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[Robert J. Fouser] Seoul as a global city?
[Robert J. Fouser] Seoul as a global city?

In almost every ranking of important cities in the world, London, Paris, New York and Tokyo almost always appear in the top five, and always in the top 10. …

[Editorial] Angry calls

Families of the victims of the Sewol ferry sinking, who are still battling the agony of losing their loved ones, are stepping up their protest against …

[Editorial] After the victory

It had been expected to be a close race, but Rep. Kim Moo-sung easily defeated his archrival, Rep. Suh Chung-won, in Monday’s vote for leadership of the …

Time to close Indonesia’s $21 billion cookie jar

As Indonesians head to the polls, the outside world is antsy about where the next president might take Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. The nationalistic …

The Supreme Court vs. boomers and progress

On its surface, last Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Harris v. Quinn was about unions. But it’s actually about all of us, and the future we …

Is Hamas trying to get Gazans killed?

Mahmoud Abbas, the sometimes moderate, often ineffectual leader of the Palestinian Authority, just asked his rivals in Hamas a question that other bewildered …

[Kim Seong-kon] Are we good at foreign affairs and diplomacy?
[Kim Seong-kon] Are we good at foreign affairs and diplomacy?

These days, you can have as many identities as you want. When I delivered a lecture at an American university recently, the person who introduced me to the …

[Rachel Marsden] Disguise for profiteering
[Rachel Marsden] Disguise for profiteering

PARIS ― Billionaire Hungarian-American oligarch George Soros is an extremely concerned humanitarian who can be counted on to put his considerable bank …

The shrinking role of religion in modern America

Surveying the response to last month’s Hobby Lobby decision, I was struck by a comment from progressive Massachusetts senator and possible Democratic …

[Editorial] Alliance of cities

In an event that should have drawn wider attention, urban research institutes representing five Asian megacities held an inaugural forum in Seoul last Friday. …

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