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We all knew the rich and powerful play by different rules than the rest of us. Some are willing to bend or break the law to enrich themselves, and some bankers …
A famous Latin saying “Pacta sunt servanda,” meaning “agreements must be kept,” forms the basis of international law and international relations. …
![[Kim Seong-kon] Living in an age of hybrid, middlebrow cultures](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/04/20160405001380_01.jpg "[Kim Seong-kon] Living in an age of hybrid, middlebrow cultures")
For some dubious reason, Koreans tend to think of themselves as ethnically homogenous people. Naturally, they take pride in sharing a pure bloodline. That is …
![[Lee Jae-min] New dilemma on digital privacy](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/04/20160405001376_01.jpg "[Lee Jae-min] New dilemma on digital privacy")
We all know how devastating it is to lose a cellphone or tablet PC, as our daily life is entirely disrupted. With so much personal information digitized and …
The eldest son of disgraced former President Roh Tae-woo has been found to have established three paper companies in an offshore tax haven in 2012, raising …
The Minimum Wage Council will kick off negotiations Thursday to set the national minimum wage for next year. Discussions among the labor, management and …
Dog bites man may not be a news story — but in nine western states, it’s grounds for a constitutional case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th …
When voters in the United Kingdom go to the polls on June 23 to decide whether their country should leave the European Union, the issues they will have to …
A high-profile prosecutor reaped stock gains worth 3.7 billion won ($3.23 million) last year, then offered to resign amid growing public suspicion over the …
South Korean citizens are asking their government what it has done about the North’s provocations, apart from the shutdown of the inter-Korean industrial …