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Wed, July 28, 2021 | 13:19

Presidential hopefuls should ensure fair educational opportunities

The political season is heating up to be as hot as the weather this summer. Few conversations nowadays end without a mention of the presidential candidates and political developments. The next presidential election is scheduled to take place on March 9, 2022, so it is perhaps too early for the candidates to draw public attention to the key points of their campaign agenda. Gre...

2021-07-27 17:01

Asking right questions to overcome climate crisis

A scorching heat wave is hitting South Korea right now. The temperature has already risen close to 37 degrees Celsius and most parts of the country have been under an emergency heat wave warning since last weekend.

2021-07-27 16:59

Whither US-German relationship?

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's farewell visit to the White House this month offers an ideal opportunity to reflect on the state of U.S.-German relations. But it is not a sentimental opportunity. The long, complicated history of the bilateral relationship may be about to enter a new phase.

2021-07-27 16:58

Joining the WFH bandwagon

Having worked with several Korean companies over the years, I have come to the conclusion that their management practices are harming the country's development. The combination of a strict hierarchy based on seniority, autocratic bosses, long work hours (including mandatory after-work drinking sessions) and a top-down management style can be partly blamed for social ills such...

2021-07-26 17:00

Global tourism needs shot in arm

It's summertime and the living is easy, as the old song goes. And vacations both domestic and international should be surging despite dark pandemic clouds still shrouding parts of the world.

2021-07-26 17:00

Olympics and multiculturalism

“Hafu” is the term that's used in Japan to denote someone born from parents of different ethnicities. Apparently, 35 members of the 583-strong Japanese Olympic team are multi-ethnic. “Hafu” is the term that's used in Japan to denote someone born from parents of different ethnicities. Apparently, 35 members of the 583-strong Japanese Olympic team are multi-ethnic. What undoubt...

2021-07-25 17:00

Meaning of 'small government'

Earlier this month, two presidential hopefuls from the conservative main opposition People Power Party (PPP), Yoo Seong-min and Ha Tae-keung, pledged to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, if they win the presidential election.

2021-07-25 17:00

Managing new Middle-East order

TEL AVIV - Across the Middle East, alliances are shifting in unexpected ways. What does the emerging configuration mean for a region that is seemingly eternally walking a thin line between war and peace?

2021-07-25 17:00

'Proxy adoption,' the IR-4 visa and US citizenship for adoptees from Korea

The scale and persistence with which Korea has historically exported its children remain unmatched by any other country in the world to this day. Over nearly seven decades, this country has sent away over 200,000 children. One major means that enabled such a large-scale phenomenon was the use of “proxy adoption.”

2021-07-24 09:47

Korea's tasks to reduce global emissions

When governments meet at the U.N. Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November they will face an increasingly difficult task in limiting global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. Global temperatures have already increased by more than 1.0 degree Celsius and countries were not on track to meet their pledges from the Paris Ac...

2021-07-22 17:05

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