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Wed, July 15, 2020 | 11:40
Editorial
People bade farewell to Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, Monday. His sudden death, an apparent suicide, marked the end of a life that had earned him an exceptional reputation as a huma...
The government ended the rationing of face masks Sunday, shifting to a market supply system. However, some people are concerned about what they view as a “hasty end” to the publi...
Thoughts of the Times
“Our citizens work hard, but solely with the object of getting rich. Their chief interest is in commerce… Naturally they don't eschew such...
Kim Jin-heonThree years ago I climbed up to the Annapurna base camp in the Himalayas with nine others with the help of one guide and five ...
China Watcher
Difficulty knocks on the door out of nowhere. Adversity comes in many forms. We all bound to face hardships from which it seems there is n...
Blogs
Few indeed are politicians who start their frequent tributes to our country without a few words about democracy. They do not bat an eye, t...
Mayor Park Won-Soon stands out in my memory among the many politicians that I have met during my 12 years in Korea. Granted the limits imp...
At dawn, on July 4, 1886, the first American teachers in Korea started their journey to Seoul. Of course, it started out in confusion. “Am...
On the sultry morning of July 3, 1886, the Tsuruga Maru, a Japanese steamship, sailed into Jemulpo (modern Incheon) harbor. Along with its...
Columns
Yoon Dong-ju (1917-1945) is one of Korea's great modern poets. He lived during the era of Japan's colonization of Korea, and his poetry re...
Choi Sung-jin
When I was in fifth grade, one of my classmates was poor but seemed to have some pride at heart. Some friends said his grandfather had fou...
Although Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski did not come out on top in Poland's presidential election, the result represents a turning point ...
Tong Kim
Recently, we have heard a flurry of discussions about the possibility of resuming negotiations or holding another summit between the U.S. ...
In the last few weeks, North Korea has made many provocative remarks about South Korea and blew up the inter-Korean liaison office at Gaes...
Around the world, food insecurity is spiking. Experts predict that the number of hungry people will double during the COVID-19 pandemic. T...
Mark Peterson
Okay, call me slow. Yes, I know everyone else has been talking about K-drama forever. But I've finally gotten on board. The key to my conv...
People have high hopes and expectations for the 21st National Assembly which kicked off its four-year term May 30. For their part, lawmake...
You can add another item to the list of shortages in our current age of the China flu.Political trust is harder to find than disinfectant ...
Hyon O Brien
Every Thursday, I try to get up around 5 a.m. I participate by Zoom in the morning worship of Miami Joonim Church at 6 o'clock. Then I fre...
Cartoons
Teacher appreciation
Kanye West for president?
Tribune Service
On Oct. 29, 2018, Lion Air Flight 610 crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 189 passengers and crew. Less than five months later, Ethiopian Air F...
President Donald Trump last week began demanding that schools open in the fall. It's a successor to his demand last spring that the economy reopen full throttle, and it...
When China imposed a draconian new security law on Hong Kong early this month, I grabbed my phone to call some young pro-democracy activis...
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1815-Napoleon Bonaparte captured

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1888-Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years

1949-Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US

1971-Pres Nixon announces he would visit People's Rep of China
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