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[Lee Jae-min] PyeongChang: 1,000 days to go
[Lee Jae-min] PyeongChang: 1,000 days to go

Perhaps too much effort had been poured into the three consecutive International Olympic Committee bidding processes. Once Pyeongchang County was selected as …

[Kim Seong-kon] Choosing heavenly bliss over mundane pleasures
[Kim Seong-kon] Choosing heavenly bliss over mundane pleasures

Helen Keller wished she could regain her vision at least for three days so she could see the things she loved so much. But actually, many precious things are …

[Editorial] Spy movie comes to life

It sounds like a plot straight out of a B movie ― a South Korean drug ring is recruited to make methamphetamine in North Korea and then given spy missions, …

[Editorial] Inefficiency in Sejong

The outcry against waste and inefficiency caused by the relocation of government ministries to Sejong City can be addressed quite simply: Build a National …

[Andrei Lankov] Kim’s penchant for purges
[Andrei Lankov] Kim’s penchant for purges

Plenty of doubts have been raised about claims that North Korea executed its defense minister by antiaircraft gun at the end of April. Whether or not Gen. Hyon …

[Michael Smerconish] Amtrak disaster highlights U.S. infrastructure needs
[Michael Smerconish] Amtrak disaster highlights U.S. infrastructure needs

Regardless of any human error, it didn’t have to happen. That’s the takeaway from the Amtrak 188 catastrophe. Even if evidence suggests that the engineer …

[Editorial] Business collaboration

More than 300 business leaders from Korea and Japan gathered in Seoul last week for an annual two-day meeting to discuss ways to promote economic cooperation …

[Editorial] Modi in Seoul

South Korea and India signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement in 2010, setting up a major framework for further boosting bilateral trade and …

[David Ignatius] Is Clinton ready to lead?
[David Ignatius] Is Clinton ready to lead?

President Obama, so often cool and cautious in his language, gave a full-throated roar on trade last week, saying that Sen. Elizabeth Warren was “absolutely …

[Park Sang-seek] Characteristics of socialism in China, North Korea
[Park Sang-seek] Characteristics of socialism in China, North Korea

A recent academic paper ― “China’s Ideological Spectrum” ― written by two young scholars at Harvard and MIT has reignited the debate on the future of …

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