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A Chinese manufacturer is poised to pour $30 billion of investment into the semiconductor business, backed by a government initiative. The movement is a de …
![[Park Sang-seek] Dilemma between nationalism, patriotism](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/03/20160328001357_01.jpg "[Park Sang-seek] Dilemma between nationalism, patriotism")
The relationship between South Korea and North Korea is unique in modern world history. The Korean people are perhaps the only ethnically homogeneous nation in …
Travelers love Virgin America, the hip, mood-lit airline backed by Richard Branson. And why not? The self-described “low-fare, upscale” carrier promises …
![[Trudy Rubin] Uprooting IS’s territorial power is more crucial than ever](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/03/20160328001312_01.jpg "[Trudy Rubin] Uprooting IS’s territorial power is more crucial than ever")
After Brussels, President Obama’s strategy of gradually degrading the Islamic State group looks terribly risky. And much too slow. Yes, IS has lost around 40 …
Thailand must not lower its guard against extremism in any form. Malaysian authorities have foiled a plot by the Islamic State group to carry out multiple …
![[Faye Flam] Scientists can keep life simple](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/03/20160328001311_01.jpg "[Faye Flam] Scientists can keep life simple")
Astronomer Fred Hoyle famously quipped in 1982 that the odds of a simple living thing assembling itself from inanimate chemicals were as slim as the chance …
When candidates for the April 13 general election started to register with the National Election Commission on Thursday, many thought that the internecine feud …
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has admitted that it manipulated its financial statements for 2013 and 2014. The ailing shipbuilder reported …
![[Jeffrey Frankel] Reckoning with economic inequality in the U.S.](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/03/20160327000293_01.jpg "[Jeffrey Frankel] Reckoning with economic inequality in the U.S.")
When it comes to the rise in economic inequality since the 1970s in the United States and some other advanced economies, it doesn’t really matter which …
Sounding a lot like Bill Clinton, the beleaguered governor of Alabama, Robert Bentley, called a news conference on Wednesday to say in no uncertain terms that …