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Imran Khalid

Floods in Pakistan: looming humanitarian crisis

“I have never seen climate carnage on the scale of the floods here in Pakistan. As our planet continues to warm, all countries will increasingly suffer losses and damage from climate beyond their capacity to adapt. This is a global crisis, it demands a global response,” wrote U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres in a tweet at the end of his two-day solidarity trip to Pakis...

2022-09-26 15:22

. Jang Da-wool

Samsung's new climate strategy welcomed but falls short of its responsibility

Samsung Electronics announced a new climate and environment strategy on Sept. 15. The world's biggest memory chip maker pledged to achieve company-wide net zero carbon emissions by 2050 to help tackle the global climate crisis.

2022-09-25 17:20

. Deauwand Myers

There is no bottom

“Over the last 30 years, the Republican Party has effectively eliminated its moderate and liberal voices - as well as the conservative voices that put country over party. The consequences of this takeover by an increasingly right-wing faction include the threats to democracy that have become increasingly prominent since the Jan. 6 riots,” said former House Representative Pete...

2022-09-25 17:00

. Donald Kirk

Art of non-apology

The pomp and circumstance surrounding the passing of Queen Elizabeth II evoked memories of the days of the British Raj.

2022-09-22 15:15

Rushan Ziatdinov

Video CVs - new tool for self-promotion in labor market

A video CV is a short recording used by a candidate to apply for a job. It can be used to support a written application, not simply replacing traditional CVs. They can be emailed to potential employers as a video file or published on a video hosting website like YouTube. According to the article, “Video CVs: fab or fad,” published by the journalism.co.uk portal, some journali...

2022-09-22 14:52

. John J. Metzler

Queen Elizabeth II: end of an era

The queen has died; the page of history has turned. The passing of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch, has shocked and saddened much of the world despite the sovereign's declining health and her 96 years of age. Just months after having joyfully celebrated her platinum jubilee commemorating 70 years on the British throne, she has passed.

2022-09-21 15:53

Sandip Kumar Mishra

North Korea's 'new' nuclear posture

North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) passed a new law regarding its nuclear posture. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in his speech at an Assembly session elucidated the law Sept. 8, saying that his country would launch an “automatic” and “immediate” nuclear strike if it is attacked by “hostile forces.”

2022-09-20 16:21

Peter S. Kim

No need to panic over currency

For decades, economists and policymakers have confidently predicted that the world is “turning Japanese.” Structural trends like declining demographics and growing dependence on debt to drive economic growth have the world looking like taking a path similar to Japan's “lost decades.” The conviction that the world is in a deflationary trap was supported by the spread of techno...

2022-09-20 15:28

. Mark Peterson

Death of monarchy

I am not a fan of the monarchy - British, Korean, Japanese -anywhere.

2022-09-19 15:01

Kim Sung-woo

Energy transition challenges and roles of technology

The summer of 2022 was by far the worst season in recent climate history. Record-level droughts, heavy rains and heat waves showed how devastating climate aberrations can be across the globe. The United States saw multiple once-in-a-thousand-years rainfalls, with Illinois alone being blasted for 12 hours with average rainfall of about 200 millimeters per hour noting that the ...

2022-09-19 14:42

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