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Tue, November 30, 2021 | 11:25

Our promise to leave clean air for our children

Here comes a story of our children from past to present. In a national children's art contest in the 1970s, an artwork depicting black polluted water streams painted by a child living by a coal mine was selected for the grand prize. This painting depicted the severe water pollution caused by the waste from the coal mines at that time.

2021-09-14 16:58

Summer ends with nightmarish news

Summer traditionally ends in a most un-august manner, lulling us lazily and newslessly into a faux placidity. Somehow it always ends immediately after Labor Day with the eruption of a back-to-the-grindstone mentality.

2021-09-14 16:57

Chinese style data privacy

China has just passed a major data-privacy law. Inspired by the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, China's Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) comprises a far-reaching set of rules governing how tech companies handle user data.

2021-09-13 17:00

What difference did 9/11 make?

The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were a horrific shock. Images of trapped victims leaping from the Twin Towers are indelible, and the intrusive security measures introduced in the wake of the attacks have long since become a fact of life.

2021-09-09 16:58

Taliban perpetuate Muslim world's failed governance paradigm

The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan perpetuates a paradigm of failed governance in the Muslim world based on a centuries-old alliance between Islamic scholars and the state that, according to scholar Ahmet T Kuru, explains underdevelopment in many Muslim-majority states and authoritarianism in most.

2021-09-09 16:47

COVID-19 minefield trip back to Korea

Returning to Korea from the U.S. this past summer was like navigating a minefield. Were the stars above conspiring to prevent me from coming back? From initially not being able to take the mandatory COVID-19 test to being stranded at the airport with a cancelled flight to being told I wouldn't be able to board a subsequent flight even after finally getting the test and then f...

2021-09-09 16:36

'Opening vault: donations from 21 collectors'

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of its opening, the National Gugak Center is holding a special exhibition, “Opening the Vault: Initial Showing of Donations from 21 Collectors,” along with the immersive digital artwork “Royal Banquet” (Jinyeon), at the Gugak Museum from Sept. 11, 2021 through Feb. 27, 2022.

2021-09-09 16:30

Afghan tragedy and age of unpeace

The images of desperate Afghans scaling the perimeter fence at Kabul's airport in an attempt to flee Taliban rule provide a heartbreaking record of our geopolitical moment. The brutal way in which the West's former allies in Afghanistan are being left to their fate encapsulates the determination of U.S. President Joe Biden's administration to shed old international commitment...

2021-09-08 17:00

China's crackdown on tech giants

Last week China delivered on its commitment to tackling what it recently called “society's opium” by restricting minors' online gaming time to three hours during weekends and holidays. Many parents worldwide would be tempted to quietly applaud the move from the increasingly authoritarian state if it were not part of a greater clampdown on democracy.

2021-09-08 17:00

Our path to carbon neutrality

Summer of 2021 was “record-breaking.” While athletes broke Olympic records every day in Tokyo, climate change also participated in a rally of breaking records. California recorded 54.4 degrees Celsius, and more than 700 people died in a heat wave in Canada. Europe and Asia also experienced their second-highest temperatures, with even Moscow exceeding 30 degrees.

2021-09-07 17:00

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