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Look into BET coin

BET coin is BitParadise’s own version of bitcoin, which the company says can be used in lieu of currency on the new cryptocurrency exchange that encompasses the traits of trade mining and gaming. BE...

January 28, 2019
Finance
BitParadise cryptocurrency exchange combines 'trade mining' with token casino

BitParadise is planning to launch a new global cryptocurrency exchange that will employ a combination of “trade mining” and cryptocurrency-earning games, with the aim of maximizing profits both for c...

January 28, 2019
Business
[Kent Harrington, John Walcott] Trump’s North Korean road to nowhere

When US President Donald Trump meets again with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un next month, he will be staging the second act in a comedy of manners that now passes for US foreign policy on the Korea...

January 27, 2019
Columnists
[Editorial] Independent court

Like all other criminal cases, conclusive judgement on the case of former Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae should be given only after the final court verdict. Nevertheless, even at this stage, the case ha...

January 27, 2019
Editorial
[Monitor] Cigarette sales down due partly to higher prices

Sales of cigarettes in South Korea fell 1.5 percent in 2018 from a year earlier, data from the Ministry of Economy and Finance showed. A total of 3.47 billion packs were purchased last year, down sl...

January 27, 2019
Economy
[팟캐스트] (283) 한미 방위분담금 협상, 걸그룹들 '7년의 저주'?

진행자 : 윤민식, Paul Kerry 1. South Korea-US military cost-sharing deadlock drags out as US demands $1 billion 기사요약: 한미동맹이 한방위분담금을 놓고 협상과정에서 갈등이 계속되고 있다. 미국 측은 최근 연간 12억달러 (한화 약 1조 3천억원)을 분담하라고 요구했고, 최종...

January 24, 2019
Podcast
[Editorial] Defense burden

Stalled negotiations on South Korea’s share of the cost for stationing US troops here should not be allowed to go adrift further, as it could damage the alliance between the two countries on the path...

January 24, 2019
Editorial
[Anne O. Krueger] Trump’s brain drain

America’s quality universities are among the key sources of its greatness. Every year, top students from all over the world vie for access to graduate and undergraduate programs in the US, and Americ...

January 23, 2019
Columnists
[Editorial] Tax-led growth

While the global economy grew 3.7 percent last year, South Korea’s growth marked a six-year low of 2.7 percent. Government spending, however, surged 5.6 percent, the largest increase in 11 years. Gr...

January 23, 2019
Editorial
[Monitor] Lotto sales hit record high in 2018

Sales of Lotto tickets in South Korea reached an all-time high in 2018 at 3.97 trillion won ($3.5 billion), up 4.4 percent from the previous year, the Korea Lottery Commission said. But the growth r...

January 23, 2019
Economy
[Contribution] Lessons from latest market tantrum

By Steve Brice The fourth quarter of 2018 was the second-worst quarter for global stocks since the 2008 financial crisis. No major equity market was spared. A benchmark of global stocks dropped 13 ...

January 22, 2019
Finance
[Editorial] Fair probe

There are several solid reasons the state prosecution should conduct a fair and thorough investigation of the allegations surrounding Rep. Sohn Hye-won. Most of all, the scandal smacks strongly of a...

January 22, 2019
Editorial
[Aryeh Neier] Human-rights movement needs America

These are disheartening times for international human-rights advocates. Even those of us who have promoted the human-rights cause for decades, and experienced many setbacks along the way, are deeply ...

January 21, 2019
Columnists
[Ivo Daalder] Britain needs a Brexit do-over referendum to get out of this mess

Britain’s holiday from history was supposed to end this week. After three years of bitter debate, Prime Minister Theresa May hoped Parliament would back the agreement for Britain’s withdrawal from th...

January 21, 2019
Columnists
[Trudy Rubin] Are Trump’s gifts to Putin the work of a gullible admirer rather than a mark of collusion?

The news that the FBI opened an investigation in 2017 as to whether President Donald Trump was actually working for the Russians shouldn’t have come as a shocker. No public evidence has yet emerged...

January 21, 2019
Columnists

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