The Korea Herald

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...
[Andres Martinez] Embracing Moammar Gadhafi is a shame

Mar 10, 2011

Hugo Chavez is trying to come to the rescue of his friend and fellow “colonel,” Moammar Gadhafi. The Venezuelan president has offered to mediate Libya’s civil war, and warned against any foreign inte...
[Shashi Tharoor] The crisis of private microfinance industry in India

Mar 10, 2011

NEW DELHI ― The recent ouster of the Nobel Prize-winning Bangladeshi economist Mohammed Yunus as managing director of the Grameen Bank, which blazed a trail for microfinance in developing countries, ...
Don’t overlook the issue of illegal donations

Mar 9, 2011

Japaneses Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara has admitted in a meeting of the House of Councillors Budget Committee that he received political donations from a South Korean resident living in Kyoto. Thi...
[Matthew Lynn] Charlie Sheen could teach Wall Street a lesson

Mar 9, 2011

It would take most of us a few dozen lifetimes to amass 2 million followers on Twitter. And yet Charlie Sheen managed it in less than a week. Last month, CBS Corp. discontinued the hit comedy show “...
[David Ignatius] A rocky transition for Arab economies?

Mar 9, 2011

WASHINGTON ― After the radiant sunrise of the Arab spring, here’s a somber shadow: Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries making the transition to democracy are likely to face severe economic probl...
[Letter to the Editor] Japan’s thorny relations with neighbors

Mar 9, 2011

Japan’s relations with its immediate neighbors have taken a drastic dip in recent times. One major problem is the disputed territorial claims that Japan faces with China, South Korea and Russia. Jap...
[Kevin Hassett] Romney can’t withstand Obama’s kiss of death

Mar 9, 2011

The 2012 presidential campaign is finally stirring to life, with would-be Republican candidates Haley Barbour and Mike Huckabee musing about whether Mitt Romney should be disqualified by similarities...
[Heizo Takenaka] Third party role in moderating U.S.-China relations

Mar 9, 2011

TOKYO ― The closing decade of the 20th century offered a crystal ball for anyone peering into the future of the Asia-Pacific region. Japan’s economy, once the region’s leader, was “lost” after its as...