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[Anne Marie Sloth Carlsen] Time to tackle corruption
[Anne Marie Sloth Carlsen] Time to tackle corruption

Corruption remains a serious global challenge that impedes development and promotes inequality and injustice. Corruption undermines fundamental human rights, …

[Editorial] Opportunities abroad

More than half a million college graduates enter the labor market annually in Korea, and just half of them succeed in landing jobs. Many of the new employees …

[Editorial] Household income

Data released last week showed more households in the country have gone into debt in recent years, with their income having stagnated. Nearly 30 percent of …

Humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons

VIENNA ― In 1983, three years before I was born, a chilling television docudrama about the consequences of a nuclear war was broadcast around the world. The …

Einstein shunned phones in favor of quiet reflection

Today’s amazing communication technologies owe much to some of Albert Einstein’s greatest discoveries. For example, the cameras in cellphones and other …

Breaking eggs in Hong Kong

At age 18, Joshua Wong is a remarkable figure in the history of Hong Kong. He is a protest leader with years of experience challenging Chinese government rule. …

[Andrew Sheng] Silver, Silk Roads and RMB internationalization
[Andrew Sheng] Silver, Silk Roads and RMB internationalization

Students of RMB internationalization tend to forget that the globalization of Chinese currency happened much earlier with copper coins, which were first …

[Editorial] Long way to go

Korea joins the world in commemorating International Anti-Corruption Day on Tuesday. Given that corruption is still pervasive in this society, the anniversary …

[Editorial] Remove cronies

Politics, in itself, is about taking and exercising power, and it is often accompanied by gambits, intrigue, mudslinging, lies and betrayals. Yet, one cannot …

Reforming the intelligence machine

PARIS ― There’s no doubt that we are now well into a time when wars are won and lost on intelligence efforts. In an era of budgetary constraints, low …

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