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Sun, November 27, 2022 | 20:46

On origin of the coronavirus: accidental or natural spillover?

On origin of the coronavirus: accidental or natural spillover?

With nearing 7 million deaths and almost 10 percent of the global population infected, the origin of the SARS-CoV2 virus remains elusive. Knowing its origin will not bring back the dead or give closure to their families; especially for those who died alone and without their loved ones around them, and for those buried in mass graves across many countries. So, why is the origi...

2022-11-15 14:03

. John Burton

An avoidable tragedy

Any tragedy has a more emotional impact if you are familiar with the place where it happened. As a result, I watched in horror a couple of weeks ago from my home in a Washington, D.C. suburb a CNN correspondent, standing in front of the Hamilton Hotel in Itaewon, reporting that many people had died from being crushed in a crowd as they celebrated Halloween.

2022-11-14 14:59

Imran Khalid

After victory, Lula faces massive challenges

Jair Bolsonaro, a typical populist leader, was not expected to cool down so quickly after his defeat in the second round of the Brazilian presidential elections. It was being anticipated that he would not accept his defeat calmly and that his supporters would resort to a massively violent agitation.

2022-11-14 14:26

Too poor for war

Too poor for war

A wartime economy is inherently a shortage economy: because the government needs to direct resources toward manufacturing guns, less butter is produced. Because butter must be rationed to make more guns, a war economy may lead to an inflationary surge that requires policymakers to cut civilian consumption to reduce excess demand.

2022-11-14 14:20

. Jason Lim

Korean Weltschmerz

It was the mid-1990s. It was the first time that I ever went to Korea by myself. It was right after college graduation, and I hadn't been back to Korea since I had left when I was nine years old. Since my family didn't go to church, I hadn't even had a lot of contact with Korean Americans while growing up. But there is something akin to a pilgrimage for a Korean American in w...

2022-11-13 14:03

Kim Sung-woo

2050 Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth kicks off

On Oct. 26, the Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth officially started its work. Unlike its predecessors, the National Council on Climate and Air Quality and the Carbon Neutrality Committee, the commission has its foundation under the Framework Act on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth for Coping with Climate Crisis, which came into force last March....

2022-11-13 13:59

COP27 is about Africa and action

COP27 is about Africa and action

After last November's United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), Egypt took the COP baton from the United Kingdom, and now it is hoped that COP27, already hailed as “the first COP for Africa,” will also be a “COP for Action.” I believe these two concepts - delivering pragmatic climate action and putting Africa at the heart of the global climate debate - are ...

2022-11-13 13:58

Troy Stangarone

Going nuclear wouldn't be without costs

Should South Korea acquire its own nuclear weapons? This question tends to arise periodically whenever Pyongyang significantly ups the pace of its nuclear and ballistic missile tests. With North Korea growing increasingly provocative with its ballistic missile tests and adopting a policy that allows for preemptive nuclear strikes, it is not surprising that the issue has surfa...

2022-11-10 13:34

Establishing North Korean human rights foundation for both Koreas

Establishing North Korean human rights foundation for both Koreas

Since the current government came to power, discussions about creating a North Korean human rights foundation have been rekindled. The North Korean Human Rights Act was narrowly enacted in 2016 when the ruling and opposition parties finally reached an agreement, after repeated proposals and rejections over the previous 11 years. According to Article 10 of the act, the governm...

2022-11-10 13:33

Netanyahu's Pyrrhic victory

Netanyahu's Pyrrhic victory

Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud-led bloc of Jewish supremacists, messianic nationalists, and ultra-Orthodox theocrats has won Israel's general election after suffering four consecutive defeats in less than four years. None of these elections was about ideology or policies, but rather about Netanyahu's own fitness to serve as prime minister. Netanyahu succeeded this time for two re...

2022-11-10 13:31

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