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Thu, October 22, 2020 | 04:09
Editorial
The Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) has concluded that economic feasibility of the aged Wolsong-1 reactor was inappropriately assessed in the process of determining its early...
Public anxiety over flu vaccines is running high as nine people have died after getting flu shots. While no direct links between the deaths and the vaccines have been confirmed y...
Thoughts of the Times
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...
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the second stage of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank...
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
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...
Choi Sung-jin
There seems to be nothing in common between Korean Ambassador to the U.S. Lee Soo-hyuck and the world-famous boy band, BTS.
HAMBURG - For decades, France and Germany have been known as Europe's ruling “tandem” or “couple,” even its “engine.” Together, they aimed...
Tong Kim
While North Korea's nuclear arsenal is being advanced, South Korea struggles to keep the cohesion of its alliance with the United States, ...
The concept of “club governance” is on the rise. Governments are increasingly organizing “clubs” to identify joint positions and approache...
Maybe you remember this Trump gem from 2016: “I think (Hillary) was out there with classified information. She was giving it to anybody. A...
Jason Lim
The Korea Society's Annual Gala Dinner held Oct. 7 was the organization's premier event of the year, held to mark the U.S.-Korea relations...
Cartoons
The power of your vote
Herd immunity
Tribune Service
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...
In February 2017, I showed up for an interview with Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who was visiting Philadelphia's Foreign Policy Research Instit...
Today in History

On this day...

1746-Princeton University (N.J.) received its charter

1883-First NY Horse Show held (Madison Square Garden)

1928-President Hoover speaks of "American system of rugged individualism"

1953-Laos gains full independence from France

1954-West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty ...

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