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Yoon, Lee end first talks with differences, agree to meet more
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What is Hybe’s next move?
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China outpaces Korea in smaller OLED shipments for 1st time
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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[Herald Interview] Mom’s Touch seeks to replicate success in Japan
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Police to open alleged stalking probe over pastor over Dior bag scandal
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'Queen of Tears' finale sets record viewership ratings as tvN's most-watched series ending
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[News Focus] Lee tells Yoon that he has governed without political dialogue
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KT launches new mobile plans for foreign residents
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Seoul to deploy more military doctors to fill med prof void
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[Kim Seong-kon] Of human touch and the computer
We now live in a world where our lives are unwittingly controlled by computers. In fact, computers are so ubiquitous that we cannot imagine a world without them. Wherever you go, you will encounter a computer ― at schools, workplaces, stores, and airports, just to name a few. Our wellbeing prac
Aug. 23, 2011
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[Myung Oak Kim] Focus on quality of meals
The special poll in Seoul on Wednesday is the culmination of a bitter and bizarre political fight that has little to do with what is best for children and lots to do with the future direction of Korea’s elections. Opposition Democratic Party members, who control the Seoul Metropolitan Council and th
Aug. 23, 2011
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[Dick Polman] Mr. President, try the Truman approach
An unsolicited memo to Barack Obama:Mr. President, can you speak Truman? If you want to stay in office beyond 2012, you need to channel his language.Enough, already, with all your overtures to the Republicans. Why bother trying to extend your hand to people whose primal impulse is to devour it? You
Aug. 23, 2011
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[Aristides N. Hatzis] From Athens to Seoul
This was my first visit to South Korea and the instant reaction was pure astonishment. From Seoul, the imposing and enchanting metropolis, to Jeju Island, the magnificent tropical paradise, everything seemed so different from Western Europe and North America. The differences with my country, Greece,
Aug. 23, 2011
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[Robert Reich] Health care law and Medicare
Two appellate judges in Atlanta ― one appointed by Bill Clinton and one by George H.W. Bush ― have just decided the Constitution doesn’t allow the federal government to require individuals to buy health insurance.The decision is a major defeat for the White House. The so-called “individual mandate”
Aug. 22, 2011
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[Michal Levertov] Can protests bring Jews, Arabs together in Israel?
HURFEISH, Israel ― The Druze village of Hurfeish seems as pastoral as the rural north of Israel can be. Sitting on the northwestern slope of the Meron Mountains amid a national park, the centuries-old settlement of about 6,000 residents looks like an image taken from a tourist postcard: green, beaut
Aug. 22, 2011
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[Nathan Myhrvold] Society: Descended from apes, acting as slime molds
As we lurch from one high-stakes political drama to another, it is natural to wonder why societies aren’t better at avoiding self-inflicted crises. Here in the U.S. earlier this month, the government barely dodged default, even though economists reached consensus months ago on when the debt limit wo
Aug. 22, 2011
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[Laurence Kotlikoff] U.S. government merits a junk credit rating
Politicians and investors say Standard & Poor’s made a mistake when it cut the U.S.’s credit rating from “AAA” to “AA+.” I agree. I wonder why S&P didn’t take it all the way down to “CCC.” The country’s political leaders, from President Barack Obama on down, are alternately decrying S&P’s hubris and
Aug. 22, 2011
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[Stephen L. Carter] Baseball, Tim Pawlenty and celebrity politics
You might have missed the news that several courthouse guards are being investigated for accepting autographed baseballs from Roger Clemens, one of the greatest pitchers of the modern era, after his mistrial on charges of lying under oath about steroid use. This might seem like a minor offense, but
Aug. 22, 2011
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[Rachel Marsden] Could London riots happen in U.S.?
The riots that have ravaged urban England take root in phenomena that aren’t exclusive to that country but are increasingly on the rise everywhere. Could the same thing happen in America? Of course it could. And here’s why.The acute social breakdown sparked by a single police killing of a perp who h
Aug. 21, 2011
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[Editorial] Health care case a good moment for judicial restraint
For about the first third of the 20th century, the U.S. Supreme Court was under the sway of a doctrine called “substantive due process.” The court routinely invoked this (and the related concept of “freedom of contract”) to overturn laws attempting to regulate business on matters such as working con
Aug. 21, 2011
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[Rakesh Mani] All man’s land without women
NEW DELHI ― Ernest Hemingway’s collection of stories, Men without Women, examines tense gender relationships. In a particularly poignant story, a young man convinces his partner to have an abortion, viewing their unborn child as a hindrance to the status quo. Frustrated, the woman gives in.That stor
Aug. 21, 2011
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[Stephen Baker] That is Mr. Exxon Mobil to you
“Corporations are people, my friend.” Mitt Romney, Aug. 11, campaigning in IowaI’ve been thinking about people I know. Apple comes to mind. It’s terrific at electronics and has a great eye for design. It’s far richer than everyone in my neighborhood. Another person I’ve known for years is General Mo
Aug. 21, 2011
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[Ghassan Michel Rubeiz] Syrian people are entitled to shape their destiny
The Assad dynasty in Syria has miscalculated by applying overwhelming force to try to stop the five-month uprising there.After four decades of abuse of power in Syria, the rulers in Damascus are vulnerable, morally and politically. It is hard to imagine how the Assad family can continue much longer
Aug. 21, 2011
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[Ezra Klein] Is Texan Rick Perry too European to be next president of U.S.?
You wouldn’t think that the governor of Texas, the most conservative of the viable candidates in the Republican presidential field, would want to make the U.S. more like Europe. Unless, of course, you have read Rick Perry’s book. “Fed Up,” Perry’s 2010 cri de coeur (yes, that’s French), can be summe
Aug. 21, 2011
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[David Ignatius] A Gates team at the Pentagon
WASHINGTON ― Bob Gates left the Pentagon in early July, but the new national-security team that is taking over this summer is largely Gates’ creation ― reflecting the unusual influence of a Republican defense secretary in shaping the Obama administration’s personnel and policies. Gates’ recomme
Aug. 19, 2011
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[By William Pesek] S&P’s next target has Bob Marley on its mind
On a hot Friday evening in Osaka, Japan, street musician Jun Fukuda is channeling Bob Marley on a downtown bridge. Not the feel-good, party-hearty Marley, but the mortality-questioning ballad “Redemption Song.” As the 20-year-old belts out the lyrics “emancipate yourself from mental slavery” he scan
Aug. 19, 2011
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[Editorial] History shows danger of politics left adrift
How strongly do you feel Japan’s peace and affluence have been achieved at the expense of the many lives lost in the series of wars this nation fought during the Showa era?This question was asked in an opinion survey conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun by mail in January and February. An overwhelming 8
Aug. 19, 2011
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[Amando Doronila] Sovereignty issues with China a test for President Aquino
China has launched its first aircraft carrier, signaling its growing naval power that’s likely to increase tensions between Beijing and smaller Asian maritime states, including the Philippines, over territorial claims on islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).The 67,000-ton, 302-meter
Aug. 19, 2011
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[Andrew Sheng] Controls on capital flows: From heresy to orthodoxy
On Sept. 1, 2011, it would be 13 years to the day when Malaysia first introduced capital controls to stem the effects of the Asian financial crisis on the domestic economy. In 1998, it was heresy to introduce controls on capital flows, since it was International Monetary Fund orthodoxy to liberalize
Aug. 19, 2011