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It is yet another gloomy piece of news at the end of a year marred by tragic accidents and divisive scandals that charitable donations have decreased. …

South Korea, the U.S. and Japan signed an accord Monday on sharing their intelligence regarding North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats to better cope with …

Last month the Financial Times chose Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” a study of the underlying dynamics of inequality, as its …

Thanks to China, Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund, Jim Yong Kim of the World Bank and Takehiko Nakao of the Asian Development Bank may no …

Most of us can clearly recall where we were on Dec. 26, 2004, when a 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the northern coast of Sumatra triggered a deadly tsunami that …

There has been much talk of a possible reshuffle of the Cabinet and the Blue House senior staff since President Park Geun-hye accepted Maritime Minister Lee …

The government has decided to delay its plan to impose income tax on members of the clergy. It is not rare for the government to take a backstep on key reform …

In the aftermath of the most deadly terrorist attack in Pakistan’s history, it’s worth asking a difficult yet essential question. A question about …

At the latest round of international climate talks this month in Lima, Peru, melting glaciers in the Andes and recent droughts provided a fitting backdrop for …

The decision by Europe’s highest court that obesity can be a disability will only make a bad problem worse. Too many people in rich countries are already …