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Mon, January 18, 2021 | 09:02

Mark Peterson

Thank you, LTI Korea

I have two reasons to offer gratitude to the LTI - the Korean Literature Translation Institute. The first reason for appreciation for what the LTI does - and I would like to inform my readers of this organization and its work - is that the Institute fosters the translation of Korean literature into foreign languages. They have several programs: they host translation seminars,...

2021-01-17 16:48

Retrospection good for soul

Retrospection good for soul

Last year was unkind on all fronts: health, the economy, politics and climate change. Friends and families have suffered from COVID-19; many people have died. Our daily routines have been changed dramatically. Although I worship with my church family each week, we haven't been at the church for almost a year. Online services are better than nothing at all and at least we are ...

2021-01-17 16:41

New US Agenda for Central America

New US Agenda for Central America

WASHINGTON, DC - Most undocumented migrants crossing the United States' southern border come from three small countries: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Known collectively as Central America's “Northern Triangle,” these countries will receive an outsized amount of attention from U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration.

2021-01-17 16:39

Donald Kirk

Freedom to inspire or incite?

For the U.S., the worst is yet to come, and that's not just over the few days before Joe Biden's inauguration next Wednesday (Jan. 20) as the 46th U.S. president. The furor over free speech and freedom to protest, intermingled with the impact of COVID-19 on tens of millions of Americans who don't share the bounty of stock dividends and inflated salaries and bonuses, will make...

2021-01-14 17:00

Park Moo-jong

Shameful political legacy

The Republic of Korea has a shameful political legacy: All 11 former presidents lived or are living unhappy lives after their forced or legal retirement.

2021-01-14 16:50

Capitol Hill and 'production' of crowd

Capitol Hill and 'production' of crowd

On Jan. 6, a crowd of Donald Trump supporters illegally captured the Capitol and temporarily stalled the democratic process. It apparently shocked many people that this happened to the U.S. To comprehend what happened and what has been happening, it is pertinent to note at the outset what it was not.

2021-01-14 16:40

Our democracy pushed to the brink

Our democracy pushed to the brink

The madness and treason that's consumed the Party of Trump has a face: And it belongs to a former Pennsylvania state lawmaker. On Jan. 6, on a day that thugs and domestic terrorists bent on overthrowing the results of a lawful election stormed the United States Capitol with laughable ease, Rick Saccone, who once swore an oath to uphold the law and the constitution, tried to j...

2021-01-14 16:35

Stepping back from civil strife

Stepping back from civil strife

As I worked from home the other day, I called my dad who told me he was contemplating turning on the TV. I was a bit surprised because he isn't the kind of person to spend his day watching television. Intrigued, I turned on the TV to suddenly recoil in horror as I watched a mob, incited by “President” Trump, ransack the Capitol building to protest his election loss from two m...

2021-01-14 16:30

Biden's Indo-Pacific strategy

Biden's Indo-Pacific strategy

On Jan. 20, Joseph Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States of America. However, thinking of the enormous tasks ahead, it is difficult for me to simply congratulate the new administration on taking office.

2021-01-13 16:49

Vaccines: One shot now, one shot much later

Vaccines: One shot now, one shot much later

Triage is always crude and messy, and there are always mistakes, but the goal is to save as many lives as possible in an emergency when there are not enough medical resources to save everybody. That certainly applies to the COVID-19 pandemic, and there is certainly rough-and-ready triage going on right now in hospitals across the world.

2021-01-13 16:45

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