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Thu, December 12, 2019 | 18:05

Tong Kim

N. Korea's shifting demands

Last April North Korean leader Kim Jong-un set a year-end deadline for U.S. flexibility to accept Pyongyang's demands. Last week Stephen Biegun, top U.S. nuclear negotiator and a nominee for deputy secretary of state, said the deadline was “an artificial one” - an implication that the U.S. won't make a major policy adjustment to meet the deadline and that the current stalemat...

2019-12-02 17:41

Era of climate emergency

Era of climate emergency

Collins Dictionary has chosen “climate strike” as its 2019 Word of the Year, after 2018's Word of the Year, “single-use,” which refers to plastic products made to be used only once.

2019-12-02 17:37

Three things you can do to save planet

Three things you can do to save planet

“How dare you!” A few weeks ago, I heard the familiar phrase at the conference. But the speaker was not Greta Thunberg. The phrase was part of the opening remarks of a presenter at a Circular Economy Conference held on my campus in hopes of saving the planet.

2019-12-02 17:36

Mark Peterson

More on Chinese education

After writing last week about my Chinese tutor, Na Kap-ju, and the study of the Chinese classics in Korea, it occurred to me that there is much more I would like to say. When I was first in Korea the signboards on virtually all businesses were in Chinese. There were some signs in Hangeul. I remember thinking “Why do so many signs have 'CH' in English on them?” That was the wo...

2019-12-01 19:05

Chinese leadership must blink first

Chinese leadership must blink first

Democracy is best viewed not as an end point but (when the system works properly, there are no guarantees) as an ethical method of getting to a better place. Just as there are countries and territories without democracy whose people wish they had it, there are notable democratic countries that wish their democracy were far better.

2019-12-01 18:03

Best Christmas gifts don't come from stores

Best Christmas gifts don't come from stores

What's the best gift you ever received? Whatever it was, it surely wasn't a material item bought in a store.An experience, rather than a material good, is the best gift to receive. That's what University of Toronto professor Cindy Chan and University of California professor Cassie Mogilner discovered in a study they conducted in 2018.

2019-12-01 18:01

Should President Moon meet the Warmbiers?

Should President Moon meet the Warmbiers?

Many anti-North Korea human rights activists criticize President Moon Jae-in for not meeting the parents of Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old university student who died shortly after being released from North Korea in 2017.

2019-11-30 11:38

Finding a new tomorrow in Asia's past

Finding a new tomorrow in Asia's past

Dispel sorrow and sadness. Your most powerful weapons are happiness and joy. Before knowledge should be the cultivation of morality.

2019-11-30 11:37

Hyon O Brien

What are you grateful for?

About three years ago, one of my Peace Corps friends in Vermont, Frances, began a daily Facebook posting of three things she was grateful for, and invited her friends to join. I immediately joined the group and almost without fail I have posted three things I was grateful for each day. Most of the group in this “gratitude” daily posting are quilting friends of Frances, and wh...

2019-11-29 16:34

Oh Young-jin

Did Korea succumb to US pressure?

What has taken place in the lead-up to Korea's last-minute decision to extend “conditionally” its general security of military information agreement (GSOMIA) or military intelligence sharing pact with Japan? An equally important question is how this decision will affect the ROK-U.S. alliance. First of all, speculation is that Washington pushed a vulnerable pressure point for ...

2019-11-29 16:28

American deal: US always has its way, so far

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