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. Donald Kirk

Facing expanded war

LONDON - The world descends into war by stages that might appear almost imperceptible to billions obsessed with fast-rising prices and the quest for daily survival.

2023-07-13 16:35

. John J. Metzler

US rejoins UNESCO; pay at door

UNESCO has equally designated unique foods as part of the world's intangible cultural heritage; Ukrainian Borsht soup, the delicious French baguette and Korean kimchi. All good.

2023-07-12 16:35

. Song Kyung-jin

A note for global joint R&D center for critical minerals

Last week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's visit to China drew keen attention from around the world, as did U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to China last month. Secretary Yellen said at her press conference that the relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China, which collectively represents about 40 percent of the global econ...

2023-07-11 16:35

. Bernard Rowan

A leader for Korean democracy

Democracy is hard work, all the time. When colonists came to America, many sought a New Jerusalem, a beachhead on the third rock from the Sun against monarchical ambition, religious warfare and discrimination and servitude.

2023-07-10 16:35

. Casey Latigue

Erasing a role model

In September 2019, the BBC asked, “Was this North Korean defector failed by the South?” The New York Times wrote, “She Fled Famine in North Korea, Then Died Poor in a Prosperous Land.” National Public Radio reported, "In South Korea, Anguish Over Deaths Of North Korean Defectors Who May Have Starved."

2023-07-09 16:35

Kim Sung-woo

Evolution of Korea's emissions trading system

Myron Scholes, a professor at Stanford University and a 1997 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, remarked during his visit to Korea last June that the carbon credit market would grow enormously in the future.

2023-07-09 16:30

Park Jung-won

South Korea's US-China predicament

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's critical visit to China last month sparked a flurry of hasty analysis in South Korea concluding that U.S.-China relations were entering a thaw.

2023-07-06 17:41

. Steven L. Shields

Sanctuary for saints or hospital for sinners

Pharisees abound. As I do my daily business in the city, I often run into Pharisees, especially in places with high pedestrian traffic.

2023-07-06 17:38

. Mark Peterson

Good riddance to Korean age

As a “cultural columnist,” I suppose I need to respond to the news of June 28, 2023, the date when Korea abandoned “Korean age” and adopted, officially, the age system used in the rest of the world - “man-u-ro.”

2023-07-04 16:35

. Jason Lim

Colorblind Constitution

It is only appropriate to quote from the American Declaration of Independence for a column published on July 4: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

2023-07-03 16:35

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