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“Fragile” is the word that journalist Karen Elliott House used to describe Saudi Arabia in her 2012 book about the country. “Observing Saudi Arabia is …

Waking up in Seoul in the Year of the Monkey, I once again ponder on the future of Korea in accordance with the Chinese zodiac. I am far from superstitious, …

The end of 2015 saw the implosion of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy, Korea’s main opposition party, after months of rising tension. On Dec. 13, Ahn …

There is a grim connection between two worsening addictions in the U.S.: to prescription opioid painkillers and to heroin. Both can be partly traced to …

As 2016 begins, Republicans confront two challenges that are as familiar as they are profound. First, they remain an essentially all-white party in an …

With drinking, smoking and obesity taking an increasingly heavy toll on Korean society, the government needs to step up its campaign against these health risks …

Legislative inaction is hurting people and companies in need of help. Due to lawmakers’ failure to act, jobless people cannot receive larger unemployment …

If you want to pick a number for 2016, how about 20 percent? Look around the politics of the Western world, and you’ll see that a lot of once-unthinkable …

The global economy is not just unusually fluid, it also is being jolted: from above, by economic uncertainties, domestic political polarization and …

Just before Christmas, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration alerted U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturers to keep a sharp eye on ingredients imported from …