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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Lee Jong-sup resigns as envoy to Australia
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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S. Korea to boost support for single-parent families
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Yellow dust engulfs S. Korea, advisory alert issued
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Kia EV9 wins world car of year
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Korea misses out on global bond index boost
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[Editorial] Ensure food safety in post-tsunami Japan
On July 8, radioactive cesium in excess of the provisional government limit was detected in beef from a cow shipped from Minami Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, to a Tokyo slaughterhouse. Later beef from 10 other cows from the city was found to have been contaminated with such cesium.As of Monday, at least 2,600 cows suspected of having been fed with rice straw contaminated with radioactive cesium were
July 29, 2011
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[Editorial] Singapore Embassy: Close shave in Jakarta
It is a relief that Indonesia arrested 11 would-be terrorists recently before they could go ahead with their intention of attacking the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta, but disquietude remains. Singaporeans owe gratitude to the Indonesian anti-terrorism agency for its vigilance and timely action. It has prevented what could have been a horrific loss of innocent lives. Captured together with small arm
July 29, 2011
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[Editorial] Three nations must act to get action from N. Korea
Resuming the six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear development programs will be meaningless if it is done with no conditions attached.It is vital to continue to press Pyongyang to take concrete action so that substantive progress is made toward denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Tr
July 29, 2011
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[Joel Brinkley] Palestinians sit out Arab Spring
RAMALLAH, West Bank ― Right now, Israeli authorities are battling hundreds of activists trying to fly into the country from Europe and the United States, in support of the Palestinian cause. Israel has jailed dozens of them and deported hundreds. They call it the “Flytilla”In Greece, several ships carrying even more activists have been trying to set sail for the Gaza Strip, and on Tuesday Israel p
July 28, 2011
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[Susan Crawford] Cyberwar hysteria aids consultants, hurts U.S.
On Feb. 3, President Barack Obama and the entire West Wing lost access to e-mail for more than seven hours. A tree-trimmer had accidentally cut the lines running out of the White House data center. White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer sent a bulletin via Twitter ― the only way he could get the news out, he said ― letting the world know that “Verizon is working to solve the problem.” A
July 28, 2011
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[Sri Mulyani Indrawati] Winning transition to democracy
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Is the Arab Spring turning into a gloomy autumn? With brutal crackdowns in Syria, a bloody civil war in Libya, and Yemen teetering on the brink of chaos, the number of skeptics is growing. Although Egypt and Tunisia’s pro-democracy movements achieved rapid regime change, uncertainties remain in those countries, too. After a brief period of hope, many observers now wonder whether
July 28, 2011
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[Richard Parker] The debt ceiling debacle: Buckle up, folks
Here we go again.The debt ceiling debacle that is unfolding in Washington is not about ideology and it’s not even about putting the nation’s fiscal house in order. It’s not even really about the American people. This is about appeasing just one group of people: the people on Wall Street. And before this is over, watch out for a Wall Street panic, which ultimately breaks the deadlock.So far, the St
July 28, 2011
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[Albert R. Hunt] Debt fight is secondary to jobs in 2012 election
For all the frenzy in Washington on debt and deficits, President Barack Obama’s political strategists realize jobs are more important in next year’s elections; they see the two different scenarios. In one, voters conclude that while the incumbent is a nice fellow, the administration’s policies have failed, the economy isn’t getting better and whatever the reservations about the opposition, change
July 28, 2011
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[Robert Reich] Rise of the wrecking-ball right
Recently I debated a conservative Republican who insisted the best way to revive the American economy was to shrink the size of government. When I asked him to explain his logic, he said, simply, “Government is the source of all our problems.” When I noted government spending had brought the economy out of the previous eight economic downturns, including the Great Depression, he disagreed. “The De
July 27, 2011
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[Jeffrey Goldberg] Husain Haqqani, hardest working man in D.C.
Life for many members of Washington’s diplomatic corps is, one imagines, pretty much a picnic. For example, the ambassador from Barbados generally faces no career-threatening crises. Nor does the ambassador from Luxembourg. Others have trickier assignments. The ambassador from Yemen, Abdulwahab Abdulla al-Hajjri, can’t be having an easy time lately, especially since his brother-in-law is his count
July 27, 2011
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[Editorial] Youth recruit quotas?
