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For most of Martin Gurri’s 29 years working for the Central Intelligence Agency’s open-media group (now the Open Source Center), the world was very …

A studio portrait of eight sibling toddlers went viral in 2011 on Chinese social media. According to news reports at the time, two of the children were born to …

If you want to identify a recent low point in the war against the Islamic State, go back to May when the ineffectual Iraqi military cut and ran from Ramadi, a …

Independent lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo is keeping up a brisk pace on his plan to launch a new political party by early February. Ahn, who broke away from the main …

As with all such agreements, the landmark deal on Korean women forced into sexual slavery for Japanese soldiers during World War II has both positive and …

Equity is an elusive concept. It means the fairest outcome under the circumstances taking all relevant factors into consideration. A perfect standard, but …

Traveling to foreign places is an eye-opening process. You learn so many invaluable things about other people and cultures during your trip. While you are …

So many lumps of coal, so little time. We’ve seen a lot of mischief and bad behavior this year, from mean-spirited campaign pledges to deceptive diesel …

What’s the word? The “Word of the Year” at Oxford Dictionaries is not even a word. It is an emoji, a digital image that is used in text messages to …

It’s the end of the year, when newspaper columnists are supposed to fill in the blank — “2015 was the year of ____ ” — and decide whether the …