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The new government plan for handling infectious diseases announced on Tuesday gives more power to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in …
When the Korean Red Cross and North Korea’s Red Cross Society meet on Sept. 7 to work out the details of the upcoming reunion of separated families, the …
![[David Ignatius] Our stake in the future ? and the past](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/20150903001626_01.jpg "[David Ignatius] Our stake in the future ? and the past")
Why should people care about the past or the future? That may sound like a perverse question, but it’s at the center of two recent stories — one involving …
![[Rafia Zakaria] Women in Sri Lanka remain subjugated after war](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/20150903001622_01.jpg "[Rafia Zakaria] Women in Sri Lanka remain subjugated after war")
Technically, the war in Sri Lanka has long been over. The over 25-year-long conflict between Sri Lankan government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil …
![[Kim Myong-sik] Renewing contacts with more vulnerable North](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/20150902001353_01.jpg "[Kim Myong-sik] Renewing contacts with more vulnerable North")
It is likely that there will be another round of inter-Korean family reunions at the Mt. Geumgangsan resort and high-level political talks in Seoul or …
![[Lee Joo-hee] Pardon our anchor babies](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/20150902001349_01.jpg "[Lee Joo-hee] Pardon our anchor babies")
When Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Group’s billionaire heir-apparent, had his daughter in the U.S. in 2004, his family faced a torrent of criticism in South Korea …
Nearly 80 percent of high school graduates enter college in Korea. Even if this proportion — the highest in the world — remains unchanged in the …
Data released Tuesday by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy showed Korea’s exports shrank at the steepest pace in six years in August, marking the …
No country produces more rumors and theories than North Korea. Every new photograph of the young leader Kim Jong-un is scrutinized for clues about his …
![[Kim Seong-kon] Remembering Edward Said’s call for reconciliation](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/20150901001675_01.jpg "[Kim Seong-kon] Remembering Edward Said’s call for reconciliation")
When September comes around every year, I remember my mentor, Edward W. Said, who sadly passed away in September 2003. More than 10 years have passed since he …