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Wed, May 27, 2020 | 10:00
Editorial
The 21st National Assembly will host legislators chosen by voters who quintessentially called for generational and political-spectrum changes, and a bipartisan floor for a “New K...
While comparing the economic shock of COVID-19 to a “warlike situation,” President Moon Jae-in stressed the need for expansionary fiscal policies, Monday. “The global economy is ...
Thoughts of the Times
In one of the dreams during my annual spiritual exercises, I saw my mother looking through the leftover ears of sorghum that I put aside o...
At this vegan cafe where I sometimes drop by, customers can enjoy vegan beverages and deserts. The husband who is a barista uses soy milk ...
China Watcher
Difficulty knocks on the door out of nowhere. Adversity comes in many forms. We all bound to face hardships from which it seems there is n...
Blogs
Yeonmi Park was already on the way to becoming a fluent English learner and public speaker when her sister Eunmi Park joined her at the Te...
Two North Korean refugee sisters graduated from college this past February, one in New York City, the other in South Korea. Their paths in...
If you spend enough time in South Korea, it soon becomes apparent that a hierarchy permeates through much of society. People are ranked ac...
In the summer of 1928, evil lurked within the Han River and it was taking its toll on the crowds that flocked to its banks to escape the h...
Columns
Lee Seong-hyon
Just short of calling it a “Cold War,” the U.S. formally announced the onset of a new Cold War with China, with the public announcement of...
Troy Stangarone
North Korea's decision at the end of January to close its border with China likely minimized any outbreak of COVID-19 domestically, but it...
The COVID-19 pandemic is arguably the first truly global crisis of the 21st century. The only modern historical parallels to the economic ...
Don't tell the people in charge, but my friend's wife is a member of the L.A. resistance.She's been regularly going out into the undergrou...
The controversy over Joe Biden's recent remarks has brought attention to a contradiction in the Democratic Party that is bound to have maj...
John Burton
Korean cinema had its breakout moment in the U.S. when “Parasite” won the Oscar for Best Picture, while the same could be said for K-pop w...
Beyond the ongoing space race between the United States and China, many other nations with advanced defense capabilities have been making ...
Among its many other effects, the COVID-19 crisis has intensified the pre-existing geopolitical rivalry between China and the United State...
Mark Peterson
When I came to understand that surnames in Korea were unlike those in other countries - a high concentration of the population having one ...
Chang Se-moon
Professor Kwak Soo-il, who is widely respected for his contribution to management science in Korea and is now a member of the National Aca...
Cartoons
Coronavirus lockdown diet
Food insecure students
Tribune Service
This was the week when despairing global leaders - with an urgency unlike anything since World War II - looked to the modern era's Leader ...
They don't know what they are doing. That's what President Barack Obama said about U.S. leaders in charge of dealing with the COVID-19 pan...
On May 4, world leaders gathered for a virtual vaccine summit .Most of America's allies took part in the donor event organized by the European Union. Some nongovernment...
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1961-President Kennedy announces U.S. goal to reach the Moon

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