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Mon, June 1, 2020 | 06:47
'Comfort women' and human rights
'Comfort women' and human rights
Korea this year celebrated the 73rd anniversary of its liberation from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule. The celebration was all the more significant because it highlighted the human rights issues surrounding the victims of colonialism and militarism.
2018-12-12 17:26
Desperate Pakistani Christians languish in Thailand
Desperate Pakistani Christians languish in Thailand
The friendly, informal nation of Thailand draws visitors from around the world. Filling some backstreet Bangkok neighborhoods are impoverished Pakistani Christians, stranded in the Thai capital while hoping to gain religious asylum elsewhere. They survive with support from my friends at Christian Freedom International (CFI) - which aids victims of religious persecution - and ...
2018-12-11 17:27
State pension fund needs diversifications
State pension fund needs diversifications
South Korea desperately needs to strengthen the asset management expertise of its National Pension Fund. As of September 2018, the fund is estimated at 654 trillion won ($581 billion) in assets, the world's third-largest.
2018-12-10 17:26
US-China trade truce
US-China trade truce
U.S. President Donald Trump lauded “the incredible deal…one of the largest ever made” with Xi Jinping at the recent G20 in Argentina. Yet questions remain about whether the agreement will be any more than a temporary truce, or the beginnings of the bigger U.S.-China grand bargain Trump wants.
2018-12-07 17:35
Populism: It's automation, stupid
Populism: It's automation, stupid
Five of the world's largest democracies now have populist governments, claimed The Guardian recently, and proceeded to name four: the United States, India, Brazil and the Philippines. Which is the fifth? At various points it name-checks Turkey, Italy and the United Kingdom, but it never becomes clear which. (And by the way, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not a populi...
2018-12-05 17:08
How to help reforestation in North Korea
How to help reforestation in North Korea
Deforestation and land degradation is a global problem, impacting the well-being of at least 3.2 billion people by accelerating climate change, loss of biodiversity and the reduction of goods and services of ecosystems.
2018-12-02 16:48
Brexit deal sets up crunch December vote
Brexit deal sets up crunch December vote
Sunday's emergency EU summit of 28 presidents and prime ministers unanimously passed the U.K.'s withdrawal Brexit deal. Yet, the decisive and historic step comes amid further political tumult in London where there appears to be no majority in the Westminster Parliament for the deal that would end almost four-and-a-half decades of membership of the Brussels club.
2018-11-27 16:59
Saudi Arabia does more harm than good
Saudi Arabia does more harm than good
President Donald Trump doesn't understand his chief responsibility as president. It is not to make deals and create jobs. It is to protect the security and liberty of Americans. By that standard, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is not a “truly spectacular ally,” as he claimed.
2018-11-26 17:41
North Korea's hidden revolution
North Korea's hidden revolution
Jieun Baek's “North Korea's Hidden Revolution: How the Information Underground is Transforming a Closed Society” (2016, Yale University Press) examines how media flows secretly into and out of North Korea, as well as how this information affects North Korean society.
2018-11-21 17:26
Social trust cures 'jobless growth' disease
Social trust cures 'jobless growth' disease
On Nov. 9, President Moon Jae-in replaced two economic policy chiefs. His new picks are presidential chief of staff for economic policy Kim Soo-hyun and finance minister nominee Hong Nam-ki.
2018-11-19 17:43
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