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November 19, 2019 Viewpoints

[Daniel Moss] A bigger threat than NK nukes

You know times are hard in provincial South Korea when the guy selling walkers and hearing aids can only make ends meet by day trading. Lee Ho-cheol, 52, keeps his eyes on flashing stock quotes whil...

[Editorial] No to talks for show

US President Donald Trump urged North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday to “act quickly” and reach a deal with him on dismantling the country’s nuclear weapons program. “You should act quickly, get...

November 19, 2019
Editorial
[Editorial] Growth potential

President Moon Jae-in’s administration has been trying to shore up the country’s economic growth rate above 2 percent this year. It seems to be concerned that any lower figure will throw cold water o...

November 18, 2019
Editorial
[Andy Mukherjee] India’s growth needs consumers

A long-held belief of analysts in India is that the economy is supply-constrained. Demand isn’t even worth a footnote, while a temporary squeeze in the onion market deserves obsession because it coul...

November 18, 2019
Viewpoints
[Elizabeth Drew] Trump's wrong-headed views put him in trouble

The most dismaying thing about the impeachment proceedings against US President Donald Trump is that they are falling so short of the constitutional gravamen of the issue. True, some Democrats in the...

November 18, 2019
Viewpoints
[ASEAN-Korea summit] Coming challenges call for stronger Korea-ASEAN ties

November 18, 2019
Foreign Affairs
[Trudy Rubin] Talk of a ‘new Cold War’ between US and China is misleading

Thirty years ago this week I was on my way to Prague to watch Czechoslovak communism end with the Velvet Revolution. The Berlin Wall had just fallen, the Soviet communist party was headed for collaps...

November 17, 2019
Viewpoints
[Editorial] Risky bet

In response to Tokyo’s export curbs against South Korea, President Moon Jae-in’s administration decided to terminate its military intelligence sharing pact with Japan. But Japan has not flinched yet ...

November 17, 2019
Editorial
[Contribution] Green future carved by Korea, ASEAN

What a gathering indeed. On one lucidly red and yellow-tinged autumn day, ministerial-level forestry officials of Korea and 10 ASEAN members gathered in Seoul to discuss ways forward for their recipr...

November 17, 2019
Industry
[Editorial] Shorter workweek

Time is running out on enacting measures to soften the landing of a shorter workweek for small and medium-sized enterprises. President Moon Jae-in’s government and the political parties should cooper...

November 14, 2019
Editorial
LG Chem seeks USITC’s default judgement against SK Innovation

In the latest development of dispute between two South Korean battery makers, LG Chem said Thursday it had requested court intervention by the US International Trade Commission, alleging that SK Inno...

November 14, 2019
Industry
[Contribution] ‘Seoul awakens your soul’

Once, someone asked me the reason I fell in love with South Korea. Well, falling in love is not something rational, but I do give it a thought. I came to the conclusion that it is both our difference...

November 13, 2019
Travel
[Editorial] Distorted self-praise

Cheong Wa Dae admired itself looking back at the first half of President Moon Jae-in’s term, but its self-praise does not reflect what is actually happening. It is questionable if it has a normal gra...

November 13, 2019
Editorial
[Aryeh Neier] Popular protests carry serious risks

People all over the world are resorting to mass demonstrations to express grievances and press unmet demands. While, in some ways, popular protests are a triumph of democratic principles and civic ac...

November 13, 2019
Viewpoints
[Trudy Rubin] University program teaches ‘rule of law’ amid Sino-US tensions

On every visit I’ve made to China, I’ve looked at issues connected with rule of law, a concept interpreted very differently here and in the US. On this trip, I decided to check out a joint program b...

November 13, 2019
Viewpoints

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