s a jungle out there
Last Saturday, my cellphone kept vibrating incessantly as it received numerous text messages that read, “The email I sent you bounced back due to insufficient space in your account. Check your email storage.” I immediately checked my email account and saw this warning: “You have used 150 percent of your email storage. Please delete old emails to free up space.” How was that possible? Only the day before, I had noticed the graph indicated I had used only 50 percent of the space allotted to me. Su
Sept. 2, 2014
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Let the Middle East govern itself
NEW YORK ― It is time for the United States and other powers to let the Middle East govern itself in line with national sovereignty and the United Nations Charter. As the U.S. contemplates yet another round of military action in Iraq and intervention in Syria, it should recognize two basic truths.First, U.S. interventions, which have cost the country trillions of dollars and thousands of lives over the past decade, have consistently destabilized the Middle East, while causing massive suffering i
Sept. 2, 2014
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[Daniel Gordis] Israelis fear end of their state
The cease-fire is holding. The sirens have stopped, the bomb shelters are being closed, most of the reservists have returned home. This weekend, for the first time in months, Israelis (like Gazans) will finally be able to exhale. But the press, quite rightly, is reminding Israelis that peace is almost certainly not at hand. “Gaza war? Merely a blip on the Mideast radar,” Haaretz’s headline read this morning. The two sides have battered each other into a stalemate. Both accepted terms their leade
Sept. 1, 2014
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WHO’s misplaced Ebola priority
The World Health Organization is nothing if not opportunistic, impulsively jumping on every public health issue that makes the front page. And, of course, it always calls for lots more money to throw at the disease-of-the-month. The latest on the WHO’s radar is the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, which has tallied about 1,500 cases. To address it, WHO wants more than $430 million ― from governments, development banks, the private sector and in-kind contributions.The plan, outlined in a docu
Sept. 1, 2014
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[Naomi Wolf] Flex hours, remote working as new model
NEW YORK ― Have two highly skilled women ― with four babies and toddlers between them ― finally found a way to achieve an ideal work-family balance? It looks as if PowerToFly, a new startup launched to place women around the world in tech jobs with flexible hours and the ability to work remotely, has done just that.The founders have deep roots in news media, social media, and technology: Katharine Zaleski is former Executive Director of the digital Washington Post and the first news editor of th
Sept. 1, 2014
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Time now for cooler talks between Obama, Putin
REYKJAVIK ― Volcanoes and glaciers, fire and ice, are dominant features of this moonscape-pocked island nation. How fitting that over a generation ago the leaders of the United States and Soviet Union came to talk disarmament in the heat of the Cold War.Ballistic missile eruptions and a Soviet-supported Nuclear Freeze movement were all on the table here at Hofði, home of the testy U.S.-Soviet summit meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. That chilly encounter resulted in disagreeme
Sept. 1, 2014
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South China Sea follies
In one of the more famous scenes in “Top Gun,” Tom Cruise buzzes a Soviet MiG, upside down, and flips its Commie pilot the bird. This is hardly how the Cold War rivals confronted each other in real life, of course. As it demands the respect due a new great power, China would do well to remember that. According to the Pentagon, since this past spring fighters from a Chinese squadron based on Hainan Island have repeatedly harassed U.S. military planes conducting surveillance outside China’s territ
Sept. 1, 2014
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[David Ignatius] Saudi challenge: Islamic State
WASHINGTON ― With Iraq and Syria ablaze, the oil-rich kingdom of Saudi Arabia seems almost an afterthought. But Riyadh will be a crucial, if quixotic, ally as the U.S. seeks to mobilize Sunni Muslims against the terrorist Islamic State. The kingdom’s many critics argue that Saudi Arabia itself helped spread the toxic virus by bankrolling Islamist rebels and their extremist Salafist Muslim ideology. As if to insulate itself from such criticism, the kingdom recently donated $100 million to a new U
Aug. 31, 2014
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Now it’s Macau that’s mad at China
As China struggles to bring Hong Kong to heel, it suddenly has another problem child on its hands: Macau, the tiny island-state on China’s south coast that serves as Asia’s Las Vegas.Workers have taken to the streets of China’s other Special Administrative Region seven times this year, demanding higher salaries and better working conditions. Activists have sponsored an unofficial referendum asking Macanese if they support universal suffrage by 2019. Poll organizers, several of whom were temporar
Aug. 31, 2014
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[J. Bradford DeLong] The Greater Depression
BERKELEY, California ― First it was the 2007 financial crisis. Then it became the 2008 financial crisis. Next it was the downturn of 2008-2009. Finally, in mid-2009, it was dubbed the “Great Recession.” And, with the business cycle’s shift onto an upward trajectory in late 2009, the world breathed a collective a sigh of relief. We would not, it was believed, have to move on to the next label, which would inevitably contain the dreaded D-word.But the sense of relief was premature. Contrary to the
Aug. 31, 2014