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Governing the unknown

By Kaushik Basu ITHACA, NEW YORK ― Technology is changing the world faster than policymakers can devise new ways to cope with it. As a result,...

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Guest Column

Release of wastewater

Stop internal strife and seek ways to reduce damage Japan has begun the countdown to release into the Pacific Ocean wastewater from the crippled...

yesterday 10

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Editorial

Japanese sincerity and Korean forgiveness: beyond apology, compensation

By Sandip Kumar Mishra It happened after a long time. The top leaders of South Korea and Japan visited each other's capital cities in quick...

yesterday 10

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Guest Column

Governments must meet their biodiversity pledges

By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf MONROVIA ― My work has taken me far and wide, across oceans and vast expanses of land, and I have been lucky enough to...

yesterday 10

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Guest Column

Syrian crisis worsens; world yawns

By John J. Metzler The world seems to have forgotten about Syria. You could excuse this after a dozen years of bloody conflict, humanitarian...

yesterday 10

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Guest Column

If Trump returns

By Joseph S. Nye, Jr. CAMBRIDGE ― As the 2024 U.S. presidential primary campaign season begins, the most likely final contest is a rematch...

yesterday 10

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Guest Column

Menopause doesn't have to be miserable

By Jennifer Weiss-Wolf and Sharon Malone There are an estimated 55 million women in menopause in the United States today, the majority of whom...

yesterday 10

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Tribune Service

Max, an incredible feline

By Yi Woo-won Once in ancient times, I had a cat that had lived with my family for over a decade. It was one of the two kittens that my daughter...

yesterday 10

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Thoughts Of The Times

Emerging bloc dynamics

South Korea elected as a non-permanent member of UNSC By Kim Won-soo Geopolitical dynamics among the world's three emerging blocs are turning out...

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Editorial

Envisioning nuclear arms control in challenging times

By Manpreet Sethi On Feb. 21, as Russia marked one year of its "special military operations" in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin announced the...

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Guest Column

Why fossil fuel divestment movement should reach hospitals

By Don Lieber I chose a career in medicine because I wanted to work somewhere with a strong ethical foundation. It was the same reason I spent...

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Tribune Service

Turkey's pragmatic Islamist

By Shlomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV ― What does President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's election for an unprecedented third term mean for Turkish foreign policy?...

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Guest Column

Two notable developments

By Kim Ji-soo When the young May verdant gives way to deeper summer greens in June, many Koreans ― particularly older Koreans who remember directly...

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Columns

Voice-phishing blues

By Lee Eung-tae The other day I got a message ostensibly from a popular parcel delivery company. I had mail and I should click on the site to...

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Thoughts Of The Times

Considering hero for president this time

By Jay Ambrose While touches of decency still hang around, a leftist, holier-than-thou, pseudo-intellectual movement is pummeling America into a...

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Tribune Service

Labor reform adrift

Dialogue, not repression, leads to success The Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU), the more moderate of Korea's two largest umbrella unions,...

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Editorial

Supply side of decarbonization

By Ricardo Hausmann CAMBRIDGE ― You have heard this before: greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) are too high to stop catastrophic changes to our...

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Guest Column

ROK-US alliance's strategy for building free, unified Korea

By Chung Kyung-young On April 26, in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the ROK-U.S. alliance, the two allies agreed that both presidents are...

tuesday 10

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Guest Column

Europe looks to build bridges beyond Russia

By Andrew Hammond The new European Political Community (EPC) of almost 50 nations has generated much media interest since its formation in 2022,...

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Andrew Hammond

Walking along the rosy road

By Lee Nan-hee The other day, I was sitting in front of my desk as usual in the evening. I was thinking about the next day and week, what I would...

tuesday 10

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Thoughts Of The Times

Time for paradigm shift

Extensive steps needed to boost exports, economy The national economy has been mired in a slump amid bleak economic indicators including exports,...

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Editorial

I've lived into my 40s without ever owning a smartphone

By Stacy Torres I've never had a smartphone or used social media, and I'm in my 40s, so when I see young people like 17-year-old Logan Lane and...

05.06.2023 20

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Tribune Service

Leveling financial playing field for Africa

Amadou Hott Mark Malloch-Brown By Amadou Hott and Mark Malloch-Brown NEW YORK ― Africa bears virtually no responsibility for the greenhouse-gas...

05.06.2023 20

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Guest Column

Jonathan Bernstein: Democrats, don't repeat this debt-ceiling debacle

By Jonathan Bernstein We can finally exhale. The House of Representatives passed an agreement to suspend the debt ceiling until 2025, and the...

05.06.2023 20

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Tribune Service

Mutual success of Yoon-Kishida partnership will contribute to lasting success of Korea-Japan ties

By Lee Jong-eun This year's spring has been a busy time of bilateral diplomacy between South Korea and Japan. In March, South Korean President Yoon...

05.06.2023 20

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Lee Jong-Eun

English as a second language

By William R. Jones A while back, a gentleman wrote, "Why is English hard to learn?" He covered the topic quite well. He mentioned why English is...

05.06.2023 20

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Thoughts Of The Times

China owes Korea much explanation

By Choo Jae-woo China is once again on Korea's back. Following President Yoon Suk Yeol's state visit to the U.S. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio...

05.06.2023 20

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Guest Column

'K-care' dilemma

Nation must increase doctors and improve reward system Korea's healthcare system was exemplary until a few years ago. It was easy to access, had...

04.06.2023 4

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Editorial

Anti-Semitism and intersectionality

By Slavoj Zizek LJUBLJANA ― On May 14, 2023, the European Jewish Association held its annual conference in Porto, Portugal, where it adopted a...

04.06.2023 8

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Guest Column

Ondol: one thing that's missing

By John Alderman Linton As part of the fourth generation of a family of missionaries, I've witnessed many changes during my time in Korea. It's...

04.06.2023 20

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Guest Column

Traveling to Chujado Island

By Kim Jin-heon Chujado, a tranquil island with a population of approximately two thousand, is split into North and South Chujado, and is connected...

04.06.2023 20

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Thoughts Of The Times

Technological gaze of the Hermit Kingdom

By Jason Lim Elise Hu, who served as the inaugural bureau chief for NPR in Seoul from 2015-2018, recently published a book titled, "Flawless:...

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