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Sat, November 17, 2018 | 17:35

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Profit sharing now

At the British Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool last month, the shadow chancellor of the exchequer, John McDonnell, proposed a profit-sharing scheme that would grant workers equity in the firms where they are employed.

Guest Column | 2018-10-01 16:56

These are the risks of Trump's 'America first' agenda

Last year at the United Nations, President Donald Trump stirred fears of a nuclear conflict by taunting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as “Rocket Man ... on a suicide mission.” This year, no such verbal pyrotechnics.

Guest Column | 2018-10-01 16:47

No Rising Sun Flag

Japan, a close neighbor of Korea geographically, continues to make Koreans feel uneasy. This time it insists that one of its warships should fly the “Rising Sun Flag,” symbolic of Japanese imperialism and militarism, for the Oct. 10-14 International Fleet Review at Jeju Island.

Guest Column | 2018-10-01 16:23

The Underwood typewriter

This Underwood No. 5 typewriter belonged to my grandfather. I'm not sure when he bought it, but based on the serial number the typewriter was built in 1929 (serial number 3,589,483). The No. 5 was built between 1900 and late 1931 or early 1932. The Underwood company made almost 4 million of the machines. There were other models, as well.

Guest Column | 2018-09-30 17:00

Present at the destruction of world based on shared rules, multilateral institutions

At the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly last week, there was a widespread sense of foreboding among world leaders. The anxiety went beyond standard concerns about what U.S. President Donald Trump would say, do, or tweet.

Guest Column | 2018-09-30 16:53

Who wins the Trump-Obama debate on jobs? Almost everyone who wants to work

What keeps Americans up at night? Hmm, there are many contenders, but here's what's not a worry right now: the economy, and most people's ability to get a job, keep a job or anticipate a raise. Look around, notice all the Now Hiring signs?

Guest Column | 2018-09-28 16:51

President Moon's initiative to improve inter-Korean ties

History encourages persistence, and the Korea Peninsula is an especially important example of that principle. The meeting last summer between President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un rightly received massive global media coverage.

Guest Column | 2018-09-28 16:51

Trump at UN puts ego first, America last

The most disturbing point in President Trump's speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday was not when the audience laughed at him. That's not to say the laughter _ at Trump's egotistical (and fact-challenged) list of his domestic achievements _ wasn't justified. We Americans have gotten used to Trump's ceaseless boasts that turn every speech into a pitch to his...

Guest Column | 2018-09-28 15:24

Moonshine's success and creeping up of spoiler

South Korean President Moon Jae-in's tireless, tactful and visionary efforts to engage North Korea in recent months have been appreciated both inside South Korea as well as by the international community.

Guest Column | 2018-09-27 17:40

Geopolitical pendulum shifts from Pyongyang to Tehran

Presidents, prime ministers, kings and potentates have converged in New York for the 73rd U.N. General Assembly. The annual rite of autumn brings together world leaders from 193 member states to discuss and hopefully try to solve key global crises ranging from the wars in Syria and Yemen, to the pressing refugee tragedies in Myanmar (Burma) and the Middle East.

Guest Column | 2018-09-27 17:31

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