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Sun, May 9, 2021 | 08:01

Just another Korea-US summit

WASHINGTON - The flurry of rhetoric from Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington bears out one of the great verities of the perpetual North-South Korean confrontation: the more things change, the more they stay the same. Or, more simply, same-old, same-old.

2021-05-06 17:42

Korea has too many small firms and it's hurting economic growth

From the 1950s to the mid-1990s, Korea pulled off an economic miracle: industrializing faster than virtually any nation in history. This process enabled Korea eventually to become the world's 10th largest economy today.

2021-05-06 17:29

Why US foreign policy aimed at obstructing China won't succeed

Marvelously, sharp streaks of sunshine are starting to break through America's COVID-19 cloud cover, but the fog over U.S. foreign policy seems heavy. It involves India, China and Russia.

2021-05-06 17:28

Am I my sister's keeper?

One weekend this past winter, I was about to descend the stairs of exit No. 1 at Gangnam Station, on my way to do some teaching in the freelance Nakseongdae area. I had barely taken a step before I saw her. Halfway down and to the right, I beheld a woman seated and turned partially to the wall. Spread out before her was a newspaper on which a dozen or so coins had been droppe...

2021-05-06 17:27

Charging hate crimes is slippery slope

I have renewed respect for Keith Ellison. The former congressman and current Attorney General of Minnesota appeared on “60 Minutes” last week and said that he didn't charge Derek Chauvin with a hate crime because “we only charge those crimes that we had evidence that we could put in front of a jury to prove.”

2021-05-06 17:17

Mass shootings: return to normalcy?

Last month America really did show the world it was back. As more Americans have received the vaccination, a feeling of normalcy has returned. So have mass shootings. As I watched coverage of the King Sooper shooting in March, I asked my uncle, “Is this the first mass shooting of the Biden presidency?” He thought for a moment and then said “No, there was a shooting in Atlanta...

2021-05-06 17:16

No. 1 enemy of ruling elite

The Moon Jae-in administration and the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) are still reeling from the crushing defeat in the April 7 mayoral by-elections in Seoul and Busan. Now the question is whether they can regain public trust and escape the political deadlock.

Park Yoon-bae | 2021-05-05 17:35

Iran and NK nuke issues

Last week the White House announced that the Biden administration had completed its North Korean policy review. The press statement said that the U.S. “will explore diplomacy with the DPRK,” referring to the North by its official name. It goes without saying that many factors may affect the outcomes of the new U.S. policy.

2021-05-05 17:24

Global vaccine leadership wanted

CAMBRIDGE - If it ain't broke, don't fix it, the old adage goes. But the world's current vaccination plan is very much “broke,” and nobody seems to be fixing it, despite the disastrous consequences for lives, livelihoods, and the global economy.

2021-05-05 17:23

No global economic recovery in sight without vaccine leadership

Just over a month ago, the mood for the global economy was more positive and optimistic with increasing vaccinations and the fiscal stimulus packages in the United States and around the world. The International Monetary Fund projected global growth of 6 percent in 2021 and 4.4 percent in 2022 after a contraction of 3.3 percent in 2020. Its growth projections for Asia were eve...

2021-05-04 17:16

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