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![[Kim Ji-hyun] Confronting only child myth](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/20150415001611_01.jpg "[Kim Ji-hyun] Confronting only child myth")
This goes out to all the parents of only children. As I have occasionally mentioned in my previous columns, I have a little boy. He is the only child I have, …
![[Kim Myong-sik] Small opening in North Korean aid blockage](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/20150415001610_01.jpg "[Kim Myong-sik] Small opening in North Korean aid blockage")
“I often felt that we were in some kind of ‘collusion’ with them,” said the Korean-American medical doctor who works for the Pyongyang University of …
The National Tax Service recently announced it had collected more than 1.4 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in additional tax from about 5,000 tax evaders last …
A year earlier, Korea was drawn into an abyss of disbelief and grief when a ferry carrying 476 passengers, mostly teenage students on a school trip, sank off …
![[Robert J. Fouser] A consistent immigration policy](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/20150414001578_01.jpg "[Robert J. Fouser] A consistent immigration policy")
Immigration stirs strong emotions in many societies that pride themselves on their openness. The “native born” often fear that newcomers will encroach on …
![[Kim Seong-kon] Transhumanism: men, animals and machines](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/20150414001577_01.jpg "[Kim Seong-kon] Transhumanism: men, animals and machines")
Sometimes I wonder if we humans are really better than animals or machines. While watching the news on TV or reading the newspaper, I often come across …
The claim of the late tycoon Sung Woan-jong that he gave huge sums of money to politicians close to President Park Geun-hye showed once again that Korean …
The central bank’s latest economic outlook should reawaken policymakers to the need to redouble their efforts to keep the Korean economy out of a low-growth …
![[Rachel Marsden] Reactive U.S. foreign policy](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/20150413001564_01.jpg "[Rachel Marsden] Reactive U.S. foreign policy")
We’re witnessing arguably the most unfocused and undisciplined U.S. foreign policy in history under President Barack Obama. If I’m seeing it and you’re …
![[Robert B. Reich] How big money buys off criticism of big money](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/20150413001563_01.jpg "[Robert B. Reich] How big money buys off criticism of big money")
Not long ago I was asked to speak to a religious congregation about widening inequality. Shortly before I began, the head of the congregation asked that I not …