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Sat, July 20, 2019 | 15:06

What can Plato tell us about the crisis of modern democracy?

Plato, as the founder of Western philosophy, must be regarded as one of the most influential humans to have lived. But while his ideas have served to inspire artists like Michelangelo and Botticelli and mathematicians and scientists like Godel and Einstein, Plato's views on democracy have alarmed modern readers.

2019-07-20 09:16

Improving perceptions of North Korean immigrants necessary for unification

Since the historic meeting between President Moon Jae-In and Kim Jong-un last year, many South Koreans hoped for additional breakthroughs in inter-Korean relations, ones that could incrementally move the two governments toward unification. Clear majorities of South Koreans still support eventual unification, although many are concerned about the costs, especially under a Germ...

2019-07-20 09:11

Moon, Abe, do some art!

Now, here is one football analogy. FIFA rankings have Korea No. 37, nine steps down from the No. 28 Japan. In its 78 national team matches, Korea has won 41, while Japan has won 14, with 23 draws. The reason for this discrepancy between the rankings and their match results is Korean spirit - “We can lose anybody but Japan.” The moral is that by fighting each other, they have ...

Oh Young-jin | 2019-07-19 18:40

Korea-Japan dispute spreads to security

Yoo isn't really about Steve

When we had a boy several years back, it was a surprise to me that my son was considered a Korean citizen although he was born in the U.S. Just because my wife was a Korean national at the time of his birth, he automatically became a dual citizen without any input from us.

2019-07-19 18:32

American women vets take on new war: political office

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Amy McGrath served 20 years in the Marines, flew 89 combat missions and dropped bombs on al-Qaida and the Taliban. Now, she's aiming for a bigger target: the Senate seat of Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving U.S. senator from the state of Kentucky and the longest-serving Republican Senate leader in American history.

2019-07-19 18:14

Trump's racist Tweets: foretaste of toxic 2020

White racism was at the root of Donald Trump's 2016 candidacy, and so it will be again in 2020. Either we decisively reject it at the ballot box, and thus begin to salvage our pluralistic values, or we can acquiesce in the slow death of the American dream.

2019-07-19 15:21

South Korea versus Japan

TOKYO - Korean and Japanese relations have plunged to their lowest depths since the Korean War, and there's apparently no reconciliation in sight. The governments in Seoul and Tokyo are engaged in a game of dare and double-dare in which each tries to out-threaten the other with hurtful measures and harmful results.

2019-07-18 17:40

Ice free Arctic: cooperation or competition?

In early May, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attended the Arctic Council's working dinner in Finland where he spoke on issues concerning the Arctic. The melting of the frozen Arctic Ocean means the creation of new trade routes and raises the possibility of great power competition in the area.

2019-07-18 17:20

Last eunuch's surname

When I was a student in Korea in 1977 I met a man introduced to me as the last living eunuch from the 1392-1910 Joseon Kingdom. At that point, I understood there was one other living eunuch as well, but the man I met was in his 60s and he had become a eunuch and was a young child in the last-gasp years of Joseon before 1910.

2019-07-17 17:19

Germany's Green wave

If current polling trends continue, the next German chancellor could well be Robert Habeck, the co-leader of the Greens. His party has emerged as the strongest political force in the country in recent polls, and for weeks Habeck himself has ranked as one of Germany's most popular politicians.

2019-07-17 17:00

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