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Tue, January 21, 2020 | 03:49

Leaders and leadership

Leaders and leadership

When people sense that some important world leaders are playing risky games of brinkmanship, perhaps it is time to pause and take a new look at what learned men have had to say about leaders and leadership throughout the ages.

2019-10-30 16:13

The Last Class

Korean and Japanese elderly people may remember learning a story, “The Last Class,” originally “La Derniere Classe,” in elementary school. The story was written by French novelist Alphonse Daudet with the background of Alsace-Lorraine on the France-Germany border. I still remember when my Japanese teacher, pointing at me, the only student who had Korean parents in the class, ...

2019-10-29 16:56

Poverty in India

Poverty in India

This year's Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to the Indian-American and French-American husband-and-wife team of MIT economists for their work in the study of global poverty and its alleviation. Abhijit Banerjee, one of the winners, spoke with the press and humbled himself by suggesting that his findings nonetheless are not to be taken as a panacea for global poverty. In...

2019-10-28 17:07

Diaspora in Kazakhstan

Diaspora in Kazakhstan

The Korean diaspora in Kazakhstan is the second-most-populous group of ethnic Koreans in Central Asia to this day. This diaspora is the most advanced in terms of demographic and social mobility, with its members well-promoted in the highest political and academic circles.

2019-10-27 17:14

Concert at Pagoda Park

Concert at Pagoda Park

I am reminded of the importance of Pagoda Park in modern Korean history whenever I visit there. Nestled in the heart of Seoul, Pagoda Park was built in 1897 as the country's first modern park. It became famous as the place where the Korean Declaration of Independence was first declared by the citizens of Seoul in a historic demonstration against the Japanese occupation on Mar...

2019-10-25 16:39

Reunion

What a surprise and joy it is to encounter an unexpected person! I had a chance to visit a historic church in Rome with a Pauline sisters from another country who took the same course as me.

2019-10-24 17:34

Revisiting Cuban missile crisis

Revisiting Cuban missile crisis

The Cuban missile crisis occurred more than a half century ago, but the lessons of that terrifying Cold War episode remain important. Fading of memories over time argue more strongly for a review of the story.

2019-10-23 17:29

Potential of Central Asia

Potential of Central Asia

Despite being a six- or seven-hour flight away, Central Asia for many in Korea remains terra incognita, an exotic land. However, in reality it is close and attractive to Korea.

2019-10-22 17:25

'If Spring Arrives'

'If Spring Arrives'

Under glaring fluorescent lights, an elderly North Korean woman sits over a snarl of gray yarn, loosening it patiently with her fingers. “Life is like pulling a tangled thread,” she says. “If you hurry and worry too much, it'll just make the knot worse. But if you coax and caress it patiently between your hands, you'll see it unravel eventually.”

2019-10-21 17:28

Nuclear energy

The media today are full of discussions that have arisen after a chain of catastrophes at nuclear facilities around the world. The number of people for and against the construction of nuclear power plants is roughly equal. However, in recent years the number of proponents of nuclear-free electricity is on the increase.

2019-10-20 17:33

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