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I take it all back. I take back the irritated look I gave a mother whose toddler was throwing a fit at a grocery store. I take back the snide comments I made …

Last year, the government began to introduce a competency-based recruitment system to public institutions as part of its efforts to change Korea’s hiring …

The state spy agency’s disclosure Tuesday that North Korea has launched cyberattacks against South Korea should not come as a surprise. The rogue state was …

These days some of our newspaper articles and columns diagnose that we have failed in three critical areas: national defense, diplomacy, and education. Others …

North Korea raises tensions – usually by words and sometimes by provocative acts – at this time of the year, when South Korea and the U.S. hold annual …

The current 19th National Assembly is said to be one of South Korea’s worst-ever parliaments, with critics pointing to its poor legislative performance, …

The list of influential modern first ladies always includes Eleanor Roosevelt and Hillary Clinton, but not usually Nancy Reagan. That’s a mistake. Reagan, …

For two years now, as Brazilians have watched a widening corruption scandal drag the economy and some of the country’s most storied names in politics and …

This is how a political party looks when it’s coming unglued. Last week, the Republicans’ two most recent presidential candidates, Mitt Romney and John …

A new reality is emerging in Asia. In recent decades, many of Asia’s economies have boomed. The region today accounts for about 40 percent of the world’s …