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Wed, October 27, 2021 | 19:25

China, India, Iran grapple with fallout from Afghanistan

Taliban advances in Afghanistan shift the Central Asian playing field on which China, India and the United States compete with rival infrastructure-driven approaches. At first glance, a Taliban takeover of Kabul would give China a 2:0 advantage against the U.S. and India, but that could prove to be a shaky headstart.

2021-08-19 16:57

It was always going to end this way in Afghanistan

Anyone who professes to be shocked by the Taliban victory in Afghanistan has not been paying attention. It was always bound to happen. It was merely delayed because Uncle Sam kept his trillion-dollar finger in the dike for 20 years. Were we fated to remain forever, in a land that had already proved fatally inhospitable to the British and the Russians and Alexander the Great?

2021-08-19 16:55

Take a hike, Save a tick

With blistering summer weather in full force and shiny new COVID-19 variants emerging like another season of “The Bachelor,” many Americans have taken to the great outdoors-despite recently reported attacks by grizzly bears, alligators, and President Joe Biden's surviving German shepherd, Major (R.I.P. Champ).

2021-08-18 17:00

Why not invite pope?

Unification Minister Lee In-young has expressed hope that Pope Francis' much-envisaged visit to North Korea will happen soon. “We know the pope has been showing consistent interest and affection toward the reconciliation of the South and North. The pope's visit, if realized, will sow seeds of blessing and peace in the North while conveying messages of reconciliation in global...

Shim Jae-yun | 2021-08-18 17:00

Afghanistan's democratic mirage

After the United States withdrew most of its remaining forces from Afghanistan, it took only three months for the Afghan government to collapse in the face of attacks by a resurgent Taliban. Soon after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the U.S. government discovered that they were perpetrated by Al-Qaeda, the militant Islamist group led by Osama bin Laden, and that th...

2021-08-16 16:12

Downgrading Africa's development

CAIRO - In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic triggered Africa's first recession in a quarter-century and, with it, an avalanche of sovereign credit-rating downgrades across the region. Eighteen of the 32 African countries rated by at least one of the “big three” agencies - Fitch Ratings, Moody's, and S&P Global Ratings - suffered downgrades that risk exacerbating the immediate cris...

2021-08-16 16:11

Media revision bill could be abused and misused

A survey conducted by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in 2020 ranked South Korea at the bottom of 40 countries regarding the level of people's trust in the media. Only 21 percent of the people surveyed said that they trusted the news overall. The result is often cited as evidence that Korean media is unreliable and press reform is urgently needed.

2021-08-15 15:14

73 years of smiles and insights

It was 73 years ago this month that my dad, Allen Funt, brought “Candid Camera” to television. Remarkably, between his career and mine we hold a record with the only entertainment show to have produced new episodes in eight different decades.

2021-08-15 15:13

A bilateral free trade deal between two Koreas

We should never give up on the hope for long-term peace, and even eventual unification of the Korean peninsula, even though it might be easy to do so. Indeed, there are a number of reasons for believing that this is just the time to look for a major move forward. More importantly, as we outline below, there is a way to overcome the obvious obstacles in the path to achieve thi...

2021-08-14 11:14

Robert King calls for US attention on North Korean human rights

It is the job of the United States special envoy for North Korean human rights to ensure that the U.S.'s North Korea policy considers human rights concerns. This role is arguably more important now than ever, in light of reports that the North is currently facing a humanitarian crisis due to COVID-19-related shortages and restrictions.

2021-08-12 17:22

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