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Wed, April 14, 2021 | 02:03

How to prepare for Korea-US summit?

The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. jointly hosted a webinar on April 1 on a topic we will have to face in the not too distant future: “How Korea and the Korean business community must prepare for the Korea-U.S. Summit.” As I sat through the seminar as a panelist, many thoughts crossed my ...

2021-04-13 16:52

Europe's complacency trap

LONDON - COVID-19 has wounded almost every developed country, but the truth is that living standards in many of them had been stagnating or declining for years. Many metrics highlight this trend, but perhaps the most telling comes from the OECD, which reports a 4% decline in household median net wealth across its member countries since 2010.

2021-04-13 16:42

ISIS storm brewing on Mozambique's coast

Storm clouds are gathering along Mozambique's northern coast. Islamic State militants launched a coordinated and deadly assault on the town of Palma, nearby a multi-billion dollar natural gas complex being built by France's Total energy. The recent attack underscores escalating violence against civilians and foreign workers and has triggered insecurity leading to considerable...

2021-04-12 17:10

Perfect storm of threats against human race

The human race is facing the biggest threat from an unprecedented self-destructive force created by people. Since last year, a group of world-renowned scientists called the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has set the doomsday clock at only 100 seconds to midnight, which denotes the biblical moment of self-destruction. This is the worst level seen over the last seven decades...

2021-04-11 17:59

What's in a name?

In times like these, with all the concerns and sometimes anger expressed over cultural appropriation, I find it odd that more and more Koreans adopt “Western” or “English” names. While national borders and cultural boundaries have been fluid throughout human history, I think one's name is closely connected with personal identity.

2021-04-11 17:47

Post-pandemic safety net in Latin America

MEXICO CITY - With the United States beset by the COVID-19 pandemic, a deep economic recession, and heightened racial tensions, many observers predicted - some in hope, others resignedly - that the 2020 elections would bring about a significant change in the country's social contract. Fortunately, they appear to have been right. Proposals to strengthen the welfare state and s...

2021-04-11 17:45

Korean War vets' efforts to defend freedom

One of my former professors at Stephen F. Austin State University met with some local Korean War veterans recently. Knowing that I live here and care so deeply about every aspect of Korean history and culture, he invited me to speak to them in absentia.

2021-04-08 17:07

Don't let Taiwan fall prey to madness of war from either side of the Pacific

Perhaps no gloomier assessment of the China-U.S. relationship can be made than to note that, were it to sink yet another notch or two, there would be no relationship at all. Like a Japanese garden so minimalist that removing one stone might vitiate its existence, the bilateral Sino-American relationship seems unnervingly close to bouncing off rock bottom.

2021-04-08 16:59

May I sing housing subdivision blues?

My wife and I would never have met, except that her family fled a densely populated state when she was 11.Given her satisfaction with the simple life (deer in the yard, the neighbors' ponds and livestock across the road), I dreaded sharing game-changing news with her the other evening.

2021-04-08 16:54

Biden and human rights

CAMBRIDGE - During Joe Biden's long career in the U.S. Senate, he established a record of supporting human rights as a goal of American foreign policy. Now, as president, Biden's commitment in this area is being put to the test.

2021-04-07 17:00

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