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Sat, September 30, 2023 | 22:39

. Daniel Shin

Entrepreneurial trait: tolerance for ambiguity

What makes entrepreneurial leaders visionary is their ability to have followers or potential collaborators see the world radically differently from the one they currently experience.

2023-08-14 13:57

With new weapons slow to arrive from NATO allies, Ukraine surprises Putin with sea drones

With new weapons slow to arrive from NATO allies, Ukraine surprises Putin with sea drones

Ukraine won't sit passively by while Russia blockades and destroys its Black Sea ports and grain silos, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told me late last month in an interview in his office.

2023-08-14 13:56

Random knife attacks

Random knife attacks

A series of random stabbings and possible copycat crimes in recent weeks sparked fear and mass panic in Korea. In two separate incidents, an assailant with a knife killed and wounded multiple people near major subway stations in and around Seoul. In Daejeon, a man entered a high school and stabbed a teacher. And dozens of people have been apprehended for making online threats...

2023-08-13 14:47

Kim Sung-woo

Carbon Border Adjustment is just around the corner ... Now what?

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is a measure to address gaps in carbon prices between countries. Its main purpose is to prevent so-called carbon leakage, a phenomenon that occurs when production facilities move from countries with strict carbon regulations - which often leads to weakened competitiveness in terms of business environment - to countries with looser...

2023-08-13 14:32

. John J. Metzler

Paris Olympic countdown raises rights concerns

The one-year countdown for the opening of the Paris Summer Olympics has begun.

2023-08-13 14:06

. Donald Kirk

Jeju cherry trees: force for peace

Australian anthropologist Grant McCall had a vision for peace that extended from the south Pacific to the Korean Peninsula. A symbol of his quest for goodwill and tranquility in Korea was the Jeju King Cherry tree. And his dream of the way to pursue peace was to plant some of them in and around the resort area of Wonsan on North Korea's southeastern coast.

2023-08-10 16:35

Free economic zone in Tumen River Basin for permanent peace and prosperity in Northeast Asia

Free economic zone in Tumen River Basin for permanent peace and prosperity in Northeast Asia

The war in Ukraine is a war of attrition in which, since World War II, the largest military force has been mobilized. Far from an end to the war, there is no possibility of a ceasefire. The West sticks to its position that Russia cannot win the war. On the contrary, Russia holds on to its position that it will not lose the war. The war between Russia and Ukraine has escalated...

2023-08-10 16:30

Lessons from a military funeral in Ukraine

Lessons from a military funeral in Ukraine

At the entrance to the village cemetery, where they buried Vasyl Pushkar, stands a tall, gray stone marker.

2023-08-10 16:20

Kim Ji-soo

Politicians should focus on the needs of voters instead of bickering incessantly

There was a time when firebrand human rights lawyer Roh Moo-hyun was president (2003-2008) when the iconic “386 generation” seemed to be “everything everywhere all at once,” to borrow a phrase from the recent Oscar-winning film.

2023-08-09 16:35

The Non-Proliferation Treaty cannot live on old merits

The Non-Proliferation Treaty cannot live on old merits

The first Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty's (NPT) 2026 Review Conference is currently underway in Vienna. The NPT, which entered into force in 1970, is one of the most successful and useful treaties in the world, with 190 states signing up to its provisions. This first PrepCom in the NPT review cycle is an important exercise in ...

2023-08-09 16:30

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