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Mon, October 21, 2019 | 07:14

Scottish independence

Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon confirmed Tuesday that she will ask the U.K. government to approve another independence referendum before the end of this year.

2019-10-20 17:35

Is United Nations going broke?

Is the United Nations going broke? Well yes and no. The 193-member organization is facing a serious cash crunch which has naturally hampered the day-to-day operations of the world body but nonetheless may be resolved relatively soon when the United States, the major donor state, pays its dues along with 60 other countries.

2019-10-20 17:32

Time to bite bullet in Syria

Recent events in Syria have naturally raised two questions: Who lost the country? And where might the international community go from here? The first question is easier to answer. Looking back, Syria has probably been lost since the popular uprising in 2011. When President Bashar al-Assad's regime stubbornly refused any effort to resolve the matter peacefully, no outside powe...

2019-10-20 16:59

Hypocrisy, pure and simple

Every Wednesday since 1992, a group of resolute people has gathered outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul at noon to remember and honor the estimated 200,000 women - mostly Korean - who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese during World War II.

2019-10-18 17:04

'Escaping from tyranny of here and now'

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics for 2019 was awarded to three scientists for their focus on the cosmos and the discovery of a new planet outside the solar system. The prize was given to James Peebles for his theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology and Michael Mayor and Didier Queloz for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.

Park Yoon-bae2019-10-18 16:03

Should creditors pay price for dubious bonds?

In late October, Venezuela is likely to default on a $913 million payment on a key bond. Because the country has already defaulted on most of its debt, one might be tempted to regard another missed payment as no big deal. But this bond, issued by the national oil company Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), and referred to as PDVSA 2020, is backed by juicy collateral: a cont...

2019-10-17 17:11

Do Democrats need Hillary or Michelle to enter race?

It began with 25 candidates. It's been reduced by half, yet concern persists among Democrats that the party should look beyond the still standing contenders and seek an individual capable of party unification and persuade him or her to enter the race.

2019-10-17 17:05

Sino-Indian informal summits: Wuhan, Mahabalipuram and beyond

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi observed during talks with China's President Xi Jinping that “our effort is to prevent differences from degenerating into disputes.” The Chinese leader was visiting Mahabalipuram (Chennai) for the second informal summit October 11-12. He appreciated the one-on-one “candid discussions as friends” with his host that lasted six hours, in addit...

2019-10-17 16:20

Where is Christian 'left'?

Conventional wisdom says that those with the loudest voices write the story that most come to believe is the only genuine version. Similar to the U.S., Korea has a vocal evangelical (conservative) Christian community that denounces the “other.”

2019-10-16 16:28

Europe enters crunch week

This week's EU summit, which begins Thursday, could be one of the most important ever for the Brussels-based club. For on the agenda is not just Brexit, but also the future of the EU well into the 2020s with the impending coming into power of a new European Commission president.

2019-10-16 16:17

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