Prosecutors to charge nurse with murder in death of 17-year-old Lital Yael Melnik

Edward Kachura, 49, will be charged with murder over the killing of 17-year-old Lital Yael Melnik last month, prosecutors announced on Thursday....

Berland no longer under murder probe detention, but remains jailed in unrelated case

Convicted sex offender Eliezer Berland was released on Thursday from remand after he was detained in connection with two cold case murders — but...

How vulnerable is your personal information?

When you enter your personal information or credit card number into a website, do you have a moment of hesitation? A nagging sense of vulnerability...

Take stricter measures

It's time to shift to emergency mode The Moon Jae-in administration is facing growing calls for stricter quarantine measures to better respond to...

(POGLED) Scholzeva napoved drznejše Nemčije

Po osmih tednih pogajanj ima Nemčija novo vlado. Za socialdemokrata Olafa Scholza, ki je nasledil Angelo Merkel na mestu kanclerke, težko...

Best export year

Still, Korea Inc. cannot afford to remain complacent in 2022 South Korea's annual exports are likely to hit an all-time high this year. The...

1 in 4 adults are estranged from family and paying psychological price

By Galit Atlas Search "toxic parents" on Instagram, and you'll find more than 38,000 posts, largely urging young adults to cut ties with their...

Ex-Austrian chancellor Kurz quits politics: ‘I’m neither a saint nor a criminal’

BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s former chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, said Thursday that he is quitting politics, two months after stepping down as leader...

Noise pollution - overpopulation-related health crisis

By Joe Guzzardi Overpopulation's negative consequences are well-known to the nation's environmentalists. Too many people lead to overdevelopment...

All hope is not lost for US-China relations, despite tensions and tepid virtual summit

By Tom Plate Can it be that fresh air is being permitted to enter U.S. foreign affairs thinking? The other day, a critique of U.S. policy toward...

Just say no to unaffordable spending

By Tom Purcell I wish I had a change of heart, but I still can't support it. Back in 2009, long before I got my beloved 11-month-old puppy, Thurber,...

Partnering with persons with disabilities for an inclusive, accessible and sustainable world

By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana As the world observes the International Day of Persons with Disabilities today, we honor the leadership of persons...

'A shrimp among whales'

By Donald Kirk The notion that South Korea should adopt a "neutral" position between the U.S. and China has been gaining traction as President Moon...

The Virus Strikes Back

Crime and punishment

By William R. Jones In January 2020, The Korea Times graciously published "Siamese twins" in which I presented binominal pairs (expressions having...

Thankful for the 5th night of Hanukkah 

A year ago tonight, on the 5th night of Hanukkah, my life changed for the better.  I have written and rewritten this article to express my...

Hanukkah Will Never Melt 

Melting Trajan’s column gold down to build St. Peter’s offended John Paul Getty. When a column teeters so that a great Renaissance monument be...

At home in the Jewish body

“Can you believe she’s Jewish?” The photo featured a young woman with straight blonde hair, blue eyes, and a turned-up little nose. It was...

Making the Old New Again

Recently I was asked what the halakha is if a person forgot to make the brakhah of Shechiyanu when he or she lit candles on the first night. Should...

We need a miracle of our own making

One of the tragedies of Hanukkah is what a short-lived victory it was. After a two decade rebellion that pushed the Seleucids out of the Land of...

D’var Torah Parsha Miketz and Hanukah Great Lessons for People and Businesses

The lessons from this week’s Torah Portion, Miketz, are an important economics lesson.  The story is well known,  Joseph’s imprisonment ...

It is diplomacy, stupid!

By Yun Byung-se Two years ago, Bill Burns, the then-president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and now the CIA director,...

Transforming the melting pot into a beautiful mosaic

People in countries across the world dream of becoming jewels in the crown of the American Melting Pot. In fact, America’s 28 th President,...

Yuval David’s Meaning of Hanukkah

Chanukah is one of my favorite festivals of the year.  Also called ’the Festival of Lights’, Chanukah is celebrated with the lighting of the...

Out of Texas, a cowboy solution to an Afghan crisis

The idea began with urgent phone calls between United Nations agencies and an anonymous business executive in Texas. It’s resulted in a steady...

