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. Park Chong-hoon

Wishful thinking amid both positives and risks

The KOSPI has shown some recovery since July, recouping some of the losses of this year. The index fell 22.2 percent up until June, one-year Korea Treasury Bond (KTB) yields rose to 3 percent on June 30 and have fallen since, suggesting that the policy rate is likely to peak around the 3-percent level. The market also no longer expects the Fed to hike the interest rate aggres...

2022-08-22 15:19

. Jang Da-wool

What we must learn from recent heavy rainfall

Record rainfall flooded homes, metro stations, and roads and submerged more than 10 thousand cars in Korea including its capital, Seoul, from Aug. 8 to 9.

2022-08-21 16:45

. Jason Lim

We are all toxic

When I first landed in Queens, New York City, as a 12-year-old immigrant, the only time I saw the word, “toxic,” was on a warning label affixed to a drain opener plastic container in a supermarket. In a similar vein, the imagery that I associated with “toxic” was the skull and crossbones icon used to denote something as poisonous. In a word, “toxic” was something that was ser...

2022-08-21 14:13

Troy Stangarone

A more complicated Korea-China relationship

Later this month, South Korea and China will mark the 30th anniversary of formal relations. Normally this would be a time for diplomatic pleasantries, but the anniversary comes at a complex time for the relationship.

2022-08-18 17:00

Sandip Kumar Mishra

'Vendetta politics' in Korea

Is it true that Korea's people and economy are of the highest grade but its politics is disappointing? The question is posed as the current Korean administration has been allegedly trying to find faults with the previous Moon Jae-in administration.

2022-08-18 16:45

. John J. Metzler

French summer, European winter?

It's been a strange and uncertain summer, marked by high temperatures, torrid inflation and a very hot war on Europe's eastern doorstep.

2022-08-18 16:14

. Ahn Ho-young

Goodbye, Gen. Olmstead!

During my time as ambassador to the U.S., it was such an honor to meet with remarkable U.S. soldiers who fought valiantly during the Korean War, made huge sacrifices and took much pride in Korea's remarkably successful nation-building. Gen. Olmstead, who passed away on July 20, was one such soldier.

2022-08-16 17:00

. Song Kyung-jin

Korea's renewed pivot to Africa

Africa was long known as a continent with rich natural resources and potential but largely underdeveloped and forgotten. It is now striving quickly to transform itself into a continent that will play a bigger role in shaping the future of the international order. It has 54 sovereign states with an equal number of voting power in the United Nations system and major internation...

2022-08-16 16:12

. Kim Won-soo

Wake-up call for 'Nuke Five'

Over the last five decades, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has served as the bedrock for keeping the world safe from a nuclear doomsday. Now it stands on the brink of a breakdown.

2022-08-15 16:08

. Robert Atkinson

Turning point for American industrial policy or one-hit wonder?

As American politics sinks farther into the hole of partisan vitriol and dysfunctionality, we can be reminded of former George W. Bush administration Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's statement that “we need a common enemy to unite us.” In this case, a common adversary - China - united Republicans and Democrats last month to pass landmark legislation: the CHIPS and Scienc...

2022-08-15 16:03

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