The Korea Herald

2011 promises to be year of electric car

Jan 12, 2011

This year can be the year in which electric cars make headway in attracting a large number of customers who want to buy a vehicle that has no gas emmissions over a vehicle that runs on fossil fuels. ...
Tobacco companies behind the smoke screen

Jan 12, 2011

Cigarette makers do a lot more than shred tobacco and roll it up in thin sheets of paper. A December report by the surgeon general’s office outlined a host of changes that tobacco companies have made...
[Mike Matz] A gift of wilderness

Jan 12, 2011

When most Americans hear the words “public lands” they think of our national parks or national forests or perhaps even our national wildlife refuges. Yet, what might surprise them is that the largest...
[Erik Berglof] Emerging Europe’s reform for growth

Jan 12, 2011

LONDON ― After the 1997-98 financial crisis, policymakers in Asia’s major emerging markets ― South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, and even Indonesia ― vowed “never again” to be humiliated by internationa...
[Matthew Lynn] Beatles ‘Revolution’ returns decades later

Jan 12, 2011

“You say you want a revolution,” the Beatles sang in a song that was released in the year that students across Europe famously took to the streets to protest against the established order. It may no...
[Albert Hunt] Shooting reveals dark side of U.S. exceptionalism

Jan 12, 2011

Violence isn’t endemic to America. Gun violence is. The tragic killings of six people including a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl and serious injury to Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford...
[Robert B. Reich] Stealth attack on American education

Jan 12, 2011

Over the long term, the only way we’re going to raise wages, grow the economy and improve American competitiveness is by investing in our people ― especially their educations. Yet we’re falling behi...
[Editorial] Mayor Oh’s challenge

Jan 11, 2011

In his desperate challenge to the opposition-dominated city council over the school free lunch issue, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has proposed a referendum in the capital city. Thus he is offering himself...
Don’t remove the ‘N-word’ from ‘Huck Finn’

Jan 11, 2011

The “N-word” has become so emotionally charged that its casual use can end a career, as radio shrink Laura Schlessinger discovered the hard way last year. But that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to ex...
Can Japan open up under P.M. Naoto Kan?

Jan 11, 2011

Naoto Kan, Japan’s prime minister, likes to cast himself as an ‘Action Man’ bent on churning out new policies to tackle the country’s problems. And to his credit, one cannot say that Kan has done not...
[Xiao Gang] Liberalize interest rates further

Jan 11, 2011

On Christmas day, China’s central bank raised interest rates for the second time in 2010 to check rising consumer prices and the heated real estate market. It would not be surprising to see the centr...
[Lee Jae-min] China’s rare earths becoming rarer

Jan 11, 2011

With the Obama-Hu Jintao summit meeting slated for Jan. 19, Washington and Beijing are looking forward to the state visit with all sorts of positive preludes. Washington is preparing a “state dinner”...
[Song In-yeup] Marking the first anniversary of earthquake in Haiti

Jan 11, 2011

Exactly one year ago on Jan. 12, 2010, a great earthquake hit Haiti located on the center of the emerald green Caribbean Sea. In less than a minute, 200,000 people died, more than 100,000 were missin...
[Doyle McManus] A modest speaker not to be underestimated

Jan 11, 2011

The new speaker of the House, Rep. John A. Boehner of Ohio, isn’t the most brilliant statesman ever to hold the job (Newt Gingrich beats him on that count), the most groundbreaking (that was Nancy Pe...
[Kim Seong-kon] Sandel’s book on justice offers little for Koreans

Jan 11, 2011

Michael Sandel’s book, “Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?” has been on the nation’s bestseller list ever since it was translated and introduced to Korean readers in May 2010. According to a news...