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[Jeffrey Frankel] a weaponized dollar could backfire

ViewpointsOctober 27, 2019

The language of international monetary policy has turned militaristic. The phrase “currency war” has now been popular for a decade, and the United States government’s more recent “weaponization” of t...
[Editorial] Inevitable decision

EditorialOctober 27, 2019

South Korea last week made what seemed an inevitable decision to give up its developing country status at the World Trade Organization. Given its economic standing, it is unlikely to be recognized a...
Cho Ji-hoon's poems capture beauty of Korean life

BooksOctober 25, 2019

“News in brief from New York” was a small book party in which outgoing Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Cho Tae-yul read a poem from “Shedding of the Petals,” the first book of poetry by his f...
[Jeffrey D. Sachs] Why rich cities rebel

ViewpointsOctober 24, 2019

Three of the world’s more affluent cities have erupted in protests and unrest this year. Paris has faced waves of protests and rioting since November 2018, soon after French President Emmanuel Macron...
[Editorial] Respond sternly

EditorialOctober 24, 2019

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the removal of hotels and other tourist facilities South Korea built at the North’s Kumgangsan resort, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency reported...
[팟캐스트] (323) 문재인 대통령 국회 시정연설, 정부 3년내 수소충전소 310곳 구축

PodcastOctober 24, 2019

진행자: 김다솔, Paul Kerry 1. Moon urges parliament to pass budget bill 기사요약: 문재인 대통령은 513조 5천억 원 규모의 내년도 예산안의 편성 방향과 집행정책 기조를 설명하기 위해 국회 시정연설을 했다. 아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliah...
[Arvind Subramanian] The battle of fading hegemons

ViewpointsOctober 23, 2019

Almost a decade ago, China bulls like Martin Jacques and I predicted the rise of the People’s Republic at the expense of a declining United States. Today, with the two superpowers unabashedly jostlin...
[Editorial] Fair burden

EditorialOctober 23, 2019

Under a defense cost-sharing accord with Washington, Seoul is required to pay 1.04 trillion won ($885 million) this year for the stationing of 28,500 US troops here. The amount, which represents an 8...
Interior Minister Chin Young Open Government Partnership’s person of month

Social affairsOctober 22, 2019

Minister of Interior and Safety Chin Young was selected as the Open Government Partnership’s person of the month. The OGP is an international organization launched in 2011 to promote transparency, c...
[Robert J. Fouser] After the Cho Kuk show

ViewpointsOctober 22, 2019

The Cho Kuk show took an unexpected turn after he resigned as Minister of Justice on Oct. 14. During Cho’s 35 days in office, mass demonstrations in favor and against him become common. Supporters ga...
[Editorial] A second prosecution

EditorialOctober 22, 2019

The prosecution on Monday sought an arrest warrant for Chung Kyung-sim, wife of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk, on 10 charges related to her daughter’s university admission and her investments in a ...
[Kundhavi Kadiresan] Are you malnourished? Quite possibly

ViewpointsOctober 22, 2019

The word “malnutrition” tends to invoke images of starving children in refugee camps, fleeing conflict or drought in lands far away. While that image does reflect a reality of hunger, it does not sol...
[Elizabeth Drew] Will Trump be removed from office?

ViewpointsOctober 21, 2019

For the first time, reasonable people in the United States have begun to speculate that President Donald Trump could be convicted by the Senate and thus removed from office. The likelihood is still ...
[Editorial] Messenger’s role

EditorialOctober 21, 2019

The momentum for easing the strained ties between South Korea and Japan is building ahead of Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon’s planned trip to Tokyo this week. During his three-day visit starting Tuesday...
[Justin Fendos] Cooking may be bad for you

ViewpointsOctober 21, 2019

As enjoyable as it is to cook a stir-fry, there is good reason to believe it might be exposing you to a cancer risk. In fact, a slow but steady stream of research now suggests inhaling cooking fumes,...