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[Josep Borrell] A strategic compass for Europe

ViewpointsNov 16, 2021

A compass helps one find one’s way, and the “Strategic Compass” that I have drafted at the behest of the European Council will serve as an operational guide for the European Union’s development and d...
[Editorial] Shutdown law shuttered

EditorialNov 16, 2021

Korea moves to abolish controversial anti-game rule, but tasks remain unresolved
[Kent Harrington] NK should see changes affecting Korean Peninsula

ViewpointsNov 15, 2021

Nearly three years after his failed bromance with Donald Trump, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is once again angling for US attention. North Korea has tested a new, high-tech missile and hinted th...
[Lynn Schmidt] Pop goes the progressive bubble

ViewpointsNov 15, 2021

Time to pop some bubbles. Sorry progressives, there are some pins coming your way. Recently I wrote a column with the headline “Just tell them no, Joe,” in which I suggested that progressive Democra...
[Editorial] Swim with the current

EditorialNov 15, 2021

With atomic energy back in spotlight abroad, Korea must wake up from nuclear phaseout
[Editorial] Due attention

EditorialNov 12, 2021

UN resolution on NK rights violations addresses plight of South Korean POWs
[Lee Kyong-hee] ’Squid Game’: A binge-watcher’s view

ViewpointsNov 11, 2021

I finished “Squid Game” in one sitting. The binge-watch was borne out of necessity. Anxious to see why the Korean series was soaring to No. 1 on Netflix’s global list, my overloaded schedule was unre...
[Conor Sen] Investor pressure speeding EV arrival

ViewpointsNov 11, 2021

As the automobile industry evolves toward an electric future, incentives will be a big driver of the transition -- not just potential tax credits to accelerate demand, but investor behavior that help...
[Editorial] Unfair probes

EditorialNov 11, 2021

CIO books Yoon fourth time; ministry inspects investigations into Cho Kuk
[Melvyn B. Krauss] Germany’s Chinese kowtow

ViewpointsNov 10, 2021

The Greens and the Free Democratic Party, the kingmakers of Germany’s prospective three-party coalition government, favor confronting China over its human rights abuses in Xinjiang and its crackdown ...
[Kim Seong-kon] Living with the coronavirus

ViewpointsNov 10, 2021

Experts have been issuing dire warnings that we may not be able to overcome the coronavirus pandemic completely and may thus have to live with it forever. An article from the European Review for Medi...
[Editorial] Sensible policy needed

EditorialNov 10, 2021

Mounting debt, deteriorating growth potential holding back Korea’s economy
[Trudy Rubin] ‘We are witnessing a large shift in geopolitical power’

ViewpointsNov 9, 2021

The world is changing faster than our sluggish political leaders -- let alone the public -- can manage. The COVID-19 virus and climate change move far more quickly than the international community, ...
[Editorial] Diversify import sources

EditorialNov 9, 2021

Transport crisis due to China’s urea export curb looming large
[Tim Culpan] Next big hack could come from the stars

ViewpointsNov 8, 2021

For decades, IT administrators have waged an endless war to protect their systems from hackers. That struggle started half a century ago with audio tapes and floppy discs the primary weapon, before f...