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Mon, December 16, 2019 | 09:17

Give teachers respect they deserve

Give teachers respect they deserve

The 2018 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores, released last week, are once again positive for all those who care about the young minds who will go on to shape South Korea's future.

2019-12-15 18:09

Green deal will make or break Europe

Green deal will make or break Europe

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's ambition to lead a “geopolitical commission” is about to face its first big test. European heads of state are meeting to discuss her proposed European Green Deal, a sweeping project that could either unite the European Union and strengthen its position on the world stage, or generate a new intra-European political cleavage ...

2019-12-15 18:03

Eunhye Community, a place of grace

Eunhye Community, a place of grace

So much of what we hear these days is doom and gloom - political battles, a slumping economy, corruption, K-pop stars committing suicide, social problems and thunderous threats from North Korea.

2019-12-13 17:14

Day after NATO

Despite having been written off numerous times, NATO survives. But another fox has entered the hen house, and it has met with the typical European response to danger: furious cackling and an explosion of feathers.

2019-12-12 17:21

North Korea's hardline strategy on US and 'North Wind'

North Korea's hardline strategy on US and 'North Wind'

The game of nuclear chicken has resumed between the U.S. and North Korea. North Korea's state media announced Sunday that it carried out a “very important test” at the Tongchang-ri Rocket Testing Station on Saturday. The North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the results “will have an important effect on changing the strategic position of the DPRK once again in the ne...

2019-12-11 17:18

Season for phony outrage and made-up controversies

Season for phony outrage and made-up controversies

Thanks in large part to social media, and in equally large part to the mean-spirited discourse of the day, virtually anything can be turned into a national controversy. For Exhibit A, I go to Melania Trump or, more specifically, to the first lady's coat.

2019-12-11 17:13

Why sell on e-commerce?

Why sell on e-commerce?

SEATTLE - So why does it seem like everyone and their mothers are selling something online these days? Probably because many everyday people are trying to make money.

2019-12-11 09:54

Only force to contain China is Beijing

Only force to contain China is Beijing

American foreign policy rarely rises to the level of coherence recommended by its policy intellectuals and thoughtful diplomats. However, without their persistence, it would be bereft of any coherence at all. When World War II ended, for example, the American establishment came to rally around the containment concept as the Rx to the communist Russian virus.

2019-12-10 17:08

Afghanistan: Taliban deal?

Afghanistan: Taliban deal?

President Donald Trump put Afghanistan back in the news again after his surprise Thanksgiving visit to U.S. troops stationed in the embattled South Asian country. Besides bringing holiday cheer for American forces serving in the 18-year long conflict, the president again offered a conditional olive branch to the Taliban insurgents.

2019-12-10 17:05

Why countries should tax global income

Why countries should tax global income

If you are a citizen of a country, should you pay taxes on the income you earn only within that country's geographical limits, or on all the money you earn, independently of where? The United States, Mexico, India, China, and Chile tax global income.

2019-12-10 17:01

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