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![[Poppy S. Winanti] The future of multilateral trading system under WTO](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/20151231001051_01.jpg "[Poppy S. Winanti] The future of multilateral trading system under WTO")
The 10th World Trade Organization’s ministerial meeting in Nairobi failed to meet its original deadline on Dec. 18. The negotiations have been extended due …
![[George Soros] How to fight Jihadi terrorism](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/20151231001053_01.jpg "[George Soros] How to fight Jihadi terrorism")
Open societies are always endangered. This is especially true of America and Europe today, as a result of the terrorist attacks in Paris and elsewhere, and the …
Someone can stop a rooster from crowing by twisting its neck, as late President Kim Young-sam once said, but you cannot stop the dawn from coming. Again, many …
From Turkey to the European Union, the search for alternatives to Russian gas is on. The Syrian fiasco continues to fester and with the downing of a Russian …
The Earth has completed another orbit around the Sun. Our planet is doing that at roughly 100,000 kilometers per hour, which is over 20 times faster than the …
Looking back on 2015, it can be remembered as a year in which conventional wisdom and expectations were inverted on an astounding number of fronts. The rise of …
![[David Ignatius] Iran is not yet open for business](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/20151230001769_01.jpg "[David Ignatius] Iran is not yet open for business")
One of the arguments for the Iran nuclear deal was that it would encourage greater openness and investment from the West. But Iranian hard-liners have been …
![[Noah Feldman] Apology isn’t justice for Korea’s ‘comfort women’](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/12/20151230001766_01.jpg "[Noah Feldman] Apology isn’t justice for Korea’s ‘comfort women’")
At long last, Korea’s “comfort women” are getting a real apology from Japan’s government for being forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army …
The Constitutional Court has recently ruled that the Political Funds Act banning political parties from forming supporters’ associations to collect political …
When it comes to domestic politics, President Park Geun-hye had a frustrating year in 2015. There being no tradition of compromise and mutual respect among …