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Sun, December 15, 2019 | 04:36

Unidentifiable media influencers

Almost every day, we read media reports on biased opinion surveys favoring a particular political party, foreign intervention in domestic elections, false criticism of celebrities and biased promotion of products.

2019-12-08 16:36

Human rights in North Korea revisited

The Korea Club in Washington, D.C., hosted a special presentation Nov. 14, by Jack Rendler, who is a country specialist for North Korea at the Amnesty International U.S. Rendler has been a human rights activist since 1978, and currently volunteers as the Amnesty country coordinator on North Korea.

2019-11-24 16:57

Five scenarios of AI-dominated future

My favorite professor Hong Y. Park, teaching economics at the Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan, is giving a presentation on artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship on Nov. 14.

2019-11-10 16:57

Policy changes for Moon's success

This is the exact title of my March 19, 2018 article in this column. The government announced on that day that there will be a third inter-Korean summit in April and that North Korea had made a conditional pledge to give up its nuclear weapons and renounce its provocations against South Korea.

2019-10-27 17:10

Musical 'Cabaret,' then and now

On Sept. 19, my dear friend Anne Martin took me to the musical “Cabaret,” being performed at the very nice Olney Theatre in Olney, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C. As special guests, we sat on the stage, practically a part of talented cast who performed superbly in the show.

2019-10-13 16:57

Root cause of Korea-Japan dispute

The root of the current feud between Seoul and Tokyo is the 1965 Korea-Japan Treaty that followed the 1951 Treaty of Peace with Japan. The issue exploded, when the Supreme Court of Korea reaffirmed individual rights to sue Japanese firms for compensation in October 2018, and Japan imposed export restrictions on key materials for Korean firms in July this year.

2019-09-29 17:13

Who is to blame for bad economic policies?

Recently, I read some newspaper articles criticizing the economics department of Seoul National University. The criticism appears based on the controversial economic policies of the Moon administration that are squeezing the private sector of the economy to a painful and gradual path toward disappearance. These economic policies are mostly, if not all, allegedly designed by economists trained at Seoul National University.

2019-09-15 17:27

Mid-year updates of World Economy 2019

There is a wide-spread concern over a possible slowdown of the world economy. Today, I will explain what may lie ahead for the global economy and suggest what policymakers in Korea may want to do to prepare for the likely slowdown.

2019-09-01 16:47

No one left to speak for me

I am sure that you all heard of the statement, “No one left to speak for me,” although you may not be aware of the story behind the statement. The statement was made by Pastor Martin Niemoller.

2019-08-18 17:12

No winners in Korea-Japan trade dispute

I feel sad to see that political leaders in Japan and Korea are acting as if they never read my July 5, 2015, article in this newspaper on the same trade issue that is now damaging both economies.

2019-08-04 17:10

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