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Sun, March 29, 2020 | 04:58

Are we addicted to coronavirus statistics?

Are we addicted to coronavirus statistics?

I am an information junkie. I admit it. Turning down an offering of freshly picked information is hard for me. Stopping myself from indulging my obsession is even harder. Information fills a void. It feels gratifying, except that the more you indulge, the more addicted you become. There is sorely little help for this psychological disorder.

2020-03-28 09:19

Mark Peterson

Korea never invaded another country

Last week I looked at the number of invasions Korea has suffered, and I explained my point of view, that there were really very few invasions in spite of the popular opinion that Korea has been invaded numerous times. Today's entry (#4) in this series I call, “Peaceful and Stable Korea,” looks at the fact that Korea has never invaded another country.

2020-03-27 17:52

Oh Young-jin

Mr. President, undo your pay cut

I will only take “your heart” that comes with your kind offer. That would be my response to a 40 percent pay cut President Moon Jae-in made together with top government officials. Moon kindly offered the chunk of his salary to people suffering the effects of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic - hundreds of thousands of small merchants and gig workers who have seen their incomes...

Oh Young-jin | 2020-03-27 17:39

Leadership in time of contagion

Leadership in time of contagion

Google “Europe” and “crisis” and you will turn up 784 million results. So often do the two terms appear together that they might as well be a compound noun. With each new eurocrisis, commentators wring their hands over the question of whether the European project will survive.

2020-03-27 17:31

Kang Hyun-kyung

President's narrative

“Coupang is better than the government.”I found this comment from a reader while reading an online news article on Sunday about President Moon Jae-in's “self-promotional” narrative on why South Korea, unlike other countries like the United States, Britain and Australia, has no panic buying despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-03-27 11:37

How Trump's incompetence breeds coronavirus denial in US

How Trump's incompetence breeds coronavirus denial in US

Adept moral leadership at the top, whether in Washington or Hong Kong, is central to any serious public health strategy. As the poet W.B. Yeats wrote in 1919, “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world …”

2020-03-26 18:40

Cyber scams growing threat amid pandemic

Cyber scams growing threat amid pandemic

While the rest of the world is doing its best to sacrifice to beat an unseen biological virus, cyber scammers are trying to attack us with a variety of digital viruses. Before the start of 2020, I warned about the rapid increase in cyberattacks.

2020-03-26 18:37

Donald Kirk

US forces at COVID-19 war

NORFOLK, Virginia - America's mightiest warships, including the carrier John C. Stennis, line up grey and forbidding here at the world's largest naval base at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. A few gate-keepers, security people, stand guard on the piers, but otherwise almost no one is visible.

2020-03-26 18:04

Disruptive effects of coronavirus - errors of commission and omission? (2)

Disruptive effects of coronavirus - errors of commission and omission? (2)

It is crucial to identify leaders in the health field, but no less important to identify academic leaders, business leaders, and community leaders - all of whom must be part of the solution. Then, a process for collaboration and decision-making is needed

2020-03-26 17:45

Coronavirus: lockdown limbo

Coronavirus: lockdown limbo

It's almost become a sad cliche to say that America is shutting down over the coronavirus pandemic. Uncertainty and fear stalk the land but the enemy remains invisible.

2020-03-26 17:30

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