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[Joseph E. Stiglitz] From ‘yellow vests’ to Green New Deal

It’s old news that large segments of society have become deeply unhappy with what they see as “the establishment,” especially the political class. The “yellow vest” protests in France, triggered by P...

January 8, 2019
Columnists
KT, Chungbuk National University, Lotte, SKT top user satisfaction: NCSI

Customer satisfaction for companies and universities in South Korea reached an all-time high in 2018 despite challenging economic situations, a recent survey by the Korea Productivity Center showed. ...

January 8, 2019
Industry
[Peter Lewin] Reducing deficit would solve Trump’s China trade imbalance problem

In light of US President Donald Trump’s current trade policy, it is perhaps worthwhile to review some common-sense principles about international trade. The most basic and important principle is th...

January 7, 2019
Columnists
[Thomas Spoehr] Five deadly myths of defense spending

It’s both necessary and healthy for the 116th Congress to have a full debate on defense funding. Unfortunately, it’s a near certainty that some members of Congress will muddle that debate by trotting...

January 7, 2019
Columnists
[Editorial] Stop war of nerves

Conflicts between South Korea and Japan are growing. Their cooperation is required to resolve the problem of North Korea’s nuclear weapons, among others, and prosper together economically, but they a...

January 7, 2019
Editorial
[William M. McSwain] The feds are focused on ending modern-day slavery in the US

Human trafficking in the form of sexual slavery is a real problem in our country, one that the federal government is fighting hard to dismantle. The ability of traffickers to sell their victims for s...

January 6, 2019
Columnists
[Jeffrey D. Sachs] Trump’s Syria withdrawal is a chance for peace

President Donald Trump’s announced withdrawal of US forces from Syria has met with near-universal condemnation by Democrats and Republicans alike. That says less about Trump than it does about the US...

January 6, 2019
Columnists
[Editorial] Protecting truth

The two whistleblowing scandals rocking the Moon Jae-in administration expose some chronic illnesses of the Korean government and politics. The two cases also manifest that whistleblowers in this soc...

January 6, 2019
Editorial
[Robert B. Reich] America’s New Year’s resolution

After Donald Trump’s first bizarre year as president, his apologists told us he was growing into the job and that in his second year he’d be more restrained and more respectful of democratic institut...

January 6, 2019
Columnists
[On the Bar] Cryptocurrency and ‘proper’ regulations for ICO

On the Bar is a regular column written by attorneys at Yoon & Yang LLC on various laws and regulations that affect running a business in Korea. -- Ed. Initial coin offering refers to the fundraising...

January 6, 2019
Industry
Samsung Electronics opens fine dust research institute

Samsung Electronics said Friday that it has opened a research institute dedicated to fine dust issues, seeking to resolve related social problems through research and development. The institute was ...

January 4, 2019
Industry
Gracias Choir of Korea performs in Uganda

The Gracias Choir of Korea performed at the “Passover Festival,” a massive religious year-end event in Uganda, at the Mandela National Stadium in the African country on the last day of 2018, organize...

January 4, 2019
Culture
[Editorial] Worrying prospect

The country’s exports reached a record high of $605 billion in 2018, up 5.5 percent from a year earlier, according to data released by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on the first day of t...

January 3, 2019
Editorial
[Jean Pisani-Ferry] Fifty shades of yellow vests both visible and enigmatic

Who are the yellow vest protesters? What are the true roots of their uprising? And what do they want? Six weeks after they started rocking French politics and a month after violence erupted on the Ch...

January 3, 2019
Columnists
[팟캐스트] (280) 중장년 여성 막걸리 소비 증가, 쌍용차 해고자 71명 복직

진행자: 김보경, Kevin Lee Selzer 'Makgeolli' contributing to alcoholic consumption by older women: report 기사요약: 10년 사이 중장년 여성층의 막걸리 소비가 1.7배 증가했다 아이튠즈 (아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliahe...

January 3, 2019
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