Archive by category Opinion

Is Asia fighting the wrong battle?

After months of preaching monetary discipline to fend off inflation, Raghuram Rajan shocked India on Thursday by unexpectedly slashing the benchmark repurchase …

[Editorial] Coordinated position

In her New Year news conference Monday, President Park Geun-hye said the latest U.S. sanctions on North Korea for its alleged hack on Sony Pictures would not …

[Editorial] Illegal immigrants

Few Koreans would deny their country should accept more immigrants to maintain and enhance its demographic vitality and growth momentum. A report published by …

[Robert Reich] Why wages won’t rise

Jobs are coming back, but pay isn’t. The median wage is still lower than it was before the Great Recession when you adjust for inflation. And wages show no …

[Editorial] Crying foul

The election campaign to select the new leader of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy is heating up as the Feb. 8 voting day draws closer. …

[Editorial] Carbon trading

Korea launched its carbon trading market this week, which government officials hope will help the nation meet its international commitments to reduce …

[Kim Hoo-ran] Want to do good, feel good?
[Kim Hoo-ran] Want to do good, feel good?

The main attraction for visitors to the exhibition “Beauty Beyond Beauty” currently on at the DDP would undoubtedly be the many stunning photographs of …

Never take freedom of speech for granted

COPENHAGEN ― The attack on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo was an assault on democracy, on freedom, and on the ideals that underpin all free societies. As …

[Rafia Zakaria] Why women are vulnerable to fatal militancy
[Rafia Zakaria] Why women are vulnerable to fatal militancy

The attack took place in one of the busiest areas of Istanbul. On Jan. 6, a woman in a niqab blew herself up at a police station in Istanbul’s historic …

What nimbyism means to society

Any measure of liveability applied to land-scarce Singapore would certainly invoke a common readiness to share spaces. Conversely, any opposing attitude would …

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