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Art of South Korea-China summit

In early April, the government said, "As soon as the coronavirus situation stabilizes, we have decided to push forward Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Korea to an early date." The announcement came after a meeting of the foreign ministers of South Korea and China in the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen.

2021-05-11 17:24

Biden in the Asia Pacific

The terms of Korean presidents are an oddity in advanced democracies. To curb the faux-presidential dictatorships of past presidents - like Park Chung-hee - the Korean Constitution only allows for one five-year fixed term.

2021-05-10 17:38

Will we get vaccine passports?

“Your papers, please,” has long been the customary greeting for people crossing borders, visiting many foreign countries, or sometimes even moving about cities under COVID-19 “lockdown.” At its worst the question conjures up what I call the “Checkpoint Charlie” syndrome, crossing into East Berlin or back during the bad old days or some other nervous foray into the East Bloc b...

2021-05-10 17:31

Sustainability: agenda for human renewal

April 22 marked the 51st Earth Day, and on that day United States President Joseph Biden hosted his first summit on climate change in line with this year's theme, “Restore Our Earth.” This reflects the mounting concern over the global unsustainability crisis facing humanity. The Earth is suffering from the unprecedented level of abuse by humanity of its natural ecosystems, go...

2021-05-09 18:46

Who will win cryptocurrency race first: private vs. public sector?

By 2022, there will be a tax levied by the Korean government on any income from cryptocurrency trading. Some said that it is too early or too much with a proposed 20 percent tax rate because the financial regulators have not come up with rules to protect investors yet. There is no unified or consistent regulatory framework on crypto currencies and assets while there is a rapi...

2021-05-09 18:40

Just another Korea-US summit

WASHINGTON - The flurry of rhetoric from Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington bears out one of the great verities of the perpetual North-South Korean confrontation: the more things change, the more they stay the same. Or, more simply, same-old, same-old.

2021-05-06 17:42

Korea has too many small firms and it's hurting economic growth

From the 1950s to the mid-1990s, Korea pulled off an economic miracle: industrializing faster than virtually any nation in history. This process enabled Korea eventually to become the world's 10th largest economy today.

2021-05-06 17:29

No global economic recovery in sight without vaccine leadership

Just over a month ago, the mood for the global economy was more positive and optimistic with increasing vaccinations and the fiscal stimulus packages in the United States and around the world. The International Monetary Fund projected global growth of 6 percent in 2021 and 4.4 percent in 2022 after a contraction of 3.3 percent in 2020. Its growth projections for Asia were eve...

2021-05-04 17:16

As Merkel era ends, German politics in flux

With Angela Merkel in her final weeks of power, the German post-war political landscape was in a wider, historic ferment last week, with the Green Party sensationally topping national polls.

2021-05-04 17:05

Semiconductors: Digital gold

It may not be surprising that, among the topics that will be discussed between President Moon Jae-in and President Joe Biden at their scheduled summit meeting in Washington, D.C. on May 21, will be North Korea, climate change and cooperation on COVID-19 vaccines. But more noteworthy is that semiconductors will also be high on the agenda.

2021-05-03 17:32

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