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Fri, July 30, 2021 | 15:54

Observations about Park Chung-hee

Having visited former President Park Chung-hee's birthplace in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province and the Park Chung-hee Presidential Library and Museum in Seoul twice, and having read Lee Chong-sik's biography of him along with a mountain of other material, I would like to proffer my views on this man - the most significant figure in modern Korean history. He is loved by some a...

2021-07-29 17:00

Who can save waning UN? Not US, but China

Maybe the United Nations - fumbling, hopelessly bureaucratic, partly corrupt and so on - is in fact beyond redemption. Just forget about it: Let it career down the slippery slope of mediocrity and geopolitical irrelevance and splash ignominiously into New York's East River. Let's just cut our losses and bail out before its collapse pulls the world into a deep and dark abyss.

2021-07-29 16:45

Striking up some ratings for Olympics

Maybe croquet could improve the ratings for the 2021 Summer Olympics? Please allow me to explain. The COVID-delayed 2020 Olympics are on track to be the lowest watched games of the 21st century, according to marketing research firm Zeta Global.

2021-07-29 16:42

Missile controls in East Asia

A global race to acquire sophisticated, long-range missiles is underway, despite their destabilizing impact on international security. This is a particularly serious problem in East Asia, where the risks of conflict and conflict escalation are growing, and mechanisms to limit and manage these risks are absent.

2021-07-28 17:00

Roger Goodell and virtue of vaccine-shaming

After the NFL became a bastion of gridiron “wokeness,” I basically stopped paying attention.

2021-07-28 17:00

Whither US-German relationship?

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's farewell visit to the White House this month offers an ideal opportunity to reflect on the state of U.S.-German relations. But it is not a sentimental opportunity. The long, complicated history of the bilateral relationship may be about to enter a new phase.

2021-07-27 16:58

Meaning of 'small government'

Earlier this month, two presidential hopefuls from the conservative main opposition People Power Party (PPP), Yoo Seong-min and Ha Tae-keung, pledged to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, if they win the presidential election.

2021-07-25 17:00

Managing new Middle-East order

TEL AVIV - Across the Middle East, alliances are shifting in unexpected ways. What does the emerging configuration mean for a region that is seemingly eternally walking a thin line between war and peace?

2021-07-25 17:00

'Proxy adoption,' the IR-4 visa and US citizenship for adoptees from Korea

The scale and persistence with which Korea has historically exported its children remain unmatched by any other country in the world to this day. Over nearly seven decades, this country has sent away over 200,000 children. One major means that enabled such a large-scale phenomenon was the use of “proxy adoption.”

2021-07-24 09:47

Variant threat is real

STOCKHOLM - It has now been 18 months since the SARS-CoV-2 virus was first sequenced in China. Within a month, the World Health Organization (WHO) had issued its highest possible global alert, declaring the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Weeks later, the WHO declared a pandemic. Yet we are nowhere near the end of the crisis. On the contr...

2021-07-22 17:00

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