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[Editorial] Progress at last?

In an interview with the Washington Post, President Park Geun-hye said that “there has been considerable progress on the issue of comfort women,” referring …

[Editorial] Info sharing crucial

The World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s joint mission Saturday characterized the Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak …

[Jeffrey D. Sachs] G7 embraces decarbonization
[Jeffrey D. Sachs] G7 embraces decarbonization

Last week’s G7 meeting at Schloss Elmau in the Bavarian Alps marked a major breakthrough in climate-change policy. The seven largest high-income economies …

[John Cha] Korean unification redefined
[John Cha] Korean unification redefined

The word tongil, unification, has been around for as long as I can remember. My parent’s generation sang a song called “Our Wish Is Tongil,” composed by …

[Jeffrey Frankel] The chimera of currency manipulation
[Jeffrey Frankel] The chimera of currency manipulation

U.S. President Barack Obama is still pressing to obtain Trade Promotion Authority and use it to conclude negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the …

[Kim Tae-woo] Seoul must act to deter missiles
[Kim Tae-woo] Seoul must act to deter missiles

North Korea is once again ratcheting up its threats, and they appear to be more serious than ever. Earlier on May 8, North Korea manifested its nuclear missile …

[Editorial] Breeding ground

One of the important things in the currently raging Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak is that all of the patients, except the first one who caught the …

[Editorial] 15 years on

Fifteen years ago on June 15, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il issued a joint declaration after their historic summit in …

Feds get tough on the innocent

The other day, I was chatting with a couple of friends in my favorite coffee shop. We were generalizing on the subject of interventionist, overreaching public …

[Editorial] Whitewashing history

Unable to reach an agreement during Tuesday’s second round of talks, the Korean and Japanese officials said they will discuss the issue of UNESCO listing of …

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