Opinion
Wed, July 24, 2024 | 03:22
Editorial
Too much of a good thing can turn a benefit into a drawback.
A major controversy has unfolded around the recent questioning of first lady Kim Keon Hee by prosecutors, who are examining allegations that she received a Christian Dior bag fro...
Thoughts of the Times
When a person is around 60 years old, it is necessary to look back and reflect on one's life. In other words, we must reflect on and repen...
Together with religious sisters from the local community, I went to the Wake and the funeral Mass offered in loving memory of Elizabeth An...
Blogs
In the early 1900s, Charles M. Root, an aptly named American, wrote, “When China thinks about [Korea] it is not about its political status...
Among many Koreans with whom I have spoken there is an unfortunate misconception: that, apart from fish and chips, British cuisine doesn’t...
A few days ago I told my students that the difference between Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho is that while the former tells his stories t...
Korean summers are brutally humid. You sweat just looking out the windows. Nevertheless, we had broken down a large wardrobe and had to no...
Family albums and scrapbooks are treasure chests filled with memories — good and bad. Old photographs, their edges curled with age a...
Columns
. Casey Latigue
Shakespeare didn’t have former North Koreans in mind but his words are appropriate: “That which we call a rose, by any other name would sm...
On July 3, the Yoon Suk Yeol administration released the “Dynamic Economy Roadmap” to outline the government’s long-term policy priorities...
Ursula von der Leyen, the world's most powerful woman politician, won a second term on Thursday as European Commission president. Yet, whi...
. Steven L. Shields
I’m often asked if it is difficult for me to live in Seoul. When the weather is cold, some assume my native land would have better weather...
With war underway in the Middle East and Eastern Europe and heartbreaking violence in pockets across Africa, the world looks anxiously tow...
WASHINGTON, DC - Long before he became a leading theologian, Saint Augustine famously appealed to God: “Lord, grant me chastity and contin...
South Korea is a dynamic and fast-paced society. Anyone who doubts this need only look at Korean politics and its often turbulent nature. ...
. Mark Peterson
Recently on my YouTube channel, I recorded an interview with a 'K-pop” Korean language student. I was asked by the National Institute of ...
Amid mounting concerns about global conflict, a notable gathering of individuals committed to peace in Asia gathered for three days in Mon...
TEL AVIV - In 2017, Iran unveiled a digital clock counting down the days to the destruction of Israel in 2040. The display, located in Teh...
Cartoons
Harris after Biden
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Tribune Service
Why chronic diseases are even scarier than bird flu Heather Moore So far, the U.S. has gotten off relatively easy when it comes to bird flu. Humans have, at least.
If you don’t think the interest on the federal debt is a problem, try this quick exercise. Grab your pay stub for June and see how much you paid in federal income tax, ...
J.D. Vance once called Donald Trump “America’s Hitler,” likening him to “cultural heroin.” On Monday, the Ohio senator was named the forme...
Today in History

1704-Great Britain takes Gibralter from Spain

1870-First trans-U.S. rail service begins

1919-Race Riot in Washington DC (6 killed, 100 wounded)

1929-President Hoover proclaims Kellogg-Briand Pact which renounces war

1959-VP Nixon argued with Khrushchev, known as "Kitchen Debate"

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