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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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[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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[Rachel Marsden] Obama’s international leadership outsourcing
To gauge President Obama’s lack of direct involvement on the international stage, you only have to look at the popularity polls in Europe, where his approval numbers still soar at around 75 percent. In Europe, leaders often become better liked as their visibility, leadership and influence decrease.
ViewpointsOct. 3, 2011
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[Yuriko Koike] A wayward China in Africa
TOKYO ― As Libya’s National Transitional Council attempts to establish a functioning government for a newly liberated country, the truth about what went on under Col. Muammar el-Gadhafi’s regime is starting to come to light. Various treasures have been unearthed from Tripoli mansions that were hasti
ViewpointsOct. 3, 2011
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[Editorial] Left out of limelight
The liberal opposition groups are set to select their joint candidate on Monday, stealing the show from their divided conservative adversaries. Through the selection process, they are consolidating their unity ahead of the Oct. 26 Seoul mayoral by-election.But the ruling Grand National Party has yet
EditorialOct. 2, 2011
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[Editorial] Speed up ratification
U.S. President Barack Obama is reportedly planning to send the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement to the Senate for ratification as early as this week. The United States is speeding up the process of ratification, with President Lee Myung-bak scheduled to make a state visit to Washington on Oct. 13.The
EditorialOct. 2, 2011
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[William Pesek] China as J.P. Morgan might have to save world
China and the U.S. finally found something to agree on: Europe is doomed and might take the world’s two biggest economies down with it. Neither officials in Beijing nor Washington are actually using the “D word.” They don’t need to, not with Zhou Xiaochuan, China’s central bank governor, talking mat
ViewpointsOct. 2, 2011
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[Joel Brinkley] Iran’s support of Syria backfiring
As the brutal Syrian uprising stumbles into its seventh month, Iran’s leaders are spinning and darting like a wobbly top. They realize that President Bashar al-Assad’s continuing slaughter of his own people is not only costing thousands of innocent Syrian lives, but also eviscerating Iran’s reputati
ViewpointsOct. 2, 2011
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Obama’s unwise campaign against Palestinian statehood
President Obama is staging an unwarranted diplomatic battle against the Palestinian attempt at statehood recognition through U.N. membership.In his speech to the United Nations on Sept. 21, Obama opposed the Palestinian bid for membership without giving any good reason.“Peace will not come through s
ViewpointsOct. 2, 2011
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Mahmoud Abbas: A humble moment in history
Global Viewpoint: Mr. President, how did you feel at the moment you stood before the General Assembly? At that historic moment as you stood there, how did you feel personally?Mahmoud Abbas: I felt that we are really witnessing an historic event, that we are before a just and right demand, namely tha
ViewpointsOct. 2, 2011
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[Park Sang-seek] U.N. International Day of Peace: How to build peace?
No person and state on earth opposes peace, but humanity has never enjoyed permanent peace since it appeared on the globe. Scholars all over the world have never ceased to write on war and peace. All religions have been constantly preaching peace, and great world political leaders have vowed to keep
ViewpointsOct. 2, 2011
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[Editorial] No leniency on sex crimes
A box-office hit based on the true story of sex crimes against disabled students by their brazen teachers has turned the nation into a seething cauldron of anger.The film, titled “Dogani,” which means a crucible or cauldron in English, depicts a real case that took place at Inhwa School, a special e
EditorialSept. 30, 2011
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[Editorial] New outlets for medicines
The government is set to submit a bill to the National Assembly to make cold medicines and fever reducers available at supermarkets and convenience stores. Currently these products are sold only at licensed drug stores.The bill is a follow-up to a government plan announced in June, which is intended
EditorialSept. 30, 2011
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[Michael Boskin] Time running out for Europe to choose on recovery
PALO ALTO ― Europe is suffering from simultaneous sovereign-debt, banking, and currency crises. Severe economic distress and political pressure are buffeting relationships among citizens, sovereign states, and supranational institutions such as the European Central Bank. Calls are rampant for surren
ViewpointsSept. 30, 2011
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[David Ignatius] Caution fills Obama’s playbook
WASHINGTON ― It was painful to watch President Obama recently at the United Nations, backing away from the goal of Palestinian statehood he had championed when he took office. The best that could be said was that it was a bit of foreign-policy realism, acknowledging the political and strategic fact
ViewpointsSept. 30, 2011
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Time for Ozawa to tell his side of the story
The guilty ruling handed down to three former aides to Democratic Party of Japan strongman Ichiro Ozawa over political funding irregularities clearly establishes their criminal responsibility by the judiciary. Given this, Ozawa has an extremely heavy responsibility to assume as a politician over the
ViewpointsSept. 30, 2011
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Transparent gains
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III’s first official trip to the United States achieved something more than the obligatory ceremonial visit of a new president to a key ally and a reaffirmation of the historical, geopolitical and economic ties. Although there was no one-on-one meeting between him
ViewpointsSept. 30, 2011
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[Zhou Hong] World would benefit from a longer-lasting global order
One of the amazing new phenomena of the rapidly changing past few decades is the change in power configuration of today’s world compared to 20-30 years ago. The fall of the Berlin Wall not only ended the Cold War, but also, or even more significantly, combined the “two world markets” into one.
ViewpointsSept. 30, 2011
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The storm over disaster aid in the United States
Some 13 percent of Americans approve of how Congress is doing its job, while 83 percent disapprove. Nearly 22 percent of Americans say the country is on the right track; 72 percent say no, the country is on the wrong track.If you were a member of Congress, these averages of recent survey results fro
ViewpointsSept. 29, 2011
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[Editorial] Hong’s Gaeseong visit
Rep. Hong Joon-pyo, chairman of the ruling Grand National Party, is visiting the South Korean industrial complex in Gaeseong, North Korea, on Friday. He says his visit is aimed at learning about the difficulties South Korean companies have at the complex, adding that helping to resolve those difficu
EditorialSept. 29, 2011
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[Editorial] Better late than never?
The prosecutors’ office is described as a semi-judicial agency. In other words, the office is granted a great degree of freedom in prosecuting criminal cases, if not the kind of uninhibited independence as is guaranteed to the court in the process of adjudication. What the prosecutors’ office has re
EditorialSept. 29, 2011
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[Robert Shiller] Great debt scare in U.S., Europe
NEW HAVEN ― It might not seem that Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis and growing concern about the United States’ debt position should shake basic economic confidence. But it apparently has. And loss of confidence, by discouraging consumption and investment, can be a self-fulfilling prophecy, causing t
ViewpointsSept. 29, 2011