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Tue, May 30, 2023 | 14:12

Sometimes less is more: The most important 26 words of ROK-US summit

Sometimes less is more: The most important 26 words of ROK-US summit

By all measures the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the United States (ROK-U.S.) Summit and state visit by President Yoon Suk Yeol was a resounding success. It celebrated the 70-year blood friendship kindled in the heat of battle from 1950-1953.

2023-05-08 15:40

The man who made food shopping fun

The man who made food shopping fun

When Stew Leonard opened what he dubbed a “dairy store” in Norwalk, Conn., in 1969, it was a wonder of marketing, with a petting zoo, animated Disney-style characters and an on-site bottling plant. There were serious retailing strategies as well - a limited product line, attractive house brands, slick promotions and an abundance of free samples. The concepts pioneered in that...

2023-05-08 15:30

. Mark Peterson

The lost opportunity of Korean language teaching

On my recent trip to Korea, I had the privilege of sitting down with an old friend and “hubae,” Ross King, Ph.D. in linguistics from Harvard and professor at the University of British Columbia. We talked about the dismal standing of Korean language education (KLE) in North America.

2023-05-07 16:30

Kim Sung-woo

How to best utilize Basic Plan for Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth

Last month, the Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth (of which I am member) passed the 1st Basic Plan for Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth (Basic Plan), which was ultimately approved and confirmed at a Cabinet Meeting on April 11. The Basic Plan, designed as a countermeasure to the global climate crisis and government-led support for sustainable gro...

2023-05-07 16:30

How Europe's carbon border tax could help Africa

How Europe's carbon border tax could help Africa

As the European Union pursues vigorous efforts to achieve its targets under the Paris climate agreement, the bloc's proposed carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) offers the tantalizing promise of cleaner industry and reduced emissions within and beyond its borders. By putting a price on the carbon dioxide emitted during the production of certain imports, the system aims ...

2023-05-07 16:10

Let me tell a story about Tucker Carlson

I want to tell you a story about Tucker Carlson, the serial liar and useful Putin idiot who has now pulled off the hat trick of being fired by three media outlets: CNN (in 2005), MSNBC (in 2008), and Fox News (this week, without warning).

2023-05-04 17:00

Cho Hee-kyoung

What does it mean to be human?

What does it mean to be human? The rapid advances in computing technology are challenging our basic assumptions about what it is to be human. Attributes that we used to think were unique to humans, such as creativity, language, making up stories and even perhaps lying, are now being shared with artificial intelligence.

2023-05-04 16:40

. John J. Metzler

Synergy, strength, dynamism; South Korea-US alliance at 70

Seventy years is a long time, especially for a military alliance between friends. There are few in the world notably including the Atlantic Alliance, forming NATO in 1949. But in the case of East Asia, the strategic and economic links which emerged from the cauldron of the Korean War ending in 1953, created an extraordinary success story recently celebrated by South Korean Pr...

2023-05-04 16:30

On mega-regional trade agreements - why they make sense

On mega-regional trade agreements - why they make sense

With the United Kingdom reaching an agreement to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), mega-regionalism is back in the discourse. Interestingly, the U.K. is neither an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) country, nor a founding negotiating member of the agreement, nor one that shares the Pacific.

2023-05-04 16:30

Thailand: Another round?

Thailand: Another round?

There have been occasional violent episodes in Thai politics and one recent massacre (2010), but the struggle for a genuine democracy has usually been relatively restrained. Maybe that is why it has continued so long.

2023-05-04 16:20

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