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Thu, November 15, 2018 | 04:57

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The world is thankful to Trump for forcing Kim to abandon nuclear saber rattling

Only a year ago, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was testing what many experts thought was a hydrogen bomb and test-firing intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the continental United States. He was also threatening the United States and South Korea with nuclear annihilation. This alarmed both countries and the United States responded by installing an anti-m...

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-09-27 17:46

The great recession, great depression and today's financial dangers

“The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression,” bas become standard shorthand for the global financial crash and resulting severe recession. This fall, we mark the tenth anniversary of the 2008 benchmark bankruptcy of investment house Lehman Brothers.

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-09-26 17:22

As an obvious concept of comparing different eras in time, three distinct words having been used the most commonly and widely in all realms of human lives, I am sure, must be “past, present and future” across the ages and countries of the world.

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-09-21 16:49

Journey like a spiral circle

With the arrival of hundreds of people fleeing from Yemen, the migrant issue has become more sensitive, serious, and critical in Korea. Some people still protest against the acceptance of refugees and demand to abolish the Jeju Island visa so that the refugees may not settle in the asylum.

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-09-20 17:51

Colombia's gold

Colombia is a land of geographical and cultural diversity. Though it lies in South America, far from Korea, it has now become a bit closer to the Korean consciousness through a special exhibition titled "El Dorado: the Spirits, Gold and the Shaman."

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-09-19 17:11

British skill vs. Russian killers

Prime Minister Theresa May and colleagues in Britain's government reconfirm the quality and effectiveness of her nation's police and intelligence work. On Sept. 5, the British government issued warrants for the arrest of two Russian nationals, Rusian Boshirov and Alexander Petrov, for attempted murder. Massive evidence has been assembled through high-tech means and old-fashio...

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-09-18 16:59

Business opportunity in North Korea

Kim Yoo-chul of The Korea Times asked in the Aug. 17 cover story, “Can US businesses invest in North Korea?” Kim's article was well timed and refreshing which must have amazed hundreds of venture organizations in Korea, Japan, China and America who are secretively planning to earn money in the North when the DMZ is wide open.

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-09-17 18:06

Ecological conservation

In 2008, the majority of the Korean people opposed former President Lee Myung-bak's Four Major Rivers Project. Experts and environmentalists also criticized him, warning that the project would bring catastrophe as a result of the disturbance of nature.

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-09-16 16:35

Leadership in the sharing economy

Have you ever wondered how to enhance yourself as a leader, with a new way of doing things, and do a better job?

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-09-14 17:18

Conflicting information

I once read a book by a man who did a bunch of odd jobs and wrote about it. In one chapter, he was teamed up with a driver. His job as navigator was to make sure that they would arrive at the next locale in time to do what they had to do. The problem was that they could never get there on time. Time and distance were skewered concepts that only existed at the bottom of some r...

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-09-13 17:00

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Choking on worsening air pollution