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Sun, September 24, 2023 | 19:51

Korean women's crucial role in society

Korean women's crucial role in society

Korea and its culture are in truth very different from what can be seen on the surface.

2023-09-07 16:00

Is America reverting to isolationism?

Is America reverting to isolationism?

The first debate between the Republican Party's candidates for next year's U.S. presidential election revealed major schisms over foreign policy. While former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley defended America's support for Ukraine in Russia's war of aggression, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and businessman Vivek Ramas...

2023-09-07 15:50

Kim Ji-soo

Political hunger strikes

In dynamic South Korea where past and present stand jarringly juxtaposed, the faint image of then-future President Kim Young-sam emerging weak after a 23-day hunger strike in 1983 appears in my mind. This was triggered last Thursday when main opposition leader Rep. Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, said he would go on an indefinite hunger strike. He te...

2023-09-06 16:35

Lee Kyung-hwa

Architecture exhibition as brain of future city

The theme for this year's Venice Architecture Biennale (May 20 to Nov. 26) is “The Laboratory of the Future.” Curator Lesley Lokko has tackled global issues such as decarbonization and migration, technological advances and imbalances. Architectural exhibitions and future city projects are now taking place in various cities around the world. These are being presented as bluepr...

2023-09-06 16:30

Whither India?

The chaos and cacophony of bazaars have a life-affirming quality. In fact, the marketplace - with all its exchanges, wrangling, and camaraderie - has shaped human society from the very beginning. So, it should not be surprising that anthropologists often turn to marketplaces in their efforts to understand distant cultures. It is certainly a good way to glean insights into mod...

2023-09-06 16:20

. Song Kyung-jin

Multilateralism must still prevail in face of global problems

The news of Joe Biden and Xi Jinping skipping the ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Sept. 5-7 and of Xi Jinping's absence at the G20 Summit in New Delhi, Sept. 9-10, disappointed the world, which is already much fragmented.

2023-09-05 16:35

Mitch Shin

Seoul needs to prepare for a second Trump administration

On Aug. 24, the mugshot of former U.S. President Donald Trump released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office framed him as the accused who will quite probably be declared guilty in the upcoming years, considering the multiple criminal charges he faces. However, his approval ratings have remained overwhelming against his contenders within the Republican Party, demonstrating th...

2023-09-05 16:30

How to close Africa's climate-finance gap

How to close Africa's climate-finance gap

Climate finance is inefficient, insufficient, and unfair. With debt levels and borrowing costs soaring, climate action must be funded through more equity investments and concessional financing. That means focusing on the needs of African countries, which are disproportionately vulnerable to climate change, despite contributing the least to creating the problem, in the creatio...

2023-09-05 16:20

Lee Jong-eun

Lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War for South Korea

Eighteen months ago, Europe experienced the first major conventional military conflict since WWII when Russia launched a so-called “special military operation” against Ukraine.

2023-09-04 16:43

. Bernard Rowan

The pivot continues

Back in the Barack Obama era, the phrase “pivot to Asia” began to find currency. Washington's elite, and a good many of the non-elite, recognized the rise of China and her growing assertiveness in the Asian region

2023-09-04 16:35

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