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[Børge Brende, Justin Wood] Can ASEAN turn geostrategic and technological disruption into opportunity?

Is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations resilient enough to thrive amid the regional and global transformations taking place today? While the global economy continues its broad-based expansion,...

September 6, 2018
Columnists
[Mac Margolis] Politics cost Brazil its national museum

We don’t yet know what set off the fire Sunday night that reduced Rio de Janeiro’s National Museum to a charred shell. Firefighters were still combing the ruins on Tuesday for clues to the blaze. B...

September 6, 2018
Columnists
[Jean Pisani-Ferry] Europe could miss its opportunity for political realignment

“There are two sides at the moment in Europe. One is led by Macron, who is supporting migration. The other one is supported by countries that want to protect their borders.” This is how Hungarian Pri...

September 6, 2018
Columnists
[Editorial] Show actions

The date for President Moon Jae-in’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, North Korea has been set for Sept. 18-20. It is good for leaders of both countries to meet often. But i...

September 6, 2018
Editorial
[Andrew Sheng] Remembering 1968

This year, baby boomers born after World War II like myself remember the 50th anniversary of 1968, when many of us came of age. I was studying at the University of Bristol that year, and it was il...

September 5, 2018
Columnists
[Editorial] Fairness in society

Draft dodging is a despised crime in this country. People who are given questionable exemptions from military service -- which is mandatory for all able-bodied men -- also become targets of severe pu...

September 5, 2018
Editorial
[Sandrine Devillard, Anu Madgavkar] A woman’s place is in the digital revolution

Digital technologies are a double-edged sword for the world’s women. Men’s greater access to these technologies puts women at risk of being left even further behind economically and socially. But if ...

September 4, 2018
Columnists
[John M. Eger] The new normal in education includes art, science

Well into the 1990s and certainly by 2000, any business that did not have the worldwide web or “dot-com” in its name was toast. We may have spent at least $2 trillion over three years to launch what ...

September 4, 2018
Columnists
[Editorial] Old faces

Major political parties have replaced their leaderships recently, some of which has been necessitated by the outcome of the June 12 local elections in which the ruling Democratic Party scored a resou...

September 4, 2018
Editorial
[Joseph E. Stiglitz] The myth of secular stagnation

In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, some economists argued that the United States, and perhaps the global economy, was suffering from “secular stagnation,” an idea first conceived in the a...

September 3, 2018
Columnists
[Mitchell Schnurman] Best thing about Trump’s trade deal: ‘We didn’t blow it all up’

Maybe President Donald Trump has learned a better way to make deals in Washington: Negotiate instead of walking away. Or maybe opponents have figured out how to sway the president: Present a strong...

September 3, 2018
Columnists
[Editorial] Back to basics

Corporate facility investment decreased for the fifth straight month in July, according to data released by Statistics Korea last week. It is the first time since the 1997-1998 Korean financial cris...

September 3, 2018
Editorial
[On the Bar] Need for 52-hour workweek, room for improvement

On the Bar is a regular column written by attorneys with Yoon & Yang LLC about laws and regulations that affect businesses in Korea. The content provided here is general legal information. -- Ed. On...

September 3, 2018
Industry
[Advertorial] Samsung Electronics expands community projects

Samsung Electronics is expanding its corporate social responsibility projects targeting local communities to achieve sustainable development and promote the raising of funds for a good cause. The Na...

September 3, 2018
Industry
[Ann McFeatters] Trump’s deep, troubling Russian ties

No collusion?! Is he kidding?! Inquiring minds want to know why Donald Trump is threatening to take away the security clearance of Bruce Ohr, the government’s foremost expert on the Russian mob. T...

September 2, 2018
Columnists

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