The June job figures showed that the employment rate of women in their 50s, which was at 59.3 percent, was higher than those of men in their 20s (58.5 percent) and women in their 20s (59.2 percent).One commentary said the high rate of employment for women in their 50s cannot be welcomed wholeheartedly, adding that elderly women are driven into the job market as their sons and daughters have diffic
July 27, 2011
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[Robert J. Shiller] Debt and delusion about insolvency
NEW HAVEN ― Economists like to talk about thresholds that, if crossed, spell trouble. Usually there is an element of truth in what they say. But the public often overreacts to such talk.Consider, for example, the debt-to-GDP ratio, much in the news nowadays in Europe and the United States. It is sometimes said, almost in the same breath, that Greece’s debt equals 153 percent of its annual GDP, and
July 27, 2011
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[Michael Smerconish] Trust misplaced even among the wariest
Muslim extremists. American heroes. Betrayed confidences. Barren landscapes. It’s the stuff of a summer thriller, but sadly, Joby Warrick’s spellbinding book “The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA” is a work of nonfiction. And in the end, nine individuals ― including seven CIA operatives ― were killed.Why was a young Jordanian doctor named Humam al-Balawi, who had never been
July 27, 2011
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[Ron Paul] Default and take medicine now, or suffer a more expensive crisis later
Debate over the debt ceiling has reached a fever pitch in recent weeks, with each side trying to outdo the other in a game of political chicken. If you believe some of the things that are being written, the world will come to an end if the U.S. defaults on even the tiniest portion of its debt. In strict terms, the default being discussed will occur if the U.S. fails to meet its debt obligations, t
July 27, 2011
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[Lee Jae-min] Korean-made civil aircraft soars
Korea has gotten one step closer to manufacturing passenger aircraft for commercial purposes as KC-100, dubbed as “Naraon,” soared into the sky last Wednesday in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province.According to the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs and Korea Aerospace Industries, this has made Korea the 28th country to manufacture civil aircraft. Obviously, this is another big stride
July 26, 2011
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Will Bachmann’s migraines give GOP a headache?
Migraine sufferers are all around us. Twelve percent of Americans ― almost one in eight ― are occasionally affected, and most of them don’t retire to a dark room for four days to recover.If you’re one of the afflicted, chances are you have a fairly strong opinion about whether U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s migraines are a deal breaker in her campaign for president. That opinion is likely based on h
July 26, 2011
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[Meghan Daum] Mob on Marcus Bachmann advised to stick to facts
Marcus Bachmann, the husband of GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, is having a bad month. Not only is his counseling clinic under attack for offering gay conversion therapy, he’s being pursued by an angry mob. Composed of gay activists, comedians, left-leaning bloggers and members of the alternative media, this mob is not only angry about Bachmann’s “pray the gay away” ideas, it’s growin
July 26, 2011
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[Kim Seong-kon] ‘Global mix’ and hallyu’s popularity
Why is hallyu (or the “Korean wave”) so popular these days? Why hasn’t “joonglyu” (the “Chinese wave”) or “illyu” (the “Japanese wave”) swept across the world, while hallyu continues to spread throughout not only Asia, but also Europe and Latin America? These are the questions one may ask while witnessing the enormous popularity of Korean movies, television dramas and pop songs overseas. Recently
July 26, 2011
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[Chung Dooeum] Jiang Jieshi and Chinese Communist Party
China has emerged as a major world power. The country’s emergence from obscurity into planned modernization has surprised many. The introduction of a market economy has released the Chinese people’s previously-repressed desire for material wealth, while giving them the means to attain it as well. Would China have been able to achieve the same economic progress under a non-Communist regime, say und
July 26, 2011
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[Jon Lee] What SC First Bank needs to do to resolve disputes
The following is a personal letter to SCB Group CEO, Peter Sands, from Jon Lee, a management consultant, for resolving current disputes at SC First Bank in Korea. ― Ed.Dear Mr. Sands,This letter is written in the hope that it can help resolve the current stalemate situation in Korea ― which is detrimental to everyone involved the longer it drags on.I write to you directly as you hold the key to re
July 26, 2011