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No plan to let doctors with foreign licenses practice here anytime soon: PM
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Science Ministry expresses regret over Japan’s pressure on Naver
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Hostilities get out of hand as YouTuber murders another outside courthouse
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Yoon interacts with public for 1st time since election defeat
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[Weekender] Pet food makers bet big on ‘recession-free’ pet food market
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Lee Sun-kyun's posthumuous film to hit theaters in August
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N. Korea says to deploy new multiple rocket launcher starting this year
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State-led adoption system to be established to ensure adoptees' well-being, minimize overseas adoption
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Bithumb to pay W40b taxes for crypto airdrop winners
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Seoul transit pass for travelers to be available starting July
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[Daniel Fiedler] KORUS FTA agreement, again
Four years ago South Korea and the United States first signed a free trade agreement. At that time many Koreans and foreigners rejoiced in anticipation of lower priced foods, cars and other staples from the United States. However, due to special interest groups in both countries, the agreement was n
Sept. 27, 2011
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Direct talks needed for Palestinian statehood
When I was 1 year old, my parents and their neighbors had occasion to be glued to their radio sets to listen to a very special broadcast. It was Nov. 29, 1947, when the General Assembly of the United Nations voted on the Partition Plan of then British-ruled Palestine between Arabs and Jews.One by on
Sept. 27, 2011
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[Pankaj Mishra] The socialist push behind India’s capitalist rise
Twenty years ago, India faced a fiscal crisis caused by profligate public spending and rising oil prices after the first Persian Gulf War. There was a risk it would default on its international payments. The finance minister, an English-educated Sikh economist named Manmohan Singh, responded to an a
Sept. 27, 2011
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[Kim Seong-kon] Politics in the age of pop idols
We now live in the age of pop idols and cultural icons. Ever since the popular American television show “American Idol” was launched in 2002, the term “idol” has been widely used to refer to pop heroes who immediately turn into cultural icons. “American Idol,” a spin-off from the British show, “Pop
Sept. 27, 2011
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[Editorial] Seoul mayoral race
The main opposition Democratic Party has nominated Rep. Park Young-sun, a former TV anchorwoman, as its candidate for the Oct. 26 Seoul mayoral by-election. She will face yet another contest in a week to select a unified candidate representing the liberal opposition forces.Her contender Park Won-soo
Sept. 26, 2011
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[Daoud Kuttab] Palestine’s switch to different tactics is wise move
RAMALLAH ― The idea of Palestine becoming a permanent member of the United Nations originated, say Palestinians, with none other than U.S. President Barack Obama. Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2010, Obama said that he hoped that “when we come back here next year, we can have an
Sept. 26, 2011
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[David Ignatius] Remedies for drone addiction
WASHINGTON ― What “rules of war” should apply to Predator drones, the eerily efficient weapons that cruise the skies and target adversaries with the precision of a sharpshooter’s bullet? It’s an urgent question ― not simply for the United States, which is expanding its use of drones, but for dozens
Sept. 26, 2011
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[Andrew Wolman] The environmental case for nuclear energy
Six months after the Fukushima disaster, the repercussions of history’s second-largest nuclear meltdown are still being felt, not only in Japan but around the world. Predictably, people are rethinking the wisdom of relying on nuclear power. The German and Swiss governments have pledged to phase out
Sept. 26, 2011
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[Albert R. Hunt] Independents still seek their 2012 anointed one
Political independents, who account for more than one-quarter of the U.S. electorate and are probably the key to the 2012 presidential election, are voicing strong reservations about Barack Obama as well as the Republican brand. As the national election goes into high gear with more than 13 months t
Sept. 26, 2011
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The G20 must get serious about reforming the IMF
The summer jitters, which brought memories from the panicky fall of 2008, have left little doubt about how fragile the recovery from the great crisis has been and how rocky the road ahead will continue to be. This should not be entirely surprising given the magnitude of the shock endured in 2008-09.
Sept. 26, 2011
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[Peter Goldmark] Flickers of freedom across the Balkans
BELGRADE, Serbia ― Most Americans, myself included, know very little about the Balkans ― except, perhaps, that last week’s men’s U.S. Open champ, Novak Djokovic, is from Serbia. I’m visiting now, and the headline is: Countries in the Balkans are groping their way out of centuries of bloodshed and op
Sept. 25, 2011
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[Nouriel Roubini] How to prevent a depression
AMSTERDAM ― The latest economic data suggests that recession is returning to most advanced economies, with financial markets now reaching levels of stress unseen since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008. The risks of an economic and financial crisis even worse than the previous one ― now involv
Sept. 25, 2011
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[William Pesek] Underwear model shows an economy how to grow
So this is what it has come to for Japan Inc.: a future in underwear instead of cars, color TVs or industrial robots. Long before 2010, when China surpassed it to become Asia’s biggest economy and Apple Inc. unleashed the iPad, Japan fancied itself a nation fated for global primacy. Its technology w
Sept. 25, 2011
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Why identifying a bubble is so much trouble
We seem to be surrounded by “bubbles” ― tech stocks, real estate, and now maybe sovereign debt. You might expect that any textbook would have a precise definition of this phenomenon; some set of characteristics that distinguish sensible high prices in good times from prices that are “too high” or in
Sept. 25, 2011
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[Marc Flandreau] Getting to yes (again) with Germany on euro crisis aid
GENEVA ― Europe’s slow-motion sovereign-debt crisis may appear unique, but it is not. Just a few decades ago, Europe had the Exchange Rate Mechanism, which collapsed during a crisis very much akin to the one afflicting Europe today. Will the outcome this time be different?The ERM was an arrangement
Sept. 25, 2011
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[Zhang Monan] Value cooperation over cash with Europe
Whether China and other BRICS members will give a helping hand to European countries that have been severely plagued by their looming debt crisis is now a hot topic around the world. China’s purchase of European debt would not be a show of generosity. To help extricate hard-hit European countries fr
Sept. 23, 2011
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[Bennett Ramberg] A watershed doctrine for America
LOS ANGELES ― As the United States stumbles through its economic challenges at home, the pressure of world events will not subside. But America’s ability to address them has changed. Its fiscal weakness limits its ability to act as global policeman. Despite the relatively costless overthrow of the Q
Sept. 23, 2011
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ASEAN should heed lessons from EU crisis
Although five major central banks have recently agreed to provide dollars for the European banking system in an effort to avert a funding crisis, the southern European countries are still not immune from a possible financial crisis that could send a tidal wave across the entire continent. The Europe
Sept. 23, 2011
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Taiwan must choose to build home-grown defense industry
Now it is almost certain that the U.S. will refuse Taiwan’s request for the sale of the new F-16C/D fighter jets for Taiwan’s self-defense. While an official announcement on the U.S. Congress’s decision is expected next week, an unnamed senior congressional aide was widely quoted as saying that the
Sept. 23, 2011
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Japan’s ruling party must present state vision
The Democratic Party of Japan must deepen debate on constitutional reform and present the vision of the state it aims to establish.In the Diet, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said, “Amid the mountain of pressing issues we face, I don’t think constitutional revision is a top priority on the policy age
Sept. 23, 2011