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Korea now finds itself in an awkward position in discussing free trade schemes with the world’s two largest economies ― the U.S. and China. During his …

Incheon International Airport is seeing its status as a key transportation hub in Northeast Asia being eroded at an alarming pace. The number of transit …

English education in Korea is big stuff, as anybody who has spent much time in the country knows. Along with Korean and math, English is one of the most …

Jack Ma, 1. China, 0. That seems to be the score in the unusually public tussle between the Alibaba billionaire and Beijing. Rarely does a mainland magnate …

Recently, I came across “Eun-gyo,” Park Bum-shin’s best-selling novel of 2010. Ostensibly, it is an account of a 69-year-old poet who is infatuated with …

Last week, I was in Seattle for an event sponsored by the CFA Institute. The trip was booked long before any of us knew the Seahawks were going to defend their …

MUMBAI ― The global economy’s slowdown has not spared India. Sustaining the growth that it needs to continue to lift millions of people out of poverty will …

Chiefs of the nation’s smallest administrative districts ― si, gun and gu ― issued a statement last week to oppose the government’s proposals to reform …

The World Economic Forum’s annual report on global competitiveness provides a glimpse of each country’s strengths and weaknesses. Korea, which scored 26th …

Presidential aspirants in both parties are talking about saving the middle class. But the middle class can’t be saved unless Wall Street is tamed. The …