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Tue, August 11, 2020 | 12:50

Tong Kim

US election and two Koreas

With less than three months left before the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 3, there is a growing interest to see who is going to win - Donald Trump or Joe Biden, and what the winner might do for denuclearization and peace on the Korean Peninsula. Polls show that if the election were held today, Biden would win. However, polls could be wrong, as they were in 2016.

2020-08-10 17:17

Should peace treaty be signed?

Should peace treaty be signed?

The United States has not yet proposed a “new method of calculation,” as required by North Korea for the process of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Chairman Kim Jong-un seems to be assessing that the United States is not able to meet two requirements of his proposal for the resumption of denuclearization talks.

2020-08-10 17:13

Powerful organization learns little on people

Powerful organization learns little on people

From day one the Trump HR operation has been the Chernobyl of Human Resources. Instead of hiring some of the 63 million people who voted for Trump, the administration made a point of hiring people for whom the Trump administration was a bit beneath their dignity.

2020-08-10 17:09

Maskless crusader

Maskless crusader

As cool as he was, there was always something a little off about Batman: a billionaire playboy acting the righteous vigilante while wearing a whole getup like a bat, including the signature mask. While he was one of the good guys, I wouldn't be surprised if some enterprising psychologist, if given the chance, might have diagnosed the Bruce Wayne character with narcissism, psy...

2020-08-09 17:58

Beijing hackers target Vatican

Beijing hackers target Vatican

The story comes right out of a Dan Brown mystery thriller in which Vatican secrets are targeted by State sponsored computer hackers. Yet according to cyber security sources, the intrusion into sensitive Vatican diplomatic traffic is not fiction, but a cold hard fact of modern espionage.

2020-08-09 17:54

Other global power shift

Other global power shift

CAMBRIDGE - Since 2017, America's National Security Strategy has focused on great power competition, and today much of Washington is busy portraying our relationship with China as a new cold war. Obviously, great power competition remains a crucial aspect of foreign policy, but we must not let it obscure the growing transnational security threats that technology is putting on...

2020-08-09 17:51

How stores can improve their mask-up game

How stores can improve their mask-up game

Whether you wear a mask depends on many factors, such as your level of education, gender, partisanship, or - and I admit, this is a smaller category - whether you play catcher for a Major League Baseball team. A contextual factor more common, though, is whether or not the places you shop require them, which can put retail and grocery workers in the difficult and unfamiliar po...

2020-08-09 17:42

Keep singing

People often comment on how well, in general, Koreans sing. It's not an accident, but the fruit of the Korean educational system's emphasis on music from the early years. I remember singing with my classmates in the classroom all through my primary school days.

2020-08-07 17:00

Donald Kirk

Avoiding bad news

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The pandemic is deceptive. You know it's here, all around you, but you can't see it or hear or feel it. You cruise down near-empty streets that once were filled with commuter traffic, you go into restaurants that have only two or three customers or maybe none, and you see a majority of people wearing face masks.

2020-08-06 17:23

Seoul: a 'tasteless' city?

Seoul: a 'tasteless' city?

Seoul, the capital of South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a megacity that has an official history of 628 years, considered the historical center of the country.

2020-08-06 17:14

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