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Tue, January 25, 2022 | 06:07

Stuck in a rut

As he marks his first year in office, President Joe Biden's North Korea policy is failing for a number of reasons. His administration, after conducting a policy review on North Korea, had promised a “careful, calibrated approach” toward persuading Pyongyang ultimately to give up its nuclear program.

2022-01-24 16:43

Organized religion

Pope Francis declared, “It is not necessary to believe in God to be a good person. In a way, the traditional notion of God is outdated. One can be spiritual, but not religious. It is not necessary to go to church and give money. For many, nature can be a church. Some of the best people in history did not believe in God, while some of the worst deeds were done in his name.”

2022-01-24 16:36

Last 60 years and next 60 years

During the closing ceremony of the Cervantino Festival in Guanajuato on Oct. 31, 2021, an announcement was made that Korea would be a guest country of the festival next year - the largest cultural event in Mexico. This was praised with big applause by all those who were present.

2022-01-24 14:20

Searching for meaning in Korea

Last November, Se-woong Koo wrote an interesting piece for Korea Expose titled, “What Makes Life Meaningful in Korea? Not Much, It Seems.” It was his take on the Pew Survey that had just come out, that showed that, out of 17 advanced countries, Korea was the only country that put material wellbeing as the #1 contributing factor to making life "meaningful, fulfilling or satisf...

2022-01-23 16:31

Green or red light for Korea's climate action in 2022

Every year the World Economic Forum (WEF), also known as the Davos Forum, publishes its “Global Risks Report.” The report analyzes the major global risks perceived by experts and leaders in government, business and civil society.

2022-01-23 16:30

How profitable is e-commerce?

Renting a decent-sized retail space in an average neighborhood in the greater Seattle area costs a minimum $5,000 a month. When you're online, you can potentially reach far more customers scattered virtually anywhere in the world for not even a fraction of that amount.

2022-01-23 16:29

Songmi's story

Last year at this time, I was in the process of gathering more than 900 pages of notes. My grand plan? Release a book in 2022 marking my 10th anniversary of working with North Korean refugees. As former champion boxer Mike Tyson has said, however: “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”

2022-01-20 17:08

Two years later, who let the virus out?

A pandemic should have a beginning and an end; its duration is dictated by how well it is managed from a public health perspective. In ideal cases, it should not take longer than two years to eliminate the pathogen, with zero new infections reported over the course of at least six consecutive months.

2022-01-20 17:07

Battle for French right

Just a few weeks ago, the 2022 French presidential election seemed liked it was already a done deal: President Emmanuel Macron would again defeat Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally party. Although Le Pen received one-third of the vote in 2017 - an achievement that would have been unthinkable ten years earlier - no reasonable person would bet on her prevailing over ...

2022-01-20 17:06

Putin's post-Soviet world remains a work in progress, but Africa already looms

Russian civilizationalism is proving handy as President Vladimir Putin seeks to expand the imaginary boundaries of his Russian World, whose frontiers are defined by Russian speakers and adherents of Russian culture rather than international law and/or ethnicity.

2022-01-20 16:57

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