Moon's low-key response to NK

President should take stronger stance toward Pyongyang President Moon Jae-in came up with an official response Monday to the death of a South...

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Justice minister cleared

Officials should rise to challenge to set examples Prosecutors have cleared away questions regarding whether Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae exercised...

In lieu of a liberation strategy: Palestinian elections are designed to buy time

It is abundantly clear that Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, has underestimated the seriousness of the challenges facing Palestine...

Ain't going home

By Park Moo-jong If not for the stubborn COVID-19 pandemic, people could have been jubilant as is the case every year for their traditional Chuseok...

Climate Crunch Time

Since 1880, the average global surface temperature has risen by about 1°C, or 1.8°F. Much of that increase has happened in the last 50 years, and...

China's conditions to US (II)

By Lee Seong-hyon Around the same time that China's Politburo member Yang Jiechi had an article printed, Foreign Minister Wang Yi articulated...

Decoding China’s “Dual Circulation” Strategy

BEIJING – In May, China’s central leadership proclaimed that it would “fully develop the advantages of [the country’s] super-large market and...

After oil: Throwing money at green energy isn’t enough

The geopolitical and geo-economic forces wrought by the coronavirus pandemic are likely to slow the transition to a more sustainable global energy...

Trump's rum, cigar sanctions are meaningless

By Fabiola Santiago No hotel stays. No bringing home all the rum and cigars you can carry, Trump has mandated. But with little U.S. travel to the...

Educating Koreans about Che Guevara

By Richard Pennington At Seoul's sprawling Dongdaemun Market, among the thousands of items on sale are T-shirts of Ernesto "Che" Guevara wearing a...

Chosun Hotel turns 50

By John C. Stickler Even before annexing Korea in 1910, the Japanese began constructing a railway line from Busan to Seoul and Pyongyang and on to...

A new Japanese Government has Taken Shape

So, on September 16th, after separate votes were taken in both chambers of the Japanese parliament, Yoshihide Suga was approved as the new Prime...

With schools short-staffed, Italian educators take the streets

Reportage. In the rain in Rome, a broad social alliance of parents, teachers, students and trade unions gathered by the ‘Priority to school’...

When Fragrance Is Not Your Friend

One summer in my childhood, I walked along a seashore trail on Cape Cod while on vacation with my family. My companions developed poison ivy while...

The etrog has disappeared in the golden box

The 4 species as a social parable: “The etrog who thinks he does not need the other species represents liberalism, enlightenment and pluralism....

For Joe Biden, debate with Trump offers moment of truth

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Democrat Joe Biden’s cautious US presidential campaign faces its most unpredictable challenge yet in Tuesday’s debate...

Does Israel have a Trump IOU?

If not, better watch out. He’s in hock, bigly, to some unsavory others. Earlier this month, I warned (in the context of the much-ballyhooed...

Jordan Peterson on the Structure of Self

You have a structure. So says Jordan Peterson, though not in as many words. He alludes to your structure when he tells you to stand up straight...

Life on a Circular Staircase

As we gathered in person and via Zoom for the first day of Rosh Hashanah, two things gave me pause and helped me think about ba-yamim ha-elu...

Victims of Our Own Success as Americans and Jews

I initially delivered these words in the form of a Yom Kippur sermon for East End Temple. It was inspired by research and ongoing learning with...

This year, our sukkah can travel but we can’t

Two years ago, I decided it was time for a new sukkah. The sukkah we enjoyed when our kids were young was long gone. With a growing batch of...

COVID-19 and Institutionalized Denial

On the eve of Yom Kippur, it seemed that the coronavirus must have gone away. That was my observation as a social and combat psychologist. I live in...

Up the Maoris, Mr Kinnock

Stephen Kinnock MP and the TUC are not happy. They want goods produced in Israeli settlements on the West Bank banned as imports, and the...

All Ayes on Judge Amy Coney Barrett

If the Senate Democrats were smart, they would show up and vote unanimously to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett.   They won’t make disgusting...

Beware the UAE’s Financial Corruption

Normalization with Israel has made the UAE's ambitions to become a global financial hub closer than ever, but far-reaching reforms to its financial...

