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Tue, November 30, 2021 | 06:01

All in vain: building ability to adapt like Generation Flux

Questions you are asked make who you are. Questions you ask make who you lead. This is how the future of learning is defined. What we learn at school will have very different future consequences of how we live our lives. When the machines replace what we routinely do, we will have abundant freedom and control over our decisions on how to spend our time. We don't compete with ...

2021-11-16 17:00

North Korea's human rights and COVID-19 crackdowns

The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic combined with a shroud of secrecy and indifference has hidden the fast deteriorating human rights situation in North Korea. Now yet another report by the U.N.'s Rapporteur on Human Rights in the quaintly titled Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), underscores a grim reality in the “communist” country.

2021-11-15 17:15

Colin Powell's management lessons

The moving memorial service for Colin Powell at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. in early November showed that he was an admired and beloved figure.

2021-11-15 17:10

Case for Chinese foreign aid

CHICAGO - Since 2000, China has spent $843 billion on bilateral aid. That is around $39.5 billion per year, similar to the amount provided by the United States, the world's largest donor of foreign aid.

2021-11-15 17:00

Sandworms of 'Dune' and ownership of culture

“Dune” is one of the defining books of my teenage years. At the end of the 8th grade, as the early summer heat settled oppressively upon the emptying campus on the last day of school, I came across a used book sale in the cafeteria.

2021-11-14 17:05

Responding to demand for ESG: nonfinancial is financial

Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) principle is one of the most popular buzz phrases in South Korea these days. Various topics including not only the environment, energy and social responsibility issues that represent the traditional “E” and “S” factors, but also any and all issues related to sustainable business, such as ethical management, impact investin...

2021-11-14 17:01

Taiwan can help combat cybercrime in post-pandemic era

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged much of the globe. In mid-May 2021, the Republic of China (Taiwan) saw a sudden rise in case numbers. When Taiwan needed help the most, partners such as the United States, Japan, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland, as well as the COVAX Facility, the global allocation mechanism for COVID-19 vaccines, immediately pledged to...

2021-11-14 17:00

Will Korea meet its COP26 pledges?

For the last two weeks, much of the world's attention has been focused on Glasgow and COP26, the U.N. summit to address climate change. World leaders and government officials have been working to bridge the divide between the short-term need for economic growth and the steps required to deal with the long-term challenges our planet faces from rising temperatures.

2021-11-11 17:00

Some Teutonic lessons

When the leaders of the G20 nations gathered in Rome this month for a summit, German chancellor Angela Merkel brought someone with her to the meeting. Unlike the other leaders, it was not her spouse who accompanied her but her likely successor, Olaf Scholz, the leader of Germany's opposition party, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). The peaceful and smooth transiti...

2021-11-11 16:57

Is multilateralism a fig leaf?

OXFORD - International organizations are currently plagued by allegations of powerful states wielding undue influence over outcomes. These include recent revelations about Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and other countries pushing back against the United Nations on climate change, suggestions that senior World Bank officials intervened to boost China's ranking in the Bank's ...

2021-11-11 16:56

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