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Wed, November 20, 2019 | 06:30
Editorial
A joint venture involving Japanese messaging app Line Corp. and internet portal Yahoo Japan Corp. is designed to creat...
Korea's trade deficit with Japan is improving at a rapid pace. The nation's trade shortfall with the neighboring count...
Thoughts of the Times
It is great to spend some time at a coffee shop since they are now part of people's daily routine. I also like to go to a coffee shop with...
Many years ago after surgery, I was hospitalized for several days. At that time, I was wondering if I could continue my work as an editor....
China Watcher
In recent years, Chinese leader Xi Jinping coined the widely used phrase “the fundamental change in world politics of the century” to port...
Today in History

1780-Britain declares war on Holland

1805-Opera "Fidelio" produced (Vienna)

1829-Jews expelled from Russia's Nikolayev & Sevastopol

1866-Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle

1888-William Bundy patents the timecard clock

1910-Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero

1914-U.S. State Department starts requiring photographs for passports

1917-Ukrainian Republic declared

1931-Commercial teletype service begins

1945-24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany

1947-"Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC

1947-Britain's Princess Elizabeth marries Duke Philip Mountbatten

1959-U.N. adopts declaration of children's rights

1962-U.S. lifts blockade of Cuba

1969-Pele scores his 1,000th soccer goal

1977-Egyptian President Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset

Columns
Bernard Rowan
Recently, I read The Korea Times and took note of an article about two famous performers from Big Bang finishing their military service. I...
Choi Sung-jin
There is an unwritten rule among all Korean athletes in national squads regardless of events: Never lose to Japan. Players say, half-jokin...
At around 5 a.m. in Jakarta, the morning starts off with Azan, the Islamic call to prayer. The children of Jakarta start their morning wat...
It looks like Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia is tired of dining in relative peace and obscurity and he's decided to pick a fight with th...
Tong Kim
South Korea is again facing multiple challenges to its security and peace from friends and foes alike, including the U.S., Japan, North Ko...
Blogs
Myths and legends were not restricted to the tales of Joseon kings. When Danjong was exiled to Yeongwol, his young wife, Queen Jeongseon (...
There are many dark pages in the tomes of Korean history but one of the saddest is the tale of Danjong. Born in 1441, his life began with ...
Halo walks into the room clutching a chocolate milkshake in a desperate attempt to rid herself of a hangover from last night's boozing. Sh...
On the evening of Jan. 13, 1910, a Japanese woman living in northern Korea happened to look up at the sky and notice a brilliant light wit...
LettertotheEditor
Cartoons
Dem Pool 2020
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Tribune Service
As America's House impeachment inquiry gains verifying evidence, we are pausing today to recognize the one person who apparently single-ha...
The Democrats have 17 candidates clamoring for their presidential nomination, offering a wide and impressive array of experience and ideas. What makes Michael Bloomberg...
One of the first things I learned on my current trip to Beijing is that foreigners are marooned if they don't have a Chinese bank account....
No matter how the U.S. Supreme Court rules in the three consolidated immigration cases heard Tuesday, the fact that the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals program c...
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KimJimyung
BernardRowan
SemoonChang
ChoiSungjin
TongKim
JasonLim
HyonOBrien
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MarkPeterson
LeeSeonghyon
DonaldKirk
DeauwandMyers
StephenCostello
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