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Trump's way poised to backfire

Park Jung-won A little more than a month into U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, the world is reeling from his changes to U.S. policy. On...

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Park Jung-Won

Trump's climate policy outlook and clean technology

It has been more than a month since U.S. President Donald Trump took office. As the Trump administration started presenting a number of its energy...

yesterday 7

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Kim Sung-Woo

Wherever I go, I am the oldest

As an ordinary octogenarian in my mid-80s, I often feel like the eldest in any group I join, whether it's for social gatherings or part of my daily...

yesterday 7

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Lee Sun-Ho

Trump's trade policy requires 'art of the deal'

The trade policy of the United States during Donald Trump's first term (2017-20) was truly astonishing. Although Washington’s series of tariff...

yesterday 6

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Joo Won

Empowering women in science and technology: key to Korea's innovation economy

Kwon Oh-nam As Korea navigates the era of digital transformation, its economic future depends on fully utilizing its talent pool. Women in science,...

yesterday 6

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Kwon Oh-Nam

Europe's independence day

Mark Leonard LONDON – Could February 23, 2025, become known as Europe’s Independence Day? It might as well be if the winner of Germany’s election,...

yesterday 4

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Mark Leonard

The Sahel's dangerous downward spiral

A screen grab from an handout video released on May 13, 2019 by the French Army shows French soldiers of the counter-terrorism Barkhane mission in...

yesterday 4

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Jaynisha Patel

Encounters with botany professor

My general botany prof, let’s call him pseudonymously Ernie Willow, was something else. He lectured without a textbook. He had it all in his head....

previous day 9

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William R. Jones

Trump the capitulator

Carl Bildt STOCKHOLM – Will U.S. President Donald Trump be able to forge a peace between Russia and Ukraine, or are we facing a repetition of the...

previous day 6

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Carl Bildt

Germany's election; Conservative victory but…

Another major country has flipped politically to the conservative column. After three years of a drifting center-left coalition government, voters...

previous day 10

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John J. Metzler

Bring Ukrainian kids back

Ukrainian Ambassador to Korea Dmytro Ponomarenk Two weeks ago, to commemorate the start of the third year of Russia’s full-scale invasion of...

tuesday 6

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Dmytro Ponomarenko

DeepSeek and privacy: Why Korea hit pause on China's AI disruptor

Chyung Eun-ju When DeepSeek burst into the global AI scene earlier this year, it shook up not just the tech world, but also the global market....

tuesday 10

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Chyung Eun-Ju And Joel Cho

American Nero, Ukrainian hero

The Western world has reacted with horror and disgust at the animus displayed by U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance toward...

tuesday 9

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Mason Richey

Gimcheon mountains

Work has led me to take up residence in Gimcheon, located in southeastern North Gyeongsang Province, as my company relocated its office to this...

tuesday 8

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Jang Cheol-Ho

AI will not supercharge GDP growth

This photograph taken on Feb. 3 shows workers at agritech startup Niqo Robotics, riding a tractor with AI-powered spot sprayer at a testing...

tuesday 6

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Adair Turner

Nagasaki Jack: the four-legged beachcomber

A view of Nagasaki in the late 19th century / Robert Neff Collection In the early summer of 1897, a dog named Jack became a well-known figure in...

03.03.2025 6

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Robert Neff

Bring on the DOGE

The DOGE stands for Donald Trump’s effort to save government money and return it to taxpayers. This Department of Government Efficiency, or the...

03.03.2025 2

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Bernard Rowan

Trump administration shakes up Europe: Anything new?

The Trump gang has really roughed up the staid diplomatic folk of Europe. Or have they? Snobs who love to sneer at those crude Americans across the...

03.03.2025 3

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Arthur I. Cyr

Great cleansing or let Korea be great again!

Eugene Lee The two-month-long drama surrounding President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law plan has turned into a saga impossible to ignore. Despite my...

03.03.2025 9

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Eugene Lee

Exporting the undesirables: A consular game

Yokohama, the entrance into Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries / Robert Neff Collection In the 19th century, the treaty ports in...

02.03.2025 2

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Robert Neff