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Some years ago, I had lunch with an executive of the local unit of a global consulting firm. Rigidity, lack of creativity and the habit of dictating in Korean …

President Park Geun-hye postponed her U.S. visit originally scheduled for June 14-18 as controlling the further spread of the Middle East respiratory syndrome …

One of the biggest generational disconnects of our time is how the young and the old often fail to establish mutual empathy based on the belief that the other …

The effects of the 5.9 magnitude earthquake at Mount Kinabalu last Friday and its aftershocks will linger for a while. That the ground actually shook on this …

The statement issued by leaders of the G7 industrialized countries at the end of their two-day summit on Monday contains a thinly veiled criticism of China …

Comments about Narendra Modi’s sartorial metamorphosis turned my thoughts to the 19th-century poet and wit Akbar Allahabadi. Also, a friend in Chicago …

It is certainly necessary to take all effective measures to contain the Middle East respiratory syndrome from spreading further in the country. But Koreans may …

Leaders from the Group of Seven industrial powers pledged to strengthen efforts to phase out fossil fuel emissions this century at their meeting in Bavaria, …

Last week I had a serious debate with myself over whether I should visit Korea over the summer. I have an 8-year-old boy and I contemplated going for several …

As everyone prays that MERS will go away soon without claiming many lives, the outbreak awoke us to the many varieties of social maladies that we have tended …