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Sun, July 5, 2020 | 04:03
Editorial
No one can overemphasize the importance of the prosecution's neutrality and independence from political power. This explains why the government and the ruling party should refrai...
Negotiations on next year's minimum wage have already missed the legal deadline, and the chances of a breakdown are increasing. At the second meeting of the Minimum Wage Commissi...
Thoughts of the Times
There were two very sad stories involving Korea in the last century: one was of the country's colonization; and the other, the tragic fratricidal Korean War (1950-1953)...
Foreign friends doing business in Korea often ask me “Can I trust Korean Courts?” When we go to a foreign country for the first time and w...
China Watcher
Difficulty knocks on the door out of nowhere. Adversity comes in many forms. We all bound to face hardships from which it seems there is n...
Blogs
Gertrude Denny, the wife of an American employed by the Korean government as an adviser, described July 4, 1886, as being “the quietest Fo...
2004 was a mixed year for South Korea: Roh Moo-hyun was in the second year of his presidency, the Miryang gang rape scandal brought to lif...
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words but some images have more to say than a mere thousand words. They speak about loss and p...
One of the least-known participants in the Korean War was Ethiopia. The first battalion of Ethiopian soldiers arrived in Busan in May 1951...
Columns
Jason LimNorth Koreans of the “arduous march” generation ― those who starved to death in mid-1990s in quiet desperation while waiting in their homes for the public di...
In the wake of recent Chinese aggression in the disputed Himalayan border running along the Ladakh area of Kashmir, the debate about India aligning with the United States has res...
Recently, I visited my local gym for the first time after snacking-in-place for over two months. It was like going to see an annoying former friend - out of guilt. I've always ha...
Donald Kirk
Most people hardly need reminders of their mortality. Mere mortals know there's a time to live and a time to die, but surely a statue shou...
Seventy years ago, on June 25, 1950, North Korean troops attacked South Korea launching an unexpected military blitz. Kim Il-sung's commun...
COVID-19 is having a devastating impact on the global economy. Like every continent, Africa has been bracing itself for a sharp economic d...
I wouldn't mind being 20-something again. That was about the only time in my life that I considered myself blunder-immune, and - as best a...
Over the centuries, a positive development among international relations and domestic politics has been the increased respect of the sanct...
There was even more yelling and screaming than usual in Washington last week. I'm not talking about the “peaceful” demonstrators in Lafaye...
Many people found an oasis in the desert when the Korean government started paying out coronavirus emergency funding in May. Ranging from ...
Cartoons
Tearing down statues
Bounty posters
Tribune Service
In the time since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that sought to regulate abortion clinics out of business, it's become increasingly obvious that the...
The emergence of a bipartisan consensus following weeks of protests about racial injustice _ that police departments need either complete overhauls or major reforms _ i...
As coronavirus cases soar nationwide in many U.S. states, there is one thing every American could do that would make a difference. Wear a ...
Today in History
On this day...
1776-Declaration of Independence-US gains independence from Britain
1802-US Military Academy officially opens (West Point, NY)
1845-Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond
1865-First edition of "Alice in Wonderland" is published
1884-Statue of Liberty presented to US in Paris
1894-Rep...
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