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[Editorial] Sex slave issue

The foreign ministers of Korea and Japan are to meet today to resolve the long-standing issue of the Korean women who were forced to serve as sex slaves for …

[Leonid Bershidsky] Berlin right to flout Russia sanctions

Germany has rallied Europe in support of Ukraine-related sanctions against Russia, but has been less diligent in their implementation. German leaders back …

[Howard Davies] Political consequences of financial crises

I may not be the only finance professor who, when setting essay topics for his or her students, has resorted to a question along the following lines: “In …

[John H. Cha] Formula for Korea-Japan harmony
[John H. Cha] Formula for Korea-Japan harmony

Lincoln Park overlooking the Golden Gate to the San Francisco Bay is a special place for me. My father, bless his soul, used to spend a lot of time there, …

[Editorial] Growing debt bomb

The Bank of Korea has once again warned of household and corporate debt growth. In its latest Financial Stability Report, the central bank said financial …

[Editorial] A new growth engine

Until the mid-1990s, major Korean conglomerates had pursued an aggressive diversification strategy, often muscling into fields that were not related to their …

[Yu Kun-ha] Challenges for finance minister
[Yu Kun-ha] Challenges for finance minister

The Korean economy is expected to face a host of external and internal challenges in 2016. Externally, the risks stemming from the world’s two largest …

[Jawed Naqvi] Did Gandhi hate music, cinema?
[Jawed Naqvi] Did Gandhi hate music, cinema?

Wonder what Nietzsche — who famously claimed not to believe in a god that could not dance — would have said of Gandhi. The question arose when I went to an …

Strengthened IMF benefits U.S. and world 

Overlooked in the circus of national politics this past week was a small victory for U.S. global leadership and common sense — in the bipartisan …

We must do more to help H.K. street sleepers

On Dec. 13, a 59-year-old street sleeper who had worked as a food delivery worker was found dead at the intersection of Fa Yuen Street and Nullah Road in …

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