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Joining the WFH bandwagon

Having worked with several Korean companies over the years, I have come to the conclusion that their management practices are harming the country's development. The combination of a strict hierarchy based on seniority, autocratic bosses, long work hours (including mandatory after-work drinking sessions) and a top-down management style can be partly blamed for social ills such...

2021-07-26 17:00

Global tourism needs shot in arm

It's summertime and the living is easy, as the old song goes. And vacations both domestic and international should be surging despite dark pandemic clouds still shrouding parts of the world.

2021-07-26 17:00

Olympics and multiculturalism

“Hafu” is the term that's used in Japan to denote someone born from parents of different ethnicities. Apparently, 35 members of the 583-strong Japanese Olympic team are multi-ethnic. “Hafu” is the term that's used in Japan to denote someone born from parents of different ethnicities. Apparently, 35 members of the 583-strong Japanese Olympic team are multi-ethnic. What undoubt...

2021-07-25 17:00

Korea's tasks to reduce global emissions

When governments meet at the U.N. Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November they will face an increasingly difficult task in limiting global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. Global temperatures have already increased by more than 1.0 degree Celsius and countries were not on track to meet their pledges from the Paris Ac...

2021-07-22 17:05

Tokyo Olympics kick off amid cancellation confusion

The confusion surrounding the potentially late cancellation of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the official start date of which is Friday, has added to the challenges facing the troubled games.

2021-07-22 17:00

Where is China headed?

During a speech at an event celebrating the Chinese Communist Party's 100th anniversary on July 1, Xi Jinping warned that those who try to “bully, coerce and enslave” China will “break their heads on the steel Great Wall built with the blood and flesh of 1.4 billion Chinese people.”

2021-07-21 16:51

Stars, politicians and power shift

Singer Na Hoon-a mocked Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myung during his concert named, “Again Brother Tes,” held in the southeastern city of Daegu last Friday.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2021-07-21 16:51

Xi Jinping's race against time

When it comes to analyzing China, there are usually three levels of approaches. One is to be mindful of China as a “Communist state” and to try to draw any meaningful conclusions from there. The second is to focus on China's factional politics, such as the “Princelings,” or the “Shanghai Gang,” or “Youth League Faction.” The third approach is to look at China's top leader.

2021-07-20 17:10

Why the Asia-Pacific has vacuum to fill

The Asia Pacific Economic Council (APEC) held the first extraordinary leadership meeting in its history, Friday, as the region recovers from the pandemic, its biggest economic and political shock since World War II.

2021-07-20 17:05

China's peninsula engagement

China and North Korea seem to be getting closer these days. The leaders of the two countries exchanged congratulatory messages on the 60th anniversary of the China-DPRK Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance on July 11. In the message, they emphasized advancing the development of respective socialist causes and strengthening strategic communication, based on ...

2021-07-19 16:27

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