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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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[News Focus] Mystery deepens after hundreds of cat deaths in S. Korea
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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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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US military commander in S. Korea during Gwangju uprising dies
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[Herald Interview] Byun Yo-han's 'unlikable' character is result of calculated acting
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‘Kim desperately wanted to denuclearize,’ Moon writes in memoirs
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Judge’s murder shows Rio’s ‘problem of the decade’
Even in a city as murderous as Rio de Janeiro, the killing of Judge Patricia Acioli on Aug. 12 was a shock. According to police she was ambushed by two motorbikes and at least one car as she returned to her condominium that morning, and killed in a hail of 21 bullets. She left behind three children.
ViewpointsOct. 12, 2011
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Helping Egypt move toward democracy, maket economy
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Egypt’s revolution toppled a dictator in February, but the country’s future as a stable, functioning democracy remains uncertain. The West is, of course, limited in its ability to shape the transition process. Nonetheless, the potential for constructive influence remains considera
ViewpointsOct. 12, 2011
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[Mikhail Gorbachev] Seize the moment to bid farewell to nuclear arms
MOSCOW ― Twenty-five years ago this month, I sat across from Ronald Reagan in Reykjavik, Iceland, to negotiate a deal that would have reduced, and could have ultimately eliminated by 2000, the fearsome arsenals of nuclear weapons held by the United States and the Soviet Union.For all our differences
ViewpointsOct. 12, 2011
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[Editorial] Curbing carbon emissions
Korea has begun to take concrete steps to deliver on its pledge to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In 2009, the government announced a plan to cut the nation’s carbon emissions in 2020 by 30 percent from the projected business-as-usual level or 4 percent below its 2005 level. On Monday,
EditorialOct. 12, 2011
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[Editorial] U.S. military discipline
News pictures showing a U.S. Army general in camouflage fatigues on a nightly inspection of the Itaewon district of Seoul taking a team of MPs along were impressive enough to convince the host Koreans of earnest efforts of U.S. military authorities to keep their young soldiers from making trouble. L
EditorialOct. 11, 2011
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[Editorial] Lee’s U.S. visit
Although it was not originally planned that way, President Lee Myung-bak’s official state visit to Washington is about to coincide with the vote on the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement bill in U.S. Congress. It may also be said that the congressional process for the ratification of the bilateral FTA
EditorialOct. 11, 2011
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[Trudy Rubin] Pakistan must choose: Halt terror, or pay the price
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan. U.S. troops are starting to leave. And NATO is supposed to turn over security responsibility to Afghans by the end of 2014 ― although the Afghan army is far from ready to counter Taliban violence.Yet the most potent threat to Afghanista
ViewpointsOct. 11, 2011
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[Daniel Fiedler] Forgiveness, regret and justice
The culture of South Korea places a high value on honor, or face. When someone expresses regret or asks forgiveness they are seen as repudiating their inappropriate behavior and choosing proper conduct. This choice to behave in a proper manner reduces their dishonor and saves face. Admission of wron
ViewpointsOct. 11, 2011
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As austere England grumbles, Scotland is all smiles
The TV weather map shows the U.K. wreathed in autumnal sunshine. Records have been broken. The trees are turning golden, and there are girls in bikinis in the park. There is, though, just one small cloud right up in the northwest of Scotland, and that’s the one I’m sitting under. Outside, the sky ha
ViewpointsOct. 11, 2011
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Affirmative action back to U.S. Supreme Court
Is getting turned down by the University of Texas’ flagship campus in Austin a deprivation of individual rights so profound that it offends the Constitution?If so, there are umpteen disappointed applicants who’ll be wanting a piece of those reparations.But the Supreme Court might not be so dismissiv
ViewpointsOct. 11, 2011
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[Kim Seong-kon] Dubious claims and the fall of U.S.
If a foreigner wrote a book criticizing Korean society or presumptuously announcing the downfall of Korea after living in South Korea for only several years, we would immediately condemn the author as an ignorant, impudent racist. Moreover, if the book was praised by the press of the author’s countr
ViewpointsOct. 11, 2011
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Readers’ voice
On mandatory quotas...It seems wrong to make a bill. However it is obvious many women have trouble getting promoted and feel prejudice in Korean society. Women have even more obstacles in many ways than men in South Korea.― Kim Hyeong-goo, Seoul via FacebookAbsolutely! Equal rights for all! There ar
Oct. 10, 2011
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Should we force firms to hire more women?
With so few Korean women executives ...Should we force firms to hire more women?The business of genderSouth Korea has one of the lowest employment rates for women in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The country is seventh-last with a female employment rate of 52.2, while th
Oct. 10, 2011
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[Editorial] New chief justice’s ideas
New Chief Justice Yang Seung-tae has a very good idea about removing the worst blot in Korea’s legal system, the favoritism between incumbent judges and prosecutors and their retired ex-colleagues who practice law. Yang, who took office late September, told a TV interview that the best way to cut th
EditorialOct. 10, 2011
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[Editorial] Overseas Hangeul promotion
When it was reported that the local government of a remote Indonesian city decided to use Hangeul, the Korean alphabet, as its official writing system in 2009, many wondered how the decision would be practically implemented, while feeling pride in the overseas recognition of the excellence of the Ko
EditorialOct. 10, 2011
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[Peter Goldmark] Don’t try to dismantle the American government
There was a moment in one of the Republican debates last month when candidate Ron Paul said: “9/11 came about because there was too much government.” That statement is flat-out delusional ― yet not one of the other candidates challenged the Texas congressman’s point.I want to challenge Paul and othe
ViewpointsOct. 10, 2011
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[Ahmed Zewail] As polls loom, Egypt must unify
CAIRO ― “Where is Egypt going?” a driver named Mohamed asked me recently. It is the question on everyone’s mind as the Arab Spring of popular revolution is giving way to the new season of free elections this autumn.At this unique moment in history, there are two critical challenges that face this na
ViewpointsOct. 10, 2011
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[Meghan Daum] The Knox moral ― there’s no place like home
I didn’t have a huge investment in the fate of Amanda Knox, the 24-year-old American whose conviction for killing her roommate four years ago in Italy was overturned Monday. I was generally too put off and confused by the media circus surrounding the case to try to figure out the whole story. Still,
ViewpointsOct. 10, 2011
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Occupy Wall Street: The new populists?
They call themselves the 99 Percenters. “We are occupying Wall Street,” they say, encamped by the hundreds in a park dubbed Liberty Square in Lower Manhattan’s financial district, and now seconded by satellite groups at L.A.’s City Hall, in San Francisco and in Chicago, Boston, St. Louis and dozens
ViewpointsOct. 10, 2011
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[Jeffrey D. Sachs] Economic globalization and the role of governments
NEW YORK -- We live in an era in which the most important forces affecting every economy are global, not local. What happens “abroad” -- in China, India, and elsewhere -- powerfully affects even an economy as large as the United States. Economic globalization has, of course, produced some large
ViewpointsOct. 10, 2011