Roe vs. Wade in jeopardy if current arguments before top court are anything to go by

Chief Justice John Roberts is searching for a compromise to preserve some basic right to abortion while moving it earlier in pregnancy, perhaps as...

Appearance and Reality (Mikketz, Covenant & Conversation)

After twenty-two years and many twists and turns, Joseph and his brothers finally meet. We sense the drama of the moment. The last time they had...

Tech Leaders: Moshe Fishman, Reliance Global Group

Welcome to my Tech Leaders Interview Series, where I interview impactful leaders and ask them to share tips and techniques that have benefited...

Why the Bennett vacation story matters

The Bennett family’s overseas vacation has led Israeli newscasts for close to 24 hours. “A betrayal,” the PM’s detractors scream on their...

‘Settler Violence’ and what Every Politician and Journalist Should Memorize

Important questions regarding the currently fashionable trial-by-social-and-mainstream-media trend are raised with the outcome of the American Kyle...

Biden is Trying to Make an Anti-Chinese Stand on the Olympics

China will host the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, from 4 to 20 February 2022. Beijing became the first city in history to host both the Summer and...

Syria is Actively Emerging from International Isolation

The complete fiasco of Washington, which for 20 years participated in the complex Afghan conflict, ineptly squandered $ 2.3 trillion taken from the...

Sudan in Dire Straits

Free from house arrest, the Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Khamdok and Lieutenant General Abdel Fatakh Al Burkhan have signed an agreement at a...

“Summit for Democracy” - Enhancing Empire, Not Defending “Democracy”

The very first “Summit for Democracy” will be held in early December 2021. Organized by the United States, it will include “leaders from...

VOX POPULI: Makoto Kitajo’s lyrics epitomized the final decades of the Showa Era

"Kandagawa" (Kandagawa river), a memorable 1973 hit song, was completed in less than an hour. The opening line goes, "Anata wa mo wasuretakashira"...

EDITORIAL: Pressing need to recognize ‘black rain’ victims as hibakusha

We urge the state to take swift action in line with a high court ruling that all individuals exposed to radioactive “black rain” in the...

Kao(s)landija in vsi njeni modreci

V deželi Kao(s)landija se je del državljanov – no, skoraj polovica – odločil, da pri vožnji ne bo pritiskal na zavore svojih vozil. Z jasnim...

The beautiful experiment

Science has become extraordinarily technocratic and complex. Is the simple and decisive experiment still a worthy ideal? - by Milena Ivanova Read...

Germany excludes unvaccinated from public life as COVID surges

BERLIN (AFP) — Germany will impose sweeping curbs on people not vaccinated against COVID-19 to combat the latest surge in cases, Chancellor...

Endangered Wildlife Should Pay for Its Own Protection

PRAGUE/NAIROBI – It will soon be possible to give a digital   identity   to   individual   wild   animals whose species are at risk of...

Rabbi Sacks’ legacy on leadership is in safe hands

‘Today the two most powerful movements in Jewish life are assimilation and segregation. Jews are either engaging with the world at the cost of...

Football is a populist pandemic punching bag

Germany has announced new restrictions to combat rising COVID-19 rates, including reduced capacities at Bundesliga matches. DW's Matt Ford says...

Do You Get Pre-Trip Anxiety?

Iran — the gamble, the original sin, and the unthinkable current consequence

Having failed in his high-profile efforts to dissuade the Obama administration from sealing the radically inadequate 2015 deal with Iran, prime...

Why China’s Uyghurs are back in the headlines

A couple of months ago, I wrote a piece for RT pointing out that for the time being, the United States appeared to have shelved the Xinjiang issue...

2 Arab residents of Lod indicted for shooting of Jewish man during May violence

Israeli security forces announced on Thursday the arrests of two residents of Lod in relation to a shooting in the city during a flare-up in...

Teen settler gets 20 months for stun grenade attack on West Bank Palestinian homes

The Lod District Court on Wednesday sentenced a teenage Israeli settler to 20 months in prison for throwing stun grenades into Palestinian homes in...

Can the Fed Overcome Its Transitory Policy Mistake?

CAMBRIDGE – It took way too long, but key officials at the US Federal Reserve have finally acknowledged that for months they mischaracterized an...

Herzog, Hebron and Chesed

This Sunday night the world watched as Israel’s 11th President, Isaac Herzog, lit the first candle of Chanukah at an official ceremony at the Tomb...