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Thu, November 30, 2023 | 13:17

. Kim Sang-woo

World wars and domestic dysfunction

The full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia has directly challenged arrangements that have helped to secure peace for over 70 years. The world will be safer if Russia is soundly defeated on the battlefield than it will be in the event of an ambiguous outcome.

2023-10-23 17:27

. Andrew Hammond

Ukraine looks like long war, 600 days in

As the Ukraine war moves past its 600th day of grinding war, a potentially significant new dynamic is opening that could change the course of its war effort.

2023-10-23 16:35

Effective human rights council needed now more than ever

Over the past year, human rights abuses in places ranging from Afghanistan to Ukraine, and to Myanmar, Xinjiang, China and the Middle East, to name a few sordid cases, have been splashed across the headlines.

2023-10-23 16:20

. Steven L. Shields

The world’s best alphabet

I began learning the Korean language almost 50 years ago. Perhaps the most basic error I made, and the error of my language teacher, was to spell out Korean words in the familiar alphabet of many European languages: Latin or Roman. Only later did I begin to understand the simple beauty of Hangeul and its straightforward representation of Korean language phonetics. Most people...

2023-10-22 16:35

. Daniel Shin

The pivotal role educational sector should play

South Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world. This phenomenon may be caused by the high economic inequality such as the high cost of living, low wages, lack of quality job opportunities and rising housing unaffordability. Young couples in Korea tend to delay or even give up on having children. These days marriage is like a lifestyle choice to many of them as well.

2023-10-22 16:30

Poland's ruling party lost, but will it leave?

Poland's ruling party lost, but will it leave?

WARSAW - The extraordinary victory of the democratic opposition in Poland’s election raises the specter of a looming constitutional crisis. Like former U.S. President Donald Trump or former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, the right-wing populist Law and Justice (PiS) party may refuse to concede.

2023-10-22 16:20

. Donald Kirk

World at war, almost

Certain parallels between the North-South confrontation on the Korean peninsula and the response to the Hamas attack on Israel are more than a little disquieting.

2023-10-19 16:35

Chyung Eun-ju, Joel Cho

Is there solution to the digital loneliness epidemic?

In the modern age of rapid technological advancements, our lives have become increasingly intertwined with the digital world. From the inception of the internet, it has been taking over our lives at a rapidly growing speed. So much so that now we find ourselves online at almost every moment of our waking lives.

2023-10-19 16:30

South Africa's deadly housing crisis

South Africa's deadly housing crisis

JOHANNESBURG -- In late August, a devastating fire in a dilapidated apartment building in Johannesburg claimed the lives of 77 people. The fire, one of the deadliest in South Africa’s history, was a stark reminder of the substandard living conditions faced by the city’s most vulnerable residents and underscored the country’s urban housing crisis.

2023-10-19 16:20

Korea’s unique contribution to constitution of unified Korea

Korea’s unique contribution to constitution of unified Korea

If Koreans draft a constitution for a unified Korea that will transform the entire peninsula in the manner that the United States was transformed by the Constitution of 1787, then that Korean constitution must have distinctly Korean roots and spirit.

2023-10-19 16:00

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