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Tue, September 24, 2019 | 17:48

There is always hope

Fighting back tears, her voice cracking, Jackie Bieber had a simple message for anyone who's thinking about taking their own life:“There is always life,” she said. “There is always hope.”

2019-09-24 16:00

Friends more worried than foes from Trump

U.S. President's demand for transnational relations with South Korea and praise for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un indicate a churning toward an unknown in East Asian inter-state equations.

Park Yoon-bae | 2019-09-24 16:00

Why China, US need to worry about war on think tanks and free thought

Right, you don't have to remind me: the Chinese civilization of 3,000-plus years has at the ready ancient sayings for almost everything that comes up in life - sort of like the French who “always have a word for it.”

2019-09-23 16:02

To endure coming global recession

Many people in the world are worried that they are going to encounter another huge global recession soon. Economists often define a recession as when annual growth falls below 2.5 percent that lasts for at least two consecutive quarters.

2019-09-23 16:00

UN General Assembly confronts global crisis overload

- Presidents, prime ministers, and potentates are assembling in New York for the 74th General Assembly. During this annual rite of autumn, delegations from the U.N.'s 193 member states shall debate, discuss and hopefully find some common ground on a plethora of global crises ranging from bloody military conflicts, to tragic refugee outflows, and the undertow of poverty, under...

2019-09-22 17:49

Last days of Netanyahu?

At long last, Israel has taken a step back from the religious nationalist abyss into which Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had been leading it. In the Sept. 17 parliamentary election, the country's second in five months, the “natural coalition” of Netanyahu's Likud party, Orthodox groups, and proto-fascist factions failed to reach the 61-seat threshold that would have enabl...

2019-09-22 15:36

Doing our part for inter-Korean understanding

Shortly after I moved to Seoul from Daegu in early 2009, I did some tutoring with young North Korean refugees. I wanted to help somehow to improve their lives. Secondarily, I was eager for a measure of contact with these people. In almost every case, coming south was dangerous and difficult; not everybody arrives safely.

2019-09-20 17:20

Asia-Pacific leading climate charge at summit

French President Emmanuel Macron co-hosts the “One Planet” Summit at the U.N. in New York, Sunday. The landmark event, which will see both government and private sector leaders in attendance, is intended to give a jolt of optimism at a time when there is growing pessimism about the battle to tackle climate change.

2019-09-20 17:15

Firms must drive Africa's transformation

The African Continental Free Trade Area, launched at the 12th Extraordinary Summit of African Union Heads of State and Government in July 2019, is the largest multilateral trade agreement since the founding of the World Trade Organization. Comprising one billion people and accounting for over $2 trillion of the continent's GDP, the AfCFTA promises to sustain the dynamism of A...

2019-09-19 16:00

Who is behind Saudi oil attack?

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dismissed the Houthi claim that the Yemeni rebel group had carried out Saturday's strike on two huge Saudi Arabian oil processing facilities. There was “no evidence” that the drones belonged to the Houthis, he said. Instead, he blamed Iran.

2019-09-18 16:00

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