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Sat, January 28, 2023 | 13:13

Korea needs more robots to be globally competitive

Korea needs more robots to be globally competitive

For many years Korea had the honor of leading the world in industrial robot adoption (as share of industrial workers). But that lead is now in doubt, as other nations, especially China, but also Japan and the United States, saw much faster increases in robot adoption in 2021 according to the International Federation of Robotics.

2022-10-20 14:01

Great chips war

Great chips war

In addition to dealing with the fallout from open warfare in Eastern Europe, the world is witnessing the start of a full-scale economic war between the United States and China over technology. This conflict will be highly consequential, and it is escalating rapidly.

2022-10-20 14:00

Reflections on deaths of the queen and my old buddy

Reflections on deaths of the queen and my old buddy

I'm sitting down in front of my study room PC pondering what to write of the recent passing at age 96 of England's Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in U.K. history with over 70 years on the throne, and of my old buddy John Sheridan (at 74), long-time Korea Times columnist, who I originally met in 1982 when both of us worked in Seoul.

2022-10-20 13:48

Three reasons for hope

Three reasons for hope

Yes, I know, American democracy is under assault. Russian President Vladimir Putin is muttering dark warnings about nuclear weapons in the face of heroic and historic resistance by Ukraine. Dozens of people are dead and large swaths of Florida have been devastated by Hurricane Ian. And Kanye West did something so uniformly awful in Paris that I was forced to Google the tone-d...

2022-10-18 15:07

The Ukraine safari

The Ukraine safari

I don't usually write about cultural products from my own country, but I must make an exception for Slovenian filmmaker Miran Zupanic's new documentary Sarajevo Safari, which details one of the most bizarre and pathological episodes of the 1992-96 siege of the Bosnian capital.

2022-10-17 13:36

Persons with disabilities key players in determining innovative solutions to fully inclusive societies

Persons with disabilities key players in determining innovative solutions to fully inclusive societies

Ten years ago, the Asia-Pacific region came together and designed the world's first set of disability-specific development goals: the Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real” for Persons with Disabilities. This week, we meet again to assess how the governments have delivered on their commitments, to secure those gains and develop the innovative solutions needed to achieve fu...

2022-10-16 14:07

How US, not just Russia, helped bring world closer to nuclear war

How US, not just Russia, helped bring world closer to nuclear war

To lose one's sense of decency by raising the threat of nuclear weapons just once - here we're talking directly to you, Vladimir Putin - may be dismissed as a mere unfortunate slip; but to raise it more than once can suggest mindlessness, or madness.

2022-10-13 14:02

Celebrating life and death on Halloween

Celebrating life and death on Halloween

Halloween is just around the corner as it is celebrated on the last day of October annually. This festive occasion, which was originally celebrated in some Western countries with a Celtic connection and is extremely popular in the United States, successfully went global with the spread of American pop culture.

2022-10-13 13:53

Our wild debt party is over

Our wild debt party is over

Gosh, I hate debt. I've been in and out of debt from time to time. When I was younger I took out a car loan for a nice set of wheels that I really couldn't afford. I borrowed money I didn't have to buy a really nice stereo system, too.

2022-10-13 13:50

Lessons from Zaporizhzhia for inter-Korean nuclear security cooperation

Lessons from Zaporizhzhia for inter-Korean nuclear security cooperation

Many have drawn somber implications of the war in Ukraine, but at least one development holds promising implications for containing a potential crisis on the Korean Peninsula: the push to create a nuclear safety and security protection zone around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, spearheaded by Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IA...

2022-10-12 17:00

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