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![[Kim Myong-sik] Our wretched young generation](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/20150805001422_01.jpg "[Kim Myong-sik] Our wretched young generation")
The older generation has many complaints about today’s youth. Nine out of 10 young men and women in the subway are glued to their smartphone screens, texting …
The country’s 30 major public corporations were saddled with a combined debt of 429 trillion won ($366 billion) as of the end of last year, according to data …
Members on the parliamentary special committee on political reform have been sitting on their hands over the work to establish guidelines for redrawing …
![[Kim Seong-kon] Korea’s very own ‘Hunger Game’ buried in oblivion](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/20150804001343_01.jpg "[Kim Seong-kon] Korea’s very own ‘Hunger Game’ buried in oblivion")
Recently, I watched the film adaptations of Suzanne Collins’ “Hunger Games” trilogy on TV. All three movies, “The Hunger Games,” “Catching Fire” …
![[Robert J. Fouser] Millennial generation and Korea](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/20150804001331_01.jpg "[Robert J. Fouser] Millennial generation and Korea")
If years had buzzwords, the one for 2015 in the U.S. would sure be “Millennial.” The news is full of stories about what the Millennial Generation likes and …
Recently, the news is full of stories about HUBO’s first-place victory at the 2015 DARPA Challenge, a contest in which the world’s most advanced robots …
![[Jean Pisani-Ferry] Can the euro be repaired?](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/20150803001486_01.jpg "[Jean Pisani-Ferry] Can the euro be repaired?")
When Wolfgang Schauble, Germany’s finance minister, recently tabled the option of a Greek exit from the euro, he wanted to signal that no member could …
![[William Pesek] Pennies won’t perk up Japan](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/20150803001484_01.jpg "[William Pesek] Pennies won’t perk up Japan")
Here’s one for the Freakonomics guys: Why aren’t Japan’s drum-tight labor markets leading to higher wages and inflation? When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe …
Golfer Park In-bee achieved a career grand slam by winning the Ricoh Women’s British Open early Monday morning. Park, ranked first in the world, became only …
It is a story that is familiar to Korean drama viewers. Scions of an imaginary chaebol family fight a bitter battle over control of the company that the father …