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Debate on cashless society

Fintech Week in Hong Kong may not seem the right occasion to raise questions about rushing headlong into a cashless future. But there are as many downsides for all the benefits of ditching banknotes and coins. They involve privacy, choice, security and, for financially troubled governments, survival. As much as we should embrace a hi-tech way of life, there’s also a need to d...

Times Forum | 2017-11-12 17:34

Vets turn toward Busan on Nov. 11

On Nov. 11 I will be a guest of Korea’s Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs participating in the 11th annual Turn Toward Busan ceremony at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan. I am most appreciative of the Korean Government’s sponsorship of my wife and I while we are in Korea, along with many others being invited to participate in this event. This year, instea...

Times Forum | 2017-11-08 16:58

Dear President Trump

This is the first in a series of open letters to U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of his Nov. 6-7 visit to Korea. Welcome to South Korea. I hope you have a pleasant stay here in the Land of the Morning Calm and that you accomplish everything you hope to do on this visit. This is a historic state visit and one that will most definitely define your first year as president and ...

Times Forum | 2017-10-31 17:23

Diplomacy and N. Korea dilemma

Commentators regularly speak of 24 years of failure in policy toward the Democratic Republic of Korea, but, since Pyongyang began to threaten to build nuclear weapons, the only period of respite followed the Agreed Framework, signed by President Clinton and North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in 1994. The agreement froze North Korea’s nuclear facilities with inspections for eight...

Times Forum | 2017-10-30 17:36

Abe's obsession

The media in Japan and abroad heralded Shinzo Abe’s recent “landslide win” election. If you look at the numbers, the landscape has barely changed: Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito both lost seats and scraped through to a slender two-thirds majority in the lower house. However, the largest opposition party, the Constitutional Democrats, has a me...

Times Forum | 2017-10-29 16:43

Paradox of race in America

Is it possible for race relations to worsen as society grows less racist? The deterioration of race relations in the United States over the past decade, during which an African-American served two terms as president, must strike many foreign observers as a puzzling and unexpected development. Race has become a major fault line in American society. The media commonly uses such...

Times Forum | 2017-10-25 17:51

On Korea's FDI targeting

The Korean economy ranks 11th in the world with its nominal GDP of $ 1.5 trillion. Its per capita nominal GDP is approximately $29,000 as of 2016. However, the economic situation back in the early 1960s was entirely different. Korea was one of the poorest countries with its meager per capita GDP being less than $90. The Korean people suffered from absolute poverty. The Korean...

Times Forum | 2017-10-16 17:42

On Improper Solicitation and Graft Act

As the largest and longest-standing foreign Chamber in Korea, AMCHAM has collaborated with many governmental organizations on numerous policy changes throughout the years. In recent years, AMCHAM’s engagement with the Anti-corruption and Civil Rights Commission has deepened both in frequency and significance. In the Korean business community, the Commission fulfills an indisp...

Times Forum | 2017-09-25 16:49

Korea can do better at UN

What exactly is the problem between NK and the US? Is it regime ideology, as between the US and China, Russia, Vietnam or Burma? Is it human rights, as with Egypt, China, Burma and others? Is it sectarianism, such as Shia vs Sunni in the Mideast? Could it be a border dispute, as between Israel and Palestine? Or is it nuclear weapons? But the US has diplomatic relations with P...

Times Forum | 2017-09-24 16:42

China's role in averting N.Korea crisis

The world is at a critical juncture after North Korea’s sixth nuclear test. How the international community reacts to the latest provocation from Kim Jong-un will profoundly affect prospects for peace and stability. While U.S. President Donald Trump seems to have toned down his threat of war, he nonetheless rejects a diplomatic resolution. On Aug. 30, he tweeted that “Talking...

Times Forum | 2017-09-19 17:15

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