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[Editorial] Speaker’s proposal

National Assembly speaker Chung Ui-hwa has come up with a proposal to amend the controversial law on parliamentary operation, which is widely regarded as the …

[Editorial] Dismissal guideline

The government’s controversial guidelines on general dismissals and rules of employment have gone into effect. As the two new guidelines make it easier for …

[Editorial] Simply incapable

The child care crisis touched off by budget blockades at child care centers and kindergartens shows how public officials, elected and appointed alike, are …

[Editorial] Hardly creative

President Park Geun-hye called her proposal for five countries to hold a separate meeting on denuclearizing North Korea a “creative approach.” To start …

[Mohamed A. El-Erian] New mindset for global economy
[Mohamed A. El-Erian] New mindset for global economy

As companies and investors painfully discovered in 2008, liquidity can be most elusive when you need it most. Going forward, for both structural and …

[Trudy Rubin] U.S.-Iran relations unchanged
[Trudy Rubin] U.S.-Iran relations unchanged

Now that the Iran nuclear deal is a done deal, what next? More quickly than expected, Tehran has dismantled large portions of its nuclear program, leading to …

[Noah Smith] Japan must cease support of zombie companies
[Noah Smith] Japan must cease support of zombie companies

Imagine that you’re a Japanese 26-year-old with big dreams. You graduated from Waseda University, an elite private school, with a degree in electrical …

[Rachel Marsden] Senseless worries about Iran
[Rachel Marsden] Senseless worries about Iran

Iran effectively rejoined the international community a few days ago, as longstanding U.S. and European sanctions were lifted and the country was granted …

Who lost support of white working class?

Why did the white working class abandon the Democrats? The conventional answer is that Republicans skillfully played the race card. In the wake of the Civil …

Hillary Clinton wraps herself in Obama

The once-inevitable Hillary Clinton is feeling the Bern in Iowa and New Hampshire. It’s gotten so that if President Obama were bath oil, Hillary would bathe …

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