Mass cull of pigs There are more important topics to discuss but the inhumane destruction of live animals reminds me of wartime burial graves as well as crimes against humanity
First martyr of the New Year Should we be surprised that the first martyr of the year is a Palestinian?
Solution to childrearing burden I appreciate a Jan. 5 editorial, Childrearing burden, in which the writer considers the problems associated with the high cost of raising children in Korea.
Sexually transmitted diseases The deadly epidemic of AIDS is getting government concern. It is a plague that escapes from human control, since there is no cure for this threatening disease. This virus also spreads.
Journalists at high risk Journalists are paying a high price to expose the truth and working against the wishes of their rulers and also working against the wishes of hardcore militant groups especially in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to reports over the last ..
Popes comments on condom use I commend the Vatican for clarifying the Popes recent comments while affirming that condoms can never be used even in exceptional cases to prevent the spreading of AIDS.
Value of education I read a Dec. 29 editorial, Science and technology, as a researcher in economics of human resource development (HRD) including education at all levels. The massive shortfall in application for an educational program like engineering and technol..
Ban shopping on Boxing Day The government should ban shopping on Boxing Day (whenever it falls on a Sunday) and on all Sundays. Western civilization, despite its diversity, was founded on Christian principles.
Fertilized egg is a human Lim Kyoung-hee wrote in the Letter to the Editor section on Dec. 22 that she "would like to examine the problem (of abortion) without considering the humanity of babies that are not yet born."
No such thing as a free lunch Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has been receiving some negative press for the logical stand against free school lunches and the proper use of public plazas. As a resident of Seoul, I would like to thank him for taking the right position on these issues and..
Authors of the words Im writing this letter regarding my article printed in The Korea Times on Dec. 14, 2010 under the Thoughts of The Times column, titled "Young blood in the North." it has been brought to my attention by my friend and priest Father Cotter that perh..
Situation worsens in Afghanistan At a time when things are going from bad to worse in Afghanistan, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is preparing its exit strategy from the country. In other shocking news, a leading U.S. newspaper revealed that a man claiming to be a l..
Positive consideration of abortion One of the most sensitive and controversial issues is abortion. It is not a problem that the lid is on anymore. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2005, it was said that 96 percent of abortion operations were illegal.
Full of economic wisdom A Dec. 17 editorial, More leisure, less work, is full of economic wisdom confirming the well-established backward sloping supply curve of labor in the literature of economics.
Congratulations on 60th anniversary Id like to congratulate The Korea Times on its 60th anniversary. On Tuesday morning I read an article published by The Hankook Ilbo, a sister paper of the English daily, on this occasion with much interest, obviously for some good reason.
When was GDP first used? In a Dec. 9 article titled Korean workers hardworking but inefficient, there appeared to be an error about the gross domestic product when the reporter quoted some critics of the GDP by pointing out that the measure was first adopted for milit..
Better understanding about Thailand Having read W. Scott Thompson and Oliver Geronilla's article, Mislabeling Thai conflict, published on Nov. 26, I wish to make a few points to set the record straight.
