The Korea Herald

[Tyler Cowen] Focus on families, not on wages

Feb 2, 2021

The Democratic Party has before it a choice between two economic policies: a big increase in the federal minimum wage, to $15 an hour from $7.25; and a per-child cash benefit of several thousand doll...
[James Stavridis] Trump got a space force. Biden should get a cyber force

Feb 1, 2021

Nearly lost in the tumult of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol and the excitement of Joe Biden‘s inauguration is the continuing fallout from the massive data breach of SolarWinds Corp. by suspec...
[Jean Pisani-Ferry] A global pandemic alarm bell

Feb 1, 2021

Seen from Europe, Asia, or even North America, Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, is as remote as can be. Yet the 501Y.V3 variant of the coronavirus recently detected there has a...
[Serendipity] Cheer on the young

Jan 29, 2021

Alas, before I have had a chance to decide on a New Year’s resolution, or decide whether to ditch the whole idea of making resolutions as suggested by some self-improvement gurus, we are nearing the ...
[Robert J. Fouser] What next Seoul mayor should do

Jan 29, 2021

On April 7, 2021, Seoul will hold a special election for mayor. Seoul has been without a mayor since former Mayor Park Won-soon’s shocking suicide in July 2020. The election of a new mayor will stir ...
[Kim Myong-sik] Is Korean police ready for new role?

Jan 28, 2021

Last week, the Korean National Police Agency announced a major personnel reshuffle, involving almost all of its 550 superintendents, the core of the police force. Printed in fine letters, the names a...
[Kim Seong-kon] Godspeed for the USS Biden

Jan 27, 2021

On Jan. 20, 2021, the Biden era has officially begun in the United States. Watching the inauguration ceremony, many Americans and foreigners look forward to the restoration of the America they used t...
[Noah Feldman] Congress losing power for a hundred years

Jan 27, 2021

The storming of the US Capitol on Jan. 6 was a real lowlight for Congress. At least during the sacking of Washington in the war of 1812, the White House burned alongside the Capitol. But on Jan. 6, 2...
[Trudy Rubin] Biden’s first big foreign policy test

Jan 26, 2021

President Joe Biden was absolutely correct when he said “the world is watching all of us today,” as he delivered his inaugural address Wednesday from the very spot where a mob stormed the Capitol two...
[Jeffrey D. Sachs] Hatemongers should be expelled in the post-Trump era

Jan 26, 2021

In celebrating the liberation from Donald Trump’s misrule, we must not forget that Trump’s presidency embodied the raw politics of US white supremacy. He often spoke like a segregationist Southern go...
[Editorial] Reckless recruitment

Jan 26, 2021

Declining population compels Moon government to reconsider plan to hire more public servants
[Therese Raphael] COVID is traumatizing our doctors and nurses

Jan 25, 2021

Hand it to human beings. We have repeatedly defied predictions that we will buckle under the extreme pressure of adverse events. Time and again, whether it was during the eight-month blitz in World W...
[Digital Simplicity] Gamers are no fools

Jan 23, 2021

Nobody wants to be manipulated. But there is a sector where manipulation is openly granted as both parties -- companies and consumers -- agree to play together. The gaming market is the very sector ...
[Carl P. Leubsdorf] Biden makes his case for unity, but are GOP lawmakers listening?

Jan 22, 2021

To anyone who followed Joe Biden’s successful campaign and his comments since clinching the presidency, the underlying theme of his inaugural address was hardly a surprise: a plea for national unity ...
[Lee Kyong-hee] Sincerity can close ‘comfort women’ case

Jan 21, 2021

“Jeongsindae” was a familiar word in my family. As a little child I didn’t know what it meant. Still, I discerned an association with something “forcible” and “unspeakable.” One of my sisters, born ...