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Tue, November 28, 2023 | 21:58

Comrade Kim goes to China

Comrade Kim goes to China

The political choreography was classic. The staging was epic. But the outcome remains unpredictable. North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-un and his entourage secretly rolled into Beijing on a special armored train later to be greeted and then feted by the supreme leader of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping.

2018-04-04 15:47

GM Korea and nonmarket strategy

GM Korea and nonmarket strategy

Should an enterprise do well only in the market environment to sustain or succeed? There is a continuing debate that a market-oriented approach is not the only answer. This discussion assumes that an enterprise not only exist in the market but also is embedded in the sphere of society, culture and country surrounding the market.

2018-04-03 17:23

US sells out Kurds, reminding America why it should just stay home

US sells out Kurds, reminding America why it should just stay home

Despite President Donald Trump's perpetual bluster, in Syria the administration is yielding to the Erdogan regime in Ankara and again selling out America's Kurdish allies.

2018-04-02 16:38

Kim's international debut in Beijing

Kim's international debut in Beijing

By mutual agreement, the reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's visit to Beijing and his meetings with President Xi Jinping last week were meant to be kept top secret until he left China.

2018-04-01 17:04

US-China trade war

US-China trade war

With three rounds of tariffs in less than three months Trump has significantly upped his game on trade protectionism, casting doubts over the outlook for Sino-U.S. economic relations.

2018-03-28 17:02

Impact of Kim's China visit on Peninsula

Impact of Kim's China visit on Peninsula

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited Beijing this week in his first foreign visit since taking power in 2011. The trip, which was certainly related to recent developments surrounding the Korean peace process, came at a time when Beijing has increasingly supported international sanctions against Pyongyang.

2018-03-28 16:55

Blockchain can be next Korean wave

Blockchain can be next Korean wave

Unless you've been trapped under a heavy object for the past year or so, you've probably heard something about blockchain and cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.

2018-03-26 16:29

Self-driving cars

Self-driving cars

There are always some casualties when a new form of transportation comes along. In 1830, at the official opening of the world's first railway, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, a well-known British politician, William Huskisson, was struck and killed by a locomotive. He was known to be clumsy and accident-prone, but it still cast a pall over the proceedings.

2018-03-25 18:02

Duterte: mass murderer in power

Duterte: mass murderer in power

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte once said that Ferdinand Marcos, who was overthrown by the first non-violent revolution (“People Power”) in 1986, would have been the Philippines' best president “if he did not become a dictator.” Just as Duterte himself had the potential to be the Philippines' best president if he had not become a mass murderer.

2018-03-21 15:15

China holds itself up as model for world

China holds itself up as model for world

Last October, China raised its leader, Xi Jinping, to dizzying heights when it wrote “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” into the Communist Party constitution.

2018-03-20 17:16

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