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One of the worst accidents in China’s recent history involving toxic materials has claimed 114 lives with some 70 people missing and more than 700 injured. …
![[Kim Seong-kon] Microaggressions, zero tolerance and silence](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/20150818001470_01.jpg "[Kim Seong-kon] Microaggressions, zero tolerance and silence")
I recently came across an intriguing article entitled “The Coddling of the American Mind” in the September issue of “The Atlantic.” The authors, Greg …
![[John H. Cha] Wind of change: North Korea in transition](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/20150818001485_01.jpg "[John H. Cha] Wind of change: North Korea in transition")
The wind of change is being felt on the Korean Peninsula as never before. This wind we feel nowadays is a soft breeze, a culmination of the silent murmurs that …
![[Robert J. Fouser] Looking at the next 70 years](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/20150818001488_01.jpg "[Robert J. Fouser] Looking at the next 70 years")
Aug. 15 marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the liberation of Korea from Japanese rule. The anniversary forced a look back in time as …
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered a speech Friday, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War. Abe expressed “profound …
![[Justin Fox] China may have no master plan](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/20150817001585_01.jpg "[Justin Fox] China may have no master plan")
As a long-time consumer of economic commentary about China, I can probably recite the basic narrative underpinning most of it in my sleep: Yes, China’s …
![[Andrew Sheng] Joining SDR club gives yuan reserve currency status](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/20150817001579_01.jpg "[Andrew Sheng] Joining SDR club gives yuan reserve currency status")
As gray clouds gather over the horizon, one possible piece of good news is the prospects of the Chinese currency RMB being fully internationalized. Bankers and …
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se last week pledged to make strenuous efforts to arrange for a three-way summit among the leaders of South Korea, China and Japan. …
China’s central bank put a brake on the steep decrease in the value of the yuan against the dollar on Friday. The Chinese currency depreciated by 4.5 percent …
In the sad news department, Susan Ahn Cuddy passed away in her sleep at her house in Northridge, California, on June 24. She lived a full life from 1915 to …