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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Yoo Jae-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok team up in 'Whenever Possible'
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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North Korea holds drills simulating nuclear counterattack against enemy
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[Barak Barfi] Rebuilding Libya after Gadhafi
BENGHAZI ― Six months after Libyan rebels took up arms against the country’s leader, Col. Muammar el-Gadhafi, they have finally toppled him. But, while victorious on the battlefield, they have not been triumphant in political and economic terms. If the rebels are to ensure their revolution’s long-te
Aug. 25, 2011
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[Jeffrey Goldberg] As Sinai deteriorates, Israelis fear the worst
It wasn’t much noticed at the time, but this past winter, as some Egyptians flooded Tahrir Square to bring down a pharaoh, others were busy opening the gates of Cairo’s jails. Common criminals found their way to freedom, and so too did an unknown, but possibly substantial, number of hardened jihadis
Aug. 25, 2011
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[Howard Davies] Europe’s financial wasteland waiting for German action
PARIS ― “April is the cruelest month,” wrote T.S. Eliot at the beginning of his great poem, “The Waste Land.” But, if Eliot had been a professional investor who had observed European financial markets over the last few years, I am quite certain that his choice would have been August.In August 2007,
Aug. 25, 2011
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[Elena T. Reigadas] Legal or not, these students deserve a chance
It happened again this semester. A student came to my office and asked me to close the door. After going through this drill so many times before, I knew what would come next. In a process akin to “coming out of the closet,” these students reveal to me their terrible secret: They are undocumented imm
Aug. 25, 2011
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[Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney] College path: Expensive, but a smart investment
The 3 million Americans who graduated from high school last spring have had to grapple with a big decision: whether to continue with their educations this fall. In today’s economic climate, a growing number of families are questioning the value of higher education. Will an investment in college pay
Aug. 25, 2011
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[David Ignatius] An uncertain Arab transition
WASHINGTON ― U.S. intelligence analysts, like most American observers, have often referred to the process unfolding in the Middle East as the “Arab Spring,” with its implicit message of democratic rebirth and freedom. But some senior analysts are said to have argued for a more neutral term, such as
Aug. 24, 2011
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[Albert R. Hunt] Super PACs line their coffers for 2012 battle
Mike Toomey, Bill Burton and Edward Conard: Each of these men is a close ally of one of the would-be next presidents of the United States. All three insist they have no involvement in their close associates’ campaigns. That’s because they’re helping direct so-called Super PACs ― Burton for President
Aug. 24, 2011
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[Yuriko Koike] The final days of Col. Gadhafi
BENGHAZI ― The endgame in the Libyan conflict has at last arrived. Much of Libya’s capital is now in insurgent hands, with the rebel army itself entering from all directions.The military impotence of forces loyal to Col. Muammar Gadhafi ― visible for a week ― had been matched by the regime’s growing
Aug. 24, 2011
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[Frida Ghitis] Hoping for winds of Middle East peace
Nobody expected a quick happy ending, but the depths to which the Middle East peace process has fallen, and the degree to which American influence has collapsed, are nothing short of astounding.Just three years ago, a deal between Israelis and Palestinians seemed tantalizingly close. Today, politica
Aug. 24, 2011
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[Nathan Rice] Crimes against women
A recent article suggesting that women-only subway cars would help curb the problem of crimes against women in the subway is misguided. The points raised before are quite valid. It is discriminatory towards men. According to the report, 1,192 incidents were handled last year, which is estimated to b
Aug. 24, 2011
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[Thomas Klassen] Korea needs to retire mandatory retirement
Mandatory retirement at a very young age, often in the mid 50s, is a defining feature of Korean workplaces. After being forced to retire so early, workers face a long period of low paying and precarious employment either in self-employment or contract work. Not surprisingly, Koreans have working liv
Aug. 24, 2011
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[Lee Jae-min] FTAs and trade remedy measures
Import restrictions are detested by trade agreements. The purpose of such agreements, most notably FTAs, is to dismantle trade restrictions between the signatories. There is one important exception to this general rule: raising an import barrier against unfairly traded goods is permitted. Unfai
Aug. 23, 2011
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[Margaret Carlson] Obama vacation easy to criticize, hard to read
A lot of perks come with being U.S. president. You’re whisked here and there so that your feet barely touch ground. Heads of state pay their respects. There’s no such thing as a dropped call. You have parties and someone else cleans up. But there’s one perk that almost everyone else gets that you do
Aug. 23, 2011
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[Kim Seong-kon] Of human touch and the computer
We now live in a world where our lives are unwittingly controlled by computers. In fact, computers are so ubiquitous that we cannot imagine a world without them. Wherever you go, you will encounter a computer ― at schools, workplaces, stores, and airports, just to name a few. Our wellbeing prac
Aug. 23, 2011
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[Myung Oak Kim] Focus on quality of meals
The special poll in Seoul on Wednesday is the culmination of a bitter and bizarre political fight that has little to do with what is best for children and lots to do with the future direction of Korea’s elections. Opposition Democratic Party members, who control the Seoul Metropolitan Council and th
Aug. 23, 2011
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[Dick Polman] Mr. President, try the Truman approach
An unsolicited memo to Barack Obama:Mr. President, can you speak Truman? If you want to stay in office beyond 2012, you need to channel his language.Enough, already, with all your overtures to the Republicans. Why bother trying to extend your hand to people whose primal impulse is to devour it? You
Aug. 23, 2011
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[Aristides N. Hatzis] From Athens to Seoul
This was my first visit to South Korea and the instant reaction was pure astonishment. From Seoul, the imposing and enchanting metropolis, to Jeju Island, the magnificent tropical paradise, everything seemed so different from Western Europe and North America. The differences with my country, Greece,
Aug. 23, 2011
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[Robert Reich] Health care law and Medicare
Two appellate judges in Atlanta ― one appointed by Bill Clinton and one by George H.W. Bush ― have just decided the Constitution doesn’t allow the federal government to require individuals to buy health insurance.The decision is a major defeat for the White House. The so-called “individual mandate”
Aug. 22, 2011
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[Michal Levertov] Can protests bring Jews, Arabs together in Israel?
HURFEISH, Israel ― The Druze village of Hurfeish seems as pastoral as the rural north of Israel can be. Sitting on the northwestern slope of the Meron Mountains amid a national park, the centuries-old settlement of about 6,000 residents looks like an image taken from a tourist postcard: green, beaut
Aug. 22, 2011
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[Nathan Myhrvold] Society: Descended from apes, acting as slime molds
As we lurch from one high-stakes political drama to another, it is natural to wonder why societies aren’t better at avoiding self-inflicted crises. Here in the U.S. earlier this month, the government barely dodged default, even though economists reached consensus months ago on when the debt limit wo
Aug. 22, 2011