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[Editorial] Pension reform

None of the four proposals announced by the government last week goes far enough to ensure the long-term sustainability of the national pension plan, which is under increasing strain. In August, the ...

December 18, 2018
Editorial
[Mary Sanchez] Time for Republicans to make peace with LGBTQ rights

Perhaps it was all those holiday wishes for “peace on earth” and “goodwill to mankind” that crept into the mind of retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch. In his farewell address to Congress last week, the Utah ...

December 18, 2018
Columnists
[Naresh Koirala] ‘Gold is waste that’s adorning us’

Recently, I walked through New Road after nearly a decade. Much of what I saw was no different from what it was like 10 years ago -- unruly traffic, pedestrians jostling to navigate crowded sidewalks...

December 18, 2018
Columnists
[Jeff Kosseff] How the US Congress might still break the internet

Civil liberties activists in the United States long warned that the federal government must adopt “net neutrality” requirements that prevent broadband companies from charging websites for prioritized...

December 18, 2018
Columnists
[Photo News] Samsung Signage in Istanbul

Samsung Electronics announced Tuesday it recently finished installing more than 700 sets of liquid crystal display and light-emitting diode signage at the New Istanbul Airport in Turkey. The combined...

December 18, 2018
Industry
[Editorial] Keep politics out of science

The scientific community is engulfed in a controversy over what appears to be a politically motivated purge of scientists. On Friday, the board of trustees of the Korea Advanced Institute of Scienc...

December 17, 2018
Editorial
[Slawomir Sierakowski] Germany still playing defense against EU, US

An old joke among non-Americans is that they, too, deserve a vote in US presidential elections, given how central that office is to their lives. When Germany’s Christian Democratic Union met this mon...

December 17, 2018
Columnists
[Stephen L. Carter] Don’t let Boy Scouts of America go bankrupt

The Boy Scouts of America is not exactly confirming reports that it’s considering bankruptcy, but it’s not exactly denying them either. It’s hard to see how the organization has much choice. The many...

December 17, 2018
Columnists
[Anne O. Krueger] Trump’s anti-service economy

In the 19th century, more than 70 percent of American workers were farmers. By 2017, that figure was under 2 percent. In 1970, about 32 percent of private employment was in goods-producing industries...

December 17, 2018
Columnists
[Christopher Balding] China faces dilemma as pressure for stimulus rises

China’s top leaders meet this week in Beijing to set economic policy objectives for the coming year. The central question is whether they will do what they want or what the country needs. Clear evid...

December 17, 2018
Columnists
[Nicole Brodeur] Wins for women in reproductive health care

Christmas is days away, but women got a couple of early presents -- one from local medical researchers and the other from the highest court in the US. I would say, “You shouldn’t have,” but here’s m...

December 17, 2018
Columnists
Yak-kong Soymilk proves popular as healthy, low-calorie drink

Yak-kong Soymilk, which uses a small black bean base grown in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, is garnering attention as a healthy, low-calorie drink. Yak-kong Soymilk (Agency for Functional-Medicinal...

December 17, 2018
Industry
[Kevin Rudd] Prospects for US-China relations in 2019

Throughout 2018, much of Asia has been shaken by the new and increasingly unpredictable dynamics in Sino-American relations. One year ago, US President Donald Trump returned from Beijing after his “s...

December 16, 2018
Columnists
[Editorial] Balanced approach

Recent developments show how complicated and painstaking dealing with North Korea is. They also attest to the need for the international community, especially key players like South Korea and the US,...

December 16, 2018
Editorial
[Jeffrey D. Sachs] The war on Huawei

The arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is a dangerous move by US President Donald Trump’s administration in its intensifying conflict with China. If, as Mark Twain said, history often rhymes, our era ...

December 13, 2018
Columnists

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