The Korea Herald

[Shlomo Ben Ami] Saving the Egyptian revolution

Mar 13, 2011

TEL AVIV ― Revolutions throughout history have proven to devour their children. Their final outcomes are seldom congruent with their prime movers’ intentions. Too frequently, revolutions are hijacked...
[Eric Jackson] Steve Jobs’s hottest app may be succession plan

Mar 13, 2011

Apple Inc. suffers from a Steve Jobs discount, and it’s not fair. Ever since Jobs, the chief executive officer, disclosed that he had a rare form of pancreatic cancer in August 2004, Apple’s stock h...
[Annette Heuser] Gadhafi’s end depends on one power stepping up

Mar 13, 2011

The turmoil in much of the Arab world has grown into more than a regional protest by peoples seeking to overthrow repressive regimes. Successful uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt have spurred demonstrat...
[Brigitte Granville] Targeting the targeters in controlling inflation

Mar 13, 2011

LONDON ― Speaking in the happier economic times of 2005, Mervyn King ― then, as now, governor of the Bank of England ― stressed the importance of entrenching public expectations of stable, low inflat...
It’s not time to tap the strategic oil reserve

Mar 11, 2011

Whenever gasoline prices spike, it’s a pretty good bet that politicians are going to propose tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. This time around, the talk started with Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M...
[Editorial] Price stability

Mar 11, 2011

The Bank of Korea raised its benchmark rate from 2.75 percent to 3 percent on Thursday. On the same day, President Lee Myung-bak promised a shift in policy from growth to price stability. It was bett...
Polarization likely to only worsen

Mar 11, 2011

Individualism is dead. That’s the stark take-away from an analysis of U.S. congressional voting records by the National Journal. Since 1982, the National Journal has combed congressional votes on k...
[Joseph E. Stiglitz] Mauritius miracle of social welfare

Mar 11, 2011

NEW YORK ― Suppose someone were to describe a small country that provided free education through university for all of its citizens, transportation for school children, and free health care ― includi...
Foreign press crackdown a blot on China’s image

Mar 11, 2011

My doorbell rang unexpectedly on Sunday (March 6) afternoon. I wasn’t expecting guests, but I guess the two uninvited ones at my door belong to an organization that is not in the habit of ringing ah...
[Editorial] Galliano a reminder of repercussions to discrimination

Mar 11, 2011

Before he was accused of being an anti-Semitic drunk, before videos surfaced of him calling people “ugly Jews” and professing his love for Adolf Hitler, designer John Galliano was a long-time fashion...
[Andrew Sheng] Middle East and breakdown of social capital

Mar 11, 2011

What do the problems in Libya, Tunisia and Egypt have in common with the Oscars? The answer is Facebook and the Social Network. The latter is the name of the film about the founders of Facebook that ...
Free speech can work only with mutual respect

Mar 10, 2011

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that would allow hateful protests at military funerals has resulted in a public debate over the limits of free speech. The court ruled that the First Amendment prot...
[Gregory Rodriguez] The loyalty dance

Mar 10, 2011

Dance, monkey, dance. That’s what the United States has long shouted at immigrants and ethnic groups suspected of being disloyal. The nation asks its newcomers to perform in meaningless ways to “pro...
[Omar Ashour] A regime incapable of self-reform

Mar 10, 2011

LONDON ― “The enemy of yesterday is the friend of today.... It was a real war, but those brothers are free men now.” Thus spoke Saif al-Islam al-Gadhafi in March 2010, referring to the leaders of the...
[Michael J. Graetz] The high cost of oil

Mar 10, 2011

The spread of popular revolt in the Middle East to Libya has exacerbated a spike in oil prices and gasoline costs at the pump. In turn, this has stimulated widespread complaints about the lack of a c...