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Fri, January 29, 2021 | 00:49

Park Moo-jong

More deaths than births

Fifteen years ago in 2006, David Coleman, a population expert and demographer at the Oxford Centre for Population Research, warned that South Korea could become the first country on the planet to lose its entire population because of its low birthrate.

2021-01-28 16:40

Shameful political legacy

The Republic of Korea has a shameful political legacy: All 11 former presidents lived or are living unhappy lives after their forced or legal retirement.

2021-01-14 16:50

'Things work out'

A half century ago in 1971, British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens, now Yusuf Islam since 1978, praised the first morning of the year, Jan. 1, in his Christian hymn-turned-pop song, “Morning Has Broken.”

2020-12-31 16:50

'You're right, I'm wrong'

The literally turbulent year of 2020 is drawing to a close amid the never-ending fear of the coronavirus pandemic and ever-worsening social divisions, accelerated by deep-rooted political greed, particularly in this part of the world.

2020-12-24 16:50

Moon's dipping popularity rating

When it comes to opinion polls in this part of the planet, a majority of people would come up with some rather unfavorable views of pollsters, particularly the uses to which their work is put.

2020-12-10 16:45

“Do you know the word, 'hoggar'?" I asked many foreign friends of mine, who asked in return, "Beg your pardon?"

2020-11-26 17:06

'Katchi Kapshida'

To congratulate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their election as the next president and vice president of the United States, President Moon Jae-in tweeted before an official statement: "I have great expectations of advancing and opening up the future of development of our bilateral relations. Katchi Kapshida."

2020-11-12 17:21

Still young 70-year-old Korea Times

The day after tomorrow, Nov. 1, The Korea Times, virtually the first and oldest English newspaper in Korea, turns seventy years old, a symbolic number of longevity, after it was founded four months after the Korean War broke out on June 25, 1950 following North Korea's invasion of the South backed by the then Soviet Union and China.

2020-10-29 18:17

Too big to give up?

Just six months are left until by-elections are held for mayors of the nation's two largest cities, Seoul and Busan, which are expected to serve as a crucial barometer of public opinion ahead of the next presidential poll slated for March 2022.

2020-10-15 17:45

Ain't going home

If not for the stubborn COVID-19 pandemic, people could have been jubilant as is the case every year for their traditional Chuseok holiday that begins Wednesday and continues through Sunday for a rare five-day run this year.

2020-09-29 15:01

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