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[Robert J. Fouser] Reviving economic growth in South Korea
ViewpointsJanuary 28, 2020
South Korea’s economy grew 2.01 percent in 2019, just over the government goal of 2 percent. The growth rate is the lowest since 2009, when the world economy was reeling from the effects of the 2008 ...
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![[Robert J. Fouser] Outlook for the National Assembly election](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=601&simg=/content/image/2020/01/14/20200114000544_0.jpg)
[Robert J. Fouser] Outlook for the National Assembly electionViewpointsJanuary 14, 2020Rumbling and positioning for the National Assembly election this April will intensify after the Lunar New Year holiday at the end of January. The results of the election will impact the rest of Presi... -
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[Robert J. Fouser] The 2020s, a look aheadViewpointsDecember 31, 2019In my last column I looked back on the 2010s in South Korea; this time I look forward and offer some predictions for the 2020s. The predictions highlight the challenges that South Korea will face in ...
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![[Robert J. Fouser] Looking back at the 2010s in South Korea](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=601&simg=/content/image/2019/12/17/20191217000539_0.jpg)
[Robert J. Fouser] Looking back at the 2010s in South KoreaViewpointsDecember 17, 2019In a couple of weeks, we will enter the third decade of the 21st century. For South Korea, the 2010s saw continued progress amid anxiety over the future. The decade began with solid, though not spect... -
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[Robert J. Fouser] Thinking about language and respect in ItalyViewpointsDecember 3, 2019A two-week visit to Italy recently revealed much about the state of language in the early 21st century. Apart from sightseeing, I was interested in seeing how much Italian I could learn casually as I... -
![[Robert J. Fouser] Political turmoil spreads around the world](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=601&simg=/content/image/2019/11/05/20191105000623_0.jpg)
[Robert J. Fouser] Political turmoil spreads around the worldViewpointsNovember 5, 2019As the second decade of the third millennium draws to a close, the world seems to be entering an uncertain period of increased political turmoil. From Hong Kong to Barcelona, from Seoul to Santiago, ... -
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[Robert J. Fouser] Consequences of Trump’s impeachmentViewpointsOctober 8, 2019The Korean expression “what was bound to come has arrived” best describes the current political situation in the US. It was only a matter of time before the Democratic controlled House of Representat... -
![[Robert J. Fouser] Democratizing development in Korean cities](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=601&simg=/content/image/2019/09/24/20190924000587_0.jpg)
[Robert J. Fouser] Democratizing development in Korean citiesViewpointsSepttember 24, 2019Population density remains one of the most controversial topics when discussing cities. The problems of crowded and empty cities are well known, but the problems are different. Crowded cities face th... -
![[Robert J. Fouser] Politics in age of hysteria](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=601&simg=/content/image/2019/09/10/20190910000591_0.jpg)
[Robert J. Fouser] Politics in age of hysteriaViewpointsSepttember 10, 2019On my way to Seoul in late August, I was looking forward to a break from the Trump-induced hysteria of American politics. My hopes were dashed, however, as the hysteria over Cho Kuk, President Moon J... -
![[Robert J. Fouser] The importance of local news](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=601&simg=/content/image/2019/08/27/20190827000723_0.jpg)
[Robert J. Fouser] The importance of local newsViewpointsAugust 27, 2019Below the Washington Post’s masthead sits the phrase “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” The phrase appeared shortly after Donald Trump became president in 2017 in response to his attacks on the press. Cri... -
![[Robert J. Fouser] Why boycotting Japan won’t work](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=601&simg=/content/image/2019/08/13/20190813000540_0.jpg)
[Robert J. Fouser] Why boycotting Japan won’t workViewpointsAugust 13, 2019As expected, tensions between South Korea and Japan have continued to worsen. On Aug. 2, Japan followed through with its threat to remove Korea from the “whitelist” of countries that Japan designates... -
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[Robert J. Fouser] An effective response to the global populist waveViewpointsJuly 30, 2019Last spring, a Korean friend used the phrase “things people can still do” in broad conversation about business and current events. Last week, I was reminded of the phrase when I took a ride in a driv... -
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[Robert J. Fouser] Improving relations between South Korea and JapanViewpointsJuly 16, 2019South Korea and Japan are at it again. On July 1, the Japanese government decided to restrict exports to South Korea of three products used in semiconductor and smartphone manufacturing. It argued th... -
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[Robert J. Fouser] After the surprise meeting in PanmunjomViewpointsJuly 2, 2019The sight of a US president shaking hands with a North Korean leader at the border in Panmunjom and then briefly stepping into North Korea would have been unimaginable just one year ago. With this sy... -
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[Robert J. Fouser] Japan’s quiet moves toward accepting immigrantsViewpointsJune 18, 2019The Olympics are no longer the big global moment that they were in the late 20th century, but, as events surrounding the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang showed, they still have symbolic power. The Sum...
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