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![[Kim Seong-kon] Fanatic’s attack on U.S. envoy](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/20150310001482_01.jpg "[Kim Seong-kon] Fanatic’s attack on U.S. envoy")
Dear American friends, we Koreans were shocked and appalled at the news that a knife-wielding terrorist attacked and stabbed U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert …
The country’s central bank is facing a deepening dilemma on whether to cut its key interest rate, which has remained at a record low of 2 percent since …
China sent a signal on the weekend that its leader Xi Jinping might meet North Korea’s young ruler Kim Jong-un later this year. In a news conference Sunday, …
![[David Ignatius] Killing top terrorists not enough](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/20150309001638_01.jpg "[David Ignatius] Killing top terrorists not enough")
WASHINGTON ― Gen. John Allen, the retired Marine who is coordinating the campaign against the Islamic State, gave an upbeat briefing to Congress recently. He …
![[Ram Garikipati] Restrictive Internet platform in Korea](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/20150309001637_01.jpg "[Ram Garikipati] Restrictive Internet platform in Korea")
The Korean government has finally announced its plans to start removing the troublesome ActiveX software from public websites later this month in order to …
South Korea has a relatively high level of public safety, to the degree that few feel uneasy about riding a subway train in the late hours. But this should not …
The ruling and opposition parties agreed late last year to overhaul the deficit-ridden pension plans for government workers. The accord led to the launch of a …
![[Joseph E. Stiglitz and Martin Guzman] A fair hearing for sovereign debt](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/20150308000258_01-320x97.jpg "[Joseph E. Stiglitz and Martin Guzman] A fair hearing for sovereign debt")
NEW YORK ― Last July, when United States federal judge Thomas Griesa ruled that Argentina had to repay in full the so-called vulture funds that had bought …
![[Brahma Chellaney] A silk glove for China’s iron fist](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/20150308000255_01.jpg "[Brahma Chellaney] A silk glove for China’s iron fist")
NEW DELHI ― For years, China has sought to encircle South Asia with a “string of pearls”: a network of ports connecting its eastern coast to the Middle …
![[Jeffrey D. Sachs] Open sustainable development](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/20150306001266_01.jpg "[Jeffrey D. Sachs] Open sustainable development")
One year ago, I was in Brazil to launch the Brazilian chapter of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, an initiative of U.N. …