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[Editorial] Another rally

The possibility of another clash between the police and activist groups is looming large as the organizers of the violent Nov. 14 antigovernment demonstration …

[Jeffrey Frankel] The trouble with international policy coordination
[Jeffrey Frankel] The trouble with international policy coordination

After a 30-year hiatus, international coordination of macroeconomic policy seems to be back on policymakers’ agendas. The reason is understandable: growth …

[Gareth Evans] Combating terrorist recruitment
[Gareth Evans] Combating terrorist recruitment

Can anything more be done to stop jobless, hopeless, rootless, and alienated young Muslim men, in the Islamic world and in the West, from embracing violent …

We must prepare now for another major El Nino

The latest cyclical warming of Pacific Ocean waters, first observed centuries ago and formally tracked since 1950, began earlier this year and has already been …

[Editorial] Spoiling kids, society

One knows that lawmakers are notorious for peddling influence. Taking advantage of their privileges like legislative power and right to audit government …

[Editorial] Due steps

The Environment Ministry’s conclusion that some Volkswagen cars sold in Korea were involved in the same emissions cheating scheme as those sold in the U.S. …

[Andrew Sheng] Can Asia escape secular stagnation?
[Andrew Sheng] Can Asia escape secular stagnation?

As we settle down for the year end, the picture on the economic front seems to be a bit clearer, although on the political front, the Paris attacks, the …

[Rachel Marsden] Terrorism spotlighs the real enemy
[Rachel Marsden] Terrorism spotlighs the real enemy

The U.S. State Department has issued a blunt worldwide travel alert for Americans. Nothing cuts through murky rhetorical waters and diplomatic platitudes like …

[Ana Palacio] Turkey’s diplomatic dogfight
[Ana Palacio] Turkey’s diplomatic dogfight

Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane risks opening a new front in the violence engulfing Syria, thereby dashing the hopes for a rapprochement between …

[Editorial] Anti-mask bill

Some 30 Saenuri Party lawmakers, led by National Assembly Vice Speaker Jeong Kab-yoon, have proposed a bill to ban individuals from wearing masks or other face …

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