Trump wanted Ivanka as running mate in 2016, ex-campaign aide says in new book

US President Donald Trump strongly considered selecting his daughter Ivanka as his running mate in the 2016 election, a new book by a former top...

Why Are Haredim Hated and Envied?

The Tokyo Olympics should not be held amid coronavirus pandemic

Hiroshi Hoketsu, 79, is a Japanese three-time Olympic equestrian. He made his Olympic debut at the 1964 Tokyo Games and became the oldest Japanese...

Nato smo ugotovili, da smo vsi zdravi

Zgodba o cenzurnem posegu v naslovnico knjige Nepozabne, ki ga je zakrivila Mladinska knjiga, ko je kolesarkam odrezala kolesa in jih spremenila v...

All signs indicate Borat sequel coming, Trump, COVID in focus

Sacha Baron Cohen has been keeping busy during the coronavirus pandemic, filming a sequel to his 2006 hit Borat, according to multiple media...

High Holy Day wishes from President Trump and Joe Biden- Let the Light Shine Through

Rosh Hashanah, a cherished Jewish holiday, took place on Friday Sept 18th. It commences the holiest of days in the Jewish year. During these ten...

Health minister: No chance lockdown will end after holidays

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said Tuesday that he expects the national lockdown to last beyond when it is currently set to end — in a week and...

Tax bombshell throws Trump on defensive ahead of debate

WASHINGTON (AFP) — US President Donald Trump reeled Monday on the eve of his first televised debate against challenger Joe Biden after a...

US warns Iraq of Baghdad embassy closure if attacks continue

BAGHDAD (AP) — The Trump administration has warned Iraq that it will close its embassy in Baghdad if the government does not take swift and...

US couple’s swanky ‘hotel Rwanda’ brings jobs, sustainable prosperity to Kigali

KIGALI, Rwanda — Fourteen years ago, Jewish humanitarians Josh and Alissa Ruxin moved from New York to the east-central African nation of Rwanda....

As coronavirus death toll hits 1 million, seven experts consider key questions

The coronavirus pandemic has reached a grim milestone: 1 million people have now died of Covid-19.On January 13, we published “Mystery China...

Over half a million sharks could be killed for COVID-19 vaccine, activists warn

Activists are warning that sharks could end up becoming indirect victims of the coronavirus pandemic, because at least five of the COVID-19...

US Supreme Court vacancy likely to inflame presidential debate

WILMINGTON, Delaware (AP) — President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, were already set to fight when they share a stage...

Egypt’s Nasser still a polarizing figure, 50 years on

CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — Fifty years since Gamal Abdel Nasser’s death, controversy over the legacy of the charismatic Egyptian president who...

An Open Letter to COVID-19

Dear Coronavirus, When you abruptly took the world on by storm, unannounced with a complete disregard for the seemingly momentous and transitional...

Defying Macron, Hezbollah says it will continue to fight Israel

Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group on Monday rejected criticism from French President Emmanuel Macron Monday after he panned its political...

Israel’s virus death toll passes 1,500, with 500 victims added in three weeks

Israel’s coronavirus death toll passed 1,500 on Monday night, the latest Health ministry data showed, with over 500 new deaths recorded in some...

Turkey needs a political bailout from the West

Thus it happened, as it always used to during the (not-so-good) “old Turkey” days, as well in “new” Turkey: the frustration of taking a long...

Strong Against Weak Women

For 1st time, Israel surpasses US in daily COVID-19 deaths per capita

For the first time, Israel’s daily coronavirus deaths per capita have surpassed those of the United States, a military task force said in a...

Japan should help U.N. boost multilateralism across the globe

This year, the United Nations is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its foundation. In its General Assembly session to mark the anniversary, which...

Different use of ‘zenzen’ fails to annoy Japanese language police

I still remember the shock of hearing the phrase "zenzen daijobu" for the first time about 20 years ago. "Zenzen" is an adverb that modifies...

Lukashenko and Erdogan are laughing at the EU

Behold the mighty European Union, second only to the U.S. in economic heft. But also witness what a minnow it is in world diplomacy. Is it any...

On the eve of a poll that many believe ‘could break America’, the US can learn a lot from Kenya’s election woes.

In an article entitled The Election That Could Break America meant for The Atlantic magazine’s November edition but published early online because...