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[Kim Seong-kon] Struggling to identifying Korea’s cultural icons
[Kim Seong-kon] Struggling to identifying Korea’s cultural icons

The other day, Park Min-kwon, the vice minister of culture, sports and tourism, asked me if I could think of cultural icons that could represent Korea. I found …

[Editorial] Vigilance against cyber terror

It appears that North Korea may have hacked Seoul Metro’s servers for months without the subway authority being aware of the serious breach in security. …

[Editorial] U.S. attack on hospital

The U.S. air strike on a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on Oct. 3 that left 22 civilians dead — 12 Medecins Sans Frontieres staff and 10 patients, …

[Lee Jae-min] Supreme Court is swamped
[Lee Jae-min] Supreme Court is swamped

“Best out of three” runs deep in settling grievances in Korean culture. This tradition apparently explains the exploding dockets of the Korean Supreme …

[Editorial] Bad school lunches

Tampering with school meals to make profit should be dealt with in the strongest possible way as it puts the health of the country’s youngsters at risk. A …

[Editorial] Gun safety

Saturday’s incident in Busan involving a gun theft from an indoor shooting range has raised alarms concerning gun safety in a country where guns are strictly …

[Christine M. Flowers] Pope not the dreamboat liberals fell in love with 

I never really appreciated the whole online dating scene. The closest I ever got was filling out the free online profile, answering the questions as vaguely as …

[Joseph E. Stiglitz and Adam S. Hersh] Trans-Pacific free-trade charade
[Joseph E. Stiglitz and Adam S. Hersh] Trans-Pacific free-trade charade

NEW YORK — As negotiators and ministers from the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries meet in Atlanta in an effort to finalize the details of the …

[J. Bradford DeLong and Michael M. DeLong] Shedding sunlight on tax havens
[J. Bradford DeLong and Michael M. DeLong] Shedding sunlight on tax havens

Tax havens are by design secretive and opaque. The entire point of their existence is to conceal the wealth hidden within them. And a new book by Gabriel …

Opportunity for the globalization of hansik

As the end of the 6-month long Milan Expo is fast approaching, the eyes of the world seem to focus on the fashion capital of Milan. Beginning May 1, the …

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