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Fri, October 23, 2020 | 03:30
Editorial
The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) needs to figure out why its former lawmaker Keum Tae-sup quit the party. It should not try to brand him only as a turncoat. Instead, th...
The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) decided Tuesday to revoke the license of Lime Asset Management, which has been accused of fraud and illegal lobbying. Once the nation's la...
Thoughts of the Times
What golf fans rarely expect took place during recent PGA Tour events. Bryson DeChambeau won the 2020 U.S. Open trophy with an unusual swi...
As an educator, I have the privilege of working with young people on a daily basis. Being part of a team that contributes to the developme...
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
In the fall, the Jeongdong area of Seoul is one of the most beautiful places in the downtown area for a quick afternoon stroll. The whispe...
Still as wide as he is tall and with a flattop that would make Guile from Street Fighter proud, an emotional Chairman Kim appeared to cry ...
Once again Gimjang (the season for making kimchi) is upon us and the markets are bustling with people trying to buy the cabbages and other...
King Cheoljong is not remembered as much for his reign as he is for the politics surrounding his appointment and his death. His ascension ...
Columns
Donald Kirk
Relationships - diplomatic, economic or personal - evolve. The U.S.-Korea relationship is not cast in stone. U.S. diplomats can go on all ...
Next month's U.S. presidential election will not just be decisive in settling a slew of major domestic issues for the next four years; It ...
TEL AVIV ― When the Jewish new year began late last month, Israel was enduring its second nationwide lockdown, after daily per capita COVI...
Public opinion polling in the Arab world suggests that autocratic leaders like Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his UAE counterp...
I was trying to clear the cobwebs from my mind, and all I could find was random thoughts about Halloween (a.k.a. Hallowe'en, a.k.a. Allhal...
While recent flare-ups of the coronavirus have been spreading across large parts of the U.S., Americans are hardly alone in facing the dea...
Kang Hyun-kyung
Back in the late 1980s, one of my high school classmates made me think about the cause she was then fighting for. She was a student activi...
A series of fund redemption suspensions by private equity funds are disrupting the market. One notorious example is Lime Asset Management ...
STOCKHOLM - Whether we are heading for a future of cooperation or of increasing confrontation in the Arctic remains to be seen. But it is ...
Bernard Rowan
Bernard RowanRecently, I listened again to the song “Broken Wings”, recorded in the 1980s by Mr. Mister, an American group. Th...
Cartoons
Trump live tweets debate interruptions
Google antitrust
Tribune Service
Newly announced reforms to the H-1B immigrant visa system have the potential to reduce the number of foreign workers allowed into the U.S., just as the Donald Trump adm...
Mark down Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, as the date when Ron DeSantis officially stopped pretending that public health was more important than politics.
A year and a half since protesters took to the streets of Caracas, and President Donald Trump warned that "all options are on the table" if Venezuelan strongman Nicolas...
Today in History

On this day...

1790-Slaves revolt in Haiti (later suppressed)

1890-The opera "Prince Igor" is produced (St Petersburg)

1910-Blanche Scott became 1st woman solo a public airplane flight

1915-25,000 women march in NYC, demanding right to vote

1927-City of Netanya, Israel founded

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