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Sat, April 21, 2018 | 17:06

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Seoul music fest reaches milestone

The long-standing biannual weekend of music and celebration in the Haebangcheon district of Seoul, the HBC Fest, is now entering its 13th year. And it shows no sign of lightening up despite a slightly rocky start in 2005.

Guest Column | 2018-04-15 10:25

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Trump

Which president will the nation see tonight, today, five minutes from now? It's still not a question we're accustomed to asking. Or maybe the opposite is true: In his 14 months in office, President Donald Trump has toggled so frequently between reason and rant, between normalcy and lunacy, we're no longer surprised by his emotional outbursts. We're inured to the circus in his head.

Guest Column | 2018-04-13 18:15

How to steal the populists' clothes

“Don't get mad, get even.” That aphorism needs to become the new norm in democratic politics across Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Rather than complaining about populist successes, established political parties should take a page from the populist playbook. Three lessons, in particular, cry out for attention.

Guest Column | 2018-04-13 18:15

Asia after Trump

When the Trilateral Commission _ a group of political and business leaders, journalists, and academics _ met here recently, many expressed concern about the decline of American leadership in Asia.

Guest Column | 2018-04-12 17:20

When aiming at Russia, don't hit allies

For months now, U.S. congressional leaders have been pressing President Donald Trump to impose biting sanctions on Russia for its meddling in Ukraine, Syria, the 2016 U.S. elections and, most recently, the U.K.

Guest Column | 2018-04-12 17:14

Latvia: language rights

Lots of countries have two or more official languages: Canada (two), Belgium (three), Switzerland (four), South Africa (11), India (23) and so on. They all have trouble balancing the competing demands of the various language groups. But Latvia has only one official language, and it has a bigger problem than any of them.

Guest Column | 2018-04-11 16:34

Fears of Chinese infiltration on US campuses reveal the closing of the American mind

Simplistic judgment is a common malady from which academics and intellectuals, alas, seem no more immune than politicians.

Guest Column | 2018-04-11 16:31

The price Assad should pay for gassing his people

The hellish scenes have played out before in Syria: women and children dead or suffering in agony, the targeted victims of chemical weapons attacks. Now it has happened again. The villain apparently responsible is Syrian President Bashar Assad, who should be made to pay a heavy price.

Guest Column | 2018-04-11 16:28

Free trade zones and counterfeit goods

A recent report by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) claims free trade zones may facilitate illegal activities, such as trade in counterfeit and pirated products, by providing good infrastructure with little oversight over its use.

Guest Column | 2018-04-10 17:25

Right-to-die law is working

When legislators in Sacramento passed a reasonable and conservative assisted-suicide law in 2015, California was only the fifth U.S state to allow terminally ill people to obtain a lethal prescription.

Guest Column | 2018-04-10 17:24

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