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Wed, March 29, 2023 | 09:42

Rushan Ziatdinov

Use of ChatGPT and future of academia

Launched in November 2022, ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI. Although it is still in its infancy, ChatGPT has already become a sensation and has attracted admiration and criticism. The notable linguist Noam Chomsky recently described the ChatGPT chatbot as, in essence, high-tech plagiarism. On the other hand, there are already many Facebook gr...

2023-03-23 17:04

ICC arrest warrant for Putin

ICC arrest warrant for Putin

Although the arrest warrant issued on Russian President Vladimir Putin by the International Criminal Court last week was welcome, there was a certain puzzlement about the actual crime he is being charged with.

2023-03-23 17:02

Russian attack on a U.S. drone underlines why we must help Ukraine win

Russian attack on a U.S. drone underlines why we must help Ukraine win

Whether or not to help the Ukrainians drive Russian invaders out of their country is rapidly becoming a 2024 campaign issue.

2023-03-23 17:00

Let's get our kids behind the wheel

Let's get our kids behind the wheel

The sun is shining today and spring is upon us. Such days remind me still of the excitement I knew when I turned 16 in April and was finally able to get my driver's license - a wondrous rite of passage fewer and fewer teens choose to experience these days.

2023-03-23 16:30

Eugene Lee

Day of reckoning: US has got work to do

Rule No. 1 when conducting foreign policy is to leave your morals outside the door. It is your national interest that drives your judgment - that has been the first commandment since the ancient Greeks, who laid the foundation for a proto-idea of a state. Yet, today, we see the world in very different terms, and we try to distinguish what is right and what is wrong. Essential...

2023-03-22 16:59

Kim Rahn

Aftermath of school violence

Netflix series “The Glory” has become a sensation in the domestic and global entertainment scene. Part 2 topped the streamer's weekly viewership chart for non-English TV shows for two consecutive weeks after a March 10 release. Its heavy theme ― school violence ― was well presented through the tightly knitted plot and stellar performances by star actress Song Hye-kyo and the ...

Kim Rahn | 2023-03-22 16:59

Hell in the Holy Land

Hell in the Holy Land

A massive double crisis is emerging between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean. Both Israel and the Palestinian Authority are confronting internal challenges that have cast shadows over their respective futures, and fast-rising tensions between the two sides are approaching a breaking point.

2023-03-22 16:48

. Casey Latigue

People are negative

When people use the idiom “a penny for your thoughts,” I say, “You will probably get back $10 of criticism.” If you want to know what others think then it means you don't know humans very well. People are negative, but they rarely express those thoughts.

2023-03-21 16:54

Sandip Kumar Mishra

Korea's proactive move and Japan's reluctance

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visited Tokyo for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on March 16. It was a bilateral meeting that happened after a gap of almost 12 years. Despite the Japanese leadership, which kept repeating that no bilateral dialogue is possible without South Korea resolving the forced labor issue, Yoon has been consistently working to ...

2023-03-21 16:45

Peace requires betrayal

Peace requires betrayal

In 1795, German philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote that perpetual peace could come either through diplomacy or a “war of extermination” that annihilates all parties and leaves only the “vast burial ground of the human race.” Historically, humanity has tended to favor the latter, at least until the ravages of war forced warring states to come to an accommodation. And even then, b...

2023-03-21 16:30

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Top 10 Stories

1	Clock ticks for China's massive repatriation of N. Korean defectors

2	Revised Japanese textbooks distort wartime forced labor, catching Korea off guard

3	Ramsar wetland in Han River cleaned up for protected birdlife

4	CJ CheilJedang sees chicken as next big seller after frozen dumpling

5	Gold price nears all-time high amid financial jitters

6	Civic groups in Gwangju await meeting with Chun Doo-hwan's grandson

7	BMW launches new XM

8	North Korea unveils tactical nuclear warhead

9	Jeju seaways get busy with cruise ships, new trade route to Qingdao

10	2024 budget to focus on tackling low birthrate

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