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Gambling is becoming a serious problem in Korean society. One need look no further than the recent string of news reports on gambling scandals involving people …
As expected, President Park Geun-hye used her annual budget proposal address at the National Assembly to put pressure on the opposition to give in to her …
![[Kim Seong-kon] Amos Oz inspires Korean writers](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/10/20151027001662_01.jpg "[Kim Seong-kon] Amos Oz inspires Korean writers")
Korea and Israel have striking similarities despite their geographical distance. In both cultures, for example, mothers are traditionally predominant and hold …
![[Robert J. Fouser] History textbooks and democracy](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/10/20151027001658_01.jpg "[Robert J. Fouser] History textbooks and democracy")
The Park Geun-hye administration’s proposal to publish state-authored history textbooks unleashed a storm of protest. One by one, professors at major …
When President Park Geun-hye addresses the National Assembly on Tuesday, she is expected to raise the issue of state-authored history textbooks, among other …
Whether Japan’s Self-Defense Forces may be allowed on the Korean Peninsula in the event of a military clash here has become a hot point of contention between …
![[James Greiff] Clean the fleece, dirty the planet](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/10/20151026001545_01.jpg "[James Greiff] Clean the fleece, dirty the planet")
It’s getting cold. Time to break out the fleece. Warm and light, it even comes in a nice shade of green: A lot of the material used to make fleece comes from …
![[Park Sang-seek] Breaking the vicious circle of inter-Korean relations](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/10/20151026001540_01.jpg "[Park Sang-seek] Breaking the vicious circle of inter-Korean relations")
In the declaration for her presidential bid in 2012, President Park Geun-hye said: “We should take the first step toward a new Korean peninsula by severing …
My wife and I are a pair of city slickers who have returned to our roots. We have one foot in an urban life and the other in a rural one — although as we get …
We are dumbfounded to hear that trillions of won in taxpayers’ money has to be poured into Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering again as the company …