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Tue, June 19, 2018 | 21:14

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In the year 2750

Forty-seven years ago back in 1969, American rock-pop duo Zager and Evans hit the charts across the nation with "In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)." The then sensational song opens with the words: "In the year 2525, if man is still alive, if woman can survive, they may find...”

Park Moo-jong | 2016-09-08 16:26

At the threshold of autumn

Sultry, sweltering, smoldering, boiling, burning, flaming, igneous, scorching, sizzling, torrid, hot, etc. This is not a vocabulary test to describe this summer's worst heat wave in 22 years.

Park Moo-jong | 2016-09-01 16:50

Politicians' lies & fact checking

The never-ending corruption scandals involving high-ranking officials and politicians are driving the people crazy in this sizzling summer.

Park Moo-jong | 2016-08-25 13:30

A cheap big 'little' China

China is a big country. No one can deny it. The Communist country has the largest population of nearly 1.5 billion and occupies the fourth-biggest land in the world.

Park Moo-jong | 2016-08-18 16:35

Equity of Olympic gold medal

The fete is ongoing. Rio 2016 is cruising along against earlier worries amid a global sigh of relief.

Park Moo-jong | 2016-08-11 16:42

To recall 1988 Seoul Olympics

Finally, it's time for the Olympics to beat the heat of this scorching summer. The 2016 Summer Olympics, ironically during the winter season of the host city of Rio de Janeiro, will kick off its 17-day run at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning (Korean Standard Time), amid global controversies.

Park Moo-jong | 2016-08-04 16:33

Abuse of power under scorcher

Extreme heat is engulfing the Earth this summer as the worldwide phenomenon of climate change is causing global warming. Meteorological authorities across the world are busy issuing heat alerts day after day. Heat waves that have gripped large parts of the Middle East and the central and eastern parts of the United States since last week have reached temperatures far exceeding seasonal averages.

Park Moo-jong | 2016-07-28 16:47

No peaceful days of summer

Positive news makes people happy, while negative news make people angry and scares them.

Park Moo-jong | 2016-07-21 16:45

Pak Se-ri did it her way

It was 18 years ago back in July 1998 when we, the Korean people, were desperate to overcome the 1997 foreign currency crisis that almost forced the nation to moratorium. When the abbreviation of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, jolted the nation, we spelled it out in self-scorn: "I'm F or IMFool." And it changed not before long to "IMF (ighting) or IMF (ine), showing our efforts and determination to pay back the IMF bailout loan. We could come out of the then dark tunnel as we did what we had to do in total unity in such a way to launch a voluntary pan-national campaign to collect gold...

Park Moo-jong | 2016-07-14 16:12

Dear lawmakers, change, please!

In daily life, we face many “necessary evils” and various administrative restrictions. A year ago in this column, I used this term for the National Assembly, asking, “Do we need this kind of parliament?”

Park Moo-jong | 2016-07-07 16:35

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