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Sat, August 18, 2018 | 19:01

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Cultures change when leaders teach

The more I visit corporations, government organizations, and universities to teach specific subjects, the more I learn how to become a better influencer. This requires me to develop many different abilities: teaching, being aware of myself, empathizing with my audience, and creating an environment. What I do as a corporate instructor and consultant makes me feel that I am imp...

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-05-27 16:55

When I go to the supermarket or convenience store, I often find some products labeled “Three in one,” which means I can have three items or benefits if I buy one. What a gift! Nobody would feel bad when something more is given for free. One day, I had a chance to listen to an interesting lecture on pseudo-religions. By the end of that lecture, a sharing was given by a religio...

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-05-25 17:22

I have a friend who has grown up following Hinduism. Whenever the topic of boyfriends or marriage pops up, she used says that her parents, having an ideal image of a “real” man in their minds, would decide who she can date and marry. Furthermore, many of us teens live in families where the father has the biggest role in the house, relegating the rest of the members as inferio...

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-05-24 16:22

Tedesco's contribution to Korean studies

I have maintained friendships over the decades with a number of foreign scholars devoted to Korean studies. Out of the many I've met, Dr. Frank M. Tedesco stands out because of his deep interest in old and new aspects of Korea _ in fact, Koreans as people themselves and all things Korean _ and their unique expressions in Korean Buddhist culture and Korean native religions.

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-05-23 16:27

CVID, PVID, SVID and what else?

We hear the controversial security acronyms CVID, PVID, and SVID almost every day through mass media at home and abroad nowadays; similar to THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) a couple of years ago. Those initial letters are directly related to the watch-dog defensive posture against North Korea's nuclear warhead threats against South Korea and the United States, bon...

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-05-22 17:18

Three azalea flowers

One day in the 1990s, I had a chance to listen to a professor from Seoul National University make a speech at a hall in a broadcasting company near my hometown. The professor said that when he was a student, after passing the entrance exam for Seoul National University, he expected his relatives to give him a material reward because his father, a poet, was too poor.

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-05-21 17:42

Indonesia, Malaysia demonstrate Southeast Asia's importance - and progress

Bloody, murderous terrorist attacks in Indonesia in mid-May have provided the Islamic State with another opportunity to claim victory. Two families including young children carried out suicide bombings in Surabaya, the second largest city in the nation.

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-05-20 17:01

Let's make genius great again

As Albert Einstein astutely observed _ no problem can be solved by the same level of consciousness that created it. There are people who will tell you anyone can be a genius. I do believe that we need to differentiate between talent and genius. Talent hits a target no one else can hit, while genius hits a target no one else can see. Flexing one's mental muscles will certainly...

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-05-18 17:15

Season of fresh green

May is the Queen of seasons for it is young and fresh. May this year carries the significant hope of turning the end of war into a permanent peace regime on the Korean Peninsula. The fragrances of lilac and acacia trees make the people feel relieved and comfortable, though only for a while.

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-05-17 16:08

We all start somewhere

I have been a lifelong job-hopper, but not as a means of quick financial gain, but only to find my niche. I have worked in blue-collar, white-collar, and pink-collar positions. I'm very familiar with the 3Ds. I like to say that I've worked more jobs than Carl Sandburg before he settled into writing; over 52. Some of the things I did or was before leaving the failing highway t...

Thoughts of the Times | 2018-05-16 17:03

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