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Opinion
Mon, January 27, 2020 | 11:43
Editorial
The Army's decision, Wednesday, to discharge the country's first transgender soldier against her will is creating a st...
The economy barely managed to grow 2 percent last year, maintaining its psychologically important “Maginot Line.” The ...
Thoughts of the Times
It is often said that politics is a topic which should never be discussed in social gatherings.
“Ow, let go of my hair!” I pushed my sister away and ran crying to my mom, hoping to get my sister in big trouble. For the first eleven ye...
China Watcher
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper jointly contributed to the Wall Street Journal on January 16 under...
Today in History

1659-Pierre Corneille's "Oedipe" premieres in Paris

1839-Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society

1862-Romania principality arises under King Alexander Cuza

1901-First games played in baseball's American League

1902-Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA

1915-German-British sea battle at Doggersbank, Helgoland

1924-Russian city of St. Petersburg renamed Leningrad

1935-First canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale,” sold by Kruger Brewing Co.

1939-30,000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion, Chile

1941-British troops march into Abyssinia

1943-Hitler orders Nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death

1958-Two light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in first man-made nuclear fusion

1960-Algeria uprising against French President De Gaulle

1969-Spanish Gen. Franco announces state of emergency

1977-Five lawyers murdered by fascist in Madrid

Columns
Donald Kirk
A young ensign is reputed to have told Admiral Bill “Bull” Halsey, commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific in World War II, “Your every wi...
Park Moo-jong
A news item out of Seoul became an interesting topic in a foreign media outlet. The Economist based in London introduced Jeju as “an islan...
There was, all too predictably, no shortage of political profiteering in the wake of November's London Bridge terror attack, in which Usma...
Politics can appear like a national sport in Korea, driven by the dynamic National Assembly, the weekend rallies and the growing number of...
Jason Lim
In one of the pivotal scenes in the Netflix movie, “The Two Popes,” Pope Benedict XVI cries out, “I can no longer hear God!” to his would-...
Blogs
Many years ago, when I first arrived in Korea as a young soldier, I was warned by one of my superiors to be careful when trying to buy too...
In June 1886, cholera appeared in Fusan (modern Busan). Its arrival was dreaded but not totally unexpected by residents as it had already ...
In a country with one of the world's lowest birth rates, one would assume the news of a beloved celebrity announcing plans for marriage an...
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many Westerners living in Korea kept dogs. They were used in hunting, for protection and compan...
Cartoons
Hillary slams Bernie
Leaving the palace
Tribune Service
The message from Buckingham Palace to Queen Elizabeth's grandson, Prince Harry, and his wife, Meghan Markle, was clear: You're in or you'r...
If the administration of President Donald Trump did indeed try to bully Europe into doing the right thing on Iran's dangerous brinkmanship, this reflects poorly on both...
You almost felt sorry for them, the six Democratic presidential candidates having their last debate before the Iowa caucuses. The subject ...
A dramatic election that produced a stunning victory for democracy got too little attention here last weekend, as Americans focused on Ira...
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JohnBurton
KimJimyung
BernardRowan
SemoonChang
ChoiSungjin
TongKim
JasonLim
HyonOBrien
CaseyLartigueJr
MarkPeterson
LeeSeonghyon
DonaldKirk
DeauwandMyers
StephenCostello
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