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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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[News Focus] Mystery deepens after hundreds of cat deaths in S. Korea
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S. Korea's exports of instant noodles surpass $100m for 1st time in April: data
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[KH Explains] Why Korea's so tough on short selling
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Actors involved in past controversies return first via streaming service originals
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[Herald Interview] Byun Yo-han's 'unlikable' character is result of calculated acting
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US military commander in S. Korea during Gwangju uprising dies
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‘Kim desperately wanted to denuclearize,’ Moon writes in memoirs
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Maehara’s words do ties with South Korea no good
Why would Seiji Maehara, chairman of the Democratic Party of Japan’s Policy Research Committee, raised the idea of establishing a new fund for South Koreans who acted as so-called comfort women during wartime? We cannot help but question his recent remarks on this matter.Maehara this month met with
ViewpointsOct. 21, 2011
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Tax reform could lead shift away from inequality
In online bidding held by the Taipei City Government for “lucky” license plate numbers, a businessman spent NT$3.589 million to pick up “8888-88.” During an anniversary sale in Taipei 101 Mall, nine shoppers each spent more than NT$10 million, and another spent NT$50 million, at a single store. With
ViewpointsOct. 21, 2011
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[Eric X. Li] ‘Bad emperor’ problems: One-party rule not rigid
SHANGHAI ― Change is in the air. By revolutions, elections and other methods, governments are changing hands across a wide swath of the world. Two most notable peaceful successions are occurring in none other than the most important pair of countries in the world, the United States and China. In the
ViewpointsOct. 21, 2011
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[Editorial] Compensating war dead
It was an utterly senseless act for the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs to deliver 5,000 won to the sister of a soldier killed in the Korean War as “compensation” for war dead. Officials came down to the amount, not enough to buy a bowl of noodles, by quoting the fixed 50,000-whan governme
EditorialOct. 20, 2011
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[Editorial] Stronger leadership
When new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda visited Korea on his first overseas trip since taking office 50 days ago, he must have known perfectly well that issues between the two neighboring countries extend to both the past and the future. He touched on the past only a little by bringing with
EditorialOct. 20, 2011
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As Kaldor’s facts fall, ‘Occupy Wall Street’ rises
In Economics 101, students learn that the share of national income received by labor stays roughly constant with the share received by capital. This is the first of “Kaldor’s stylized facts,” articulated half a century ago by the Cambridge economist Nicholas Kaldor. Recent experience betrays this le
ViewpointsOct. 20, 2011
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[David Ignatius] Unlikely fish in the trawlers’ net
WASHINGTON ― So now maybe every Quds Force operative or al-Qaida sleeper agent will have to worry that when he discusses a plot, he may unwittingly be talking to an undercover informant from the DEA or the FBI. And that paranoia is certainly all to the good. But I have a nagging concern about t
ViewpointsOct. 20, 2011
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France’s Socialists getting realistic on Europe crisis
In a vote that may have serious consequences for Europe’s economic crisis, the French Socialist Party showed laudable level-headedness this week in selecting the moderate Francois Hollande as its presidential candidate for next year’s election. Hollande ran on a platform that was largely free of the
ViewpointsOct. 20, 2011
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Romney’s fuzziness may weigh on general election
There is a possible scenario under which Mitt Romney could lose the Republican presidential nomination. Rick Perry, Herman Cain or Michele Bachmann galvanize social-issue conservatives and might win the Iowa caucuses in early January. A week later, the often contrarian and independent-minded primary
ViewpointsOct. 20, 2011
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[Brahma Chellaney] China emerges as water hegemon
NEW DELHI ― International discussion about China’s rise has focused on its increasing trade muscle, growing maritime ambitions, and expanding capacity to project military power. One critical issue, however, usually escapes attention: China’s rise as a hydro-hegemon with no modern historical parallel
ViewpointsOct. 20, 2011
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[Editorial] Escalating credit card row
Some 70,000 restaurant owners from across the nation rallied in Seoul on Tuesday, calling for a cut in the fees they pay to credit card companies. The demonstration came one day after credit card issuers announced a plan to lower the fees for restaurants and other small shops from the current low en
EditorialOct. 19, 2011
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[Editorial] Baby boomers need support
A growing number of Korean baby boomers who have retired from their main lifetime jobs are starting up microenterprises to earn a livelihood. But they are exposing themselves to the risk of poverty as their chances of success are low due to their lack of experience and unfavorable economic condition
EditorialOct. 19, 2011
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Wall Street’s 1% meets 2 billion seeking answers
It’s all about location, location, location, as they say in real estate. Protests, too. There were more obvious places for Tokyo’s Occupy Wall Street protest to converge on Saturday than the nightlife district of Roppongi. It could have begun in Nihonbashi, home to the Tokyo Stock Exchange; Nagatach
ViewpointsOct. 19, 2011
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[Robert Reich] Ripples from Europe’s debt crisis
It’s impossible to know whether Occupy Wall Street will coalesce into a political movement, but there’s little question Wall Street is still up to its old tricks.Right now the Street is dedicating all its lobbying power to water down regulations designed to implement financial-reform legislation. It
ViewpointsOct. 19, 2011
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Still tolerating the wrong kind of language
Forgive me for repeating a story I’ve told before but, considering the latest blatant example of religious bigotry in the country, it is worth retelling.Outside a Baptist church in the South several years ago, a black man was crying his eyes out.God came along and asked, “My son, why are you weeping
ViewpointsOct. 19, 2011
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Obama team’s Al-Awlaki memo furthered Bush legacy
Killing terrorists with drones is great politics. To the question, “Is it legal?” a natural answer might well be, “Who cares?” But the legal justifications in the war on terrorism do matter ― and not just to people who care about civil liberties. They end up structuring policy. As it turns out, targ
ViewpointsOct. 19, 2011
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[Richard K. Sherwin] Justice in an age of smartphones
NEW YORK ― On Oct. 3, an Italian appeals court overturned Amanda Knox’s murder conviction and ordered her immediate release from prison. In 2009, both Knox and her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were found guilty of the 2007 sexual assault and fatal stabbing of Knox’s housemate, Meredith Kerc
ViewpointsOct. 19, 2011
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[Editorial] Success or half success?
Two years after work started to help the four major rivers serve industries and rural life, river beds have been deepened, banks streamlined and hundreds of kilometers of bike lanes built on both sides of the waterways. To the great relief of President Lee Myung-bak and his development-minded aides,
EditorialOct. 18, 2011
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[Editorial] Lee’s property
President Lee must regret that he followed the advice of his aides to buy property in his son’s name to build a house for his retirement. He must feel doubly sorry that his own party showed little sympathy for him and instead regarded him as a burden in the upcoming elections. The land in Naegok-don
EditorialOct. 18, 2011
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Europe’s last stand needs overwhelming firepower
Europe is heading for what could be the last stand in its two-year-old sovereign debt crisis. By the time the Group of 20 nations holds its summit in Cannes, France, on Nov. 3-4, the European Union aims to have a rescue plan sound enough to ensure the financial troubles of struggling governments don
ViewpointsOct. 18, 2011