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Trade war and more

Trade war and more

Donald Trump is playing hardball with China over trade, and the worry-warts are fretting that he's going to start a real trade war by accident. The bigger threat, however, is that he will push first China, and then the whole world, into a deep recession.

2019-05-10 17:22

Has Fourth Industrial Revolution really arrived?

Has Fourth Industrial Revolution really arrived?

Everywhere we turn these days, it seems, people are talking about the Fourth Industrial Revolution. There is no doubt that developments in artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, big data, and bio-technology are revolutionary, but what exactly do we mean when we say this? The word “revolution,” after all, is rather like “war” - overuse has watered down its meaning.

2019-05-09 17:30

Foreign students in Korea

Foreign students in Korea

It's axiomatic with me: Every time I go to Korea, I learn something new about the country. And thus it was on my recent trip to Korea. I was asked to substitute for three weeks for the friend of a friend who was teaching classes at Konkuk and Gacheon universities.

2019-05-08 17:43

'Mother of year in my books'

'Mother of year in my books'

All mothers are special, of course, as we are about to be reminded with the coming of Mother's Day this Sunday. Not everyone gets to have their own annual day (not surprisingly, there's none for newspaper opinion writers, for example) and, heaven knows, mothers do deserve this annual ritualistic swelling of our guilt glands.

2019-05-08 17:29

Russia regaining foothold in Korea?

Russia regaining foothold in Korea?

Attempting to revive political links with Russia, endeavoring to break the “Big Brother” syndrome with China, and seeking diplomatic standing after its failed summit with the U.S., North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un met with Vladimir Putin on April 26.

2019-05-06 17:25

From 'Korea passing' to 'facilitator'

From 'Korea passing' to 'facilitator'

South Korea has just marked the first anniversary of the April 27, 2018, summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the first inter-Korean summit in almost a decade.

2019-05-05 17:48

Abe's US, EU trips set G20 agenda

Abe's US, EU trips set G20 agenda

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe topped off last Saturday a busy diplomatic week after two days with Donald Trump in the United States. Earlier, he and top European leaders also met in Brussels for the EU-Japan summit which not only deepened their bilateral strategic partnership, but also set the agenda for June's G20 summit in Osaka.

2019-05-01 17:33

US distrust and North Korean desperation

US distrust and North Korean desperation

The failure of the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi in February has caused frustration and dissatisfaction with the progress of diplomatic efforts for the North's denuclearization.

2019-04-30 17:20

Funeral in Ireland

Funeral in Ireland

On Wednesday the taoiseach (prime minister) of the Republic of Ireland, Leo Varadkar, and Prime Minister Theresa May of the United Kingdom, both showed up in Belfast in Northern Ireland for the funeral of a young woman called Lyra McKee. So did the president of the Republic, Michael Higgins and UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn. It's quite possible that none of them had even...

2019-04-26 17:48

Way out of US-China deadlock

Way out of US-China deadlock

Last week I almost fainted when Singapore's Kishore Mahbubani, that subversive champion of the world beyond America and the West, was honored by one of America's most revered cultural institutions.

2019-04-25 17:23

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