Opinion
Wed, May 31, 2023 | 09:51
Editorial
“The long-term risk to South Korea's economic growth is intensifying demographic pressure,” Moody's Investors Service said in its sovereign credit rating report last Thursday.
South Korea has thrown its hat into the ring to become a nonpermanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The UN General Assembly will hold a vote, June 6, to c...
Thoughts of the Times
Memorial Day, celebrated on May 29, is cause for contemplation as well as ceremonies. Parades featuring people in uniform - those currentl...
Sho Chang-youngThey are now in their early 50s, and I am in my late 60s. We first met at Buan High School in the countryside of North Jeol...
Blogs
Many people know about Korea's low birthrate. It's one of the lowest in the world, and it's falling.
In the late 19th century, the people of Gaeseong were somewhat unlike the residents of other parts of the peninsula. When John Baptiste Be...
My mom gave me two lives. First, when she gave birth to me in 1993. Second, when she rescued me from North Korea in 2011. If there's a her...
John Baptiste Bernadou, a 24-year-old ensign in the United States Navy temporarily assigned to the legation in Seoul, may have been one of...
Seoul, in the summer of 1884, was filled with rivalries among the small handful of young Western men. Each of these men (naval officers, d...
Columns
The release of ChatGPT last November kicked off a race for artificial intelligence (AI) supremacy among global tech giants. The importance...
Korean girl group aespa is rewriting the rules of K-pop. With their third EP “My World” smashing records, an invitation to the prestigious...
With investors pouring billions of dollars into artificial intelligence-related startups, the generative AI frenzy is beginning to look li...
Today, the contaminated water problem at Fukushima is challenging the field of science. Fukushima has been pumping in 180 tons of water da...
. Deauwand Myers
Korea and Japan have a long and troubled history with each other. They shared a variation of the Chinese writing system for centuries. Bot...
Last year in Berlin, the great Kenyan long-distance runner Eliud Kipchoge broke the world marathon record, clocking 02:01:09 and beating h...
World Taekwondo (WT) marks the 50th anniversary of its founding on May 28, 2023.
. John J. Metzler
It's hardly a surprise, but an affirmation of the obvious. Myanmar's military regime is being backed, supported and protected by both Russ...
The possibility of a nuclear attack by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as well as his promise to “exponentially” grow his nation's nuclear...
. Bernard Rowan
These days, the Yoon Suk Yeol administration has continued its diplomatic efforts. They succeed in working in unison with the United State...
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Tribune Service
I grew up with a mom who's a therapist, which meant that feelings moved through the air in our home like oxygen. It's not that we talked about feelings all the time, or...
This was the week when Americans were astonished to discover that the most famous Democratic elder statesman and Republican rookie in our national politics have somethi...
Recently, many of the hospitals and clinics in and around Chicago, including my own, have elected to discontinue universal masking requirements, noting the lowest rates...
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1923-China & USSR exchange diplomats

1935-Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta, Pakistan

1940-Prime Minister Winston Churchill flies to Paris

1953-Lebanese President Camille Shamun disbands government

1957-Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)

1961-JFK visits C...

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