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[Kim Myong-sik] Suggesting plebiscite on energy denuclearization

Passing the halfway point in his five-year tenure, President Moon Jae-in’s approval rate hovers just above the 40 percent mark, half the level immediately after his election in May 2017. Woes grow among manufacturers, traders and consumers, security threats loom large and political groups are sharpening hostility. Amid rising discontent, the energy denuclearization policy has emerged as a top destabilizing issue.University students at nuclear science departments see no future in their chos

[Editorial] Generational change

Calls rising for injecting fresh figures into political arena ahead of general elections

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[Arvind Subramanian] Is Sri Lanka the next Argentina?

As Sri Lanka makes another crucial political transition, it faces a major risk of macroeconomic instability. Minimizing that risk will depend, above all, on whether the country’s newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa can defy his reputation and embrace inclusive politics.This idyllic island in the Indian Ocean was once a star performer. In the years following independence in 1948, progress on leading social indicators such as poverty, infant mortality, and primary education put Sri La

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[Kim Seong-kon] From liberator to tyrant in ‘Game of Thrones’

Movies and television dramas are excellent social documents in that they faithfully reflect societal change and the alteration of consciousness throughout history. Sometimes they illuminate us with profound insights into and powerful criticisms of contemporary society. Since films and TV shows enjoy enormous popularity, their impact is huge, more widespread and more powerful than traditional literature. The celebrated HBO series “Game of Thrones” is a good example. In the eighth and

Nov 19, 2019
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[Daniel Moss] A bigger threat than NK nukes

You know times are hard in provincial South Korea when the guy selling walkers and hearing aids can only make ends meet by day trading. Lee Ho-cheol, 52, keeps his eyes on flashing stock quotes while his shop, crammed with wheelchairs, canes and other equipment for seniors, sits empty. Lee has run the store for roughly two decades, and his plight shows just how dire things have become. Few of his neighbors make enough money sticking to their day jobs, he says, and many have turned to selling bea

Nov 19, 2019
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[Editorial] No to talks for show

NK raises demands as US gives way for dialogue; impatience for quick deal could imperil S. Korea

Nov 19, 2019
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[Editorial] Growth potential

Misguided policies hamper expansion of Korean economy by weakening private sector

Nov 18, 2019
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[Andy Mukherjee] India’s growth needs consumers

A long-held belief of analysts in India is that the economy is supply-constrained. Demand isn’t even worth a footnote, while a temporary squeeze in the onion market deserves obsession because it could be inflationary. It’s increasingly obvious that this view is outdated. In October, inflation quickened more than expected to 4.62 percent because of, yes, an onion shortage. Yet core inflation, which strips out volatile commodity prices, slumped to 3.4 percent, the lowest since the

Nov 18, 2019
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[Elizabeth Drew] Trump's wrong-headed views put him in trouble

The most dismaying thing about the impeachment proceedings against US President Donald Trump is that they are falling so short of the constitutional gravamen of the issue. True, some Democrats in the House of Representatives, particularly Adam Schiff of California, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, do appear to understand the seriousness of the question before them. But most Republicans -- egged on by Trump, who often complains that they are not doing enough for him -- are o

Nov 18, 2019
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[Shuli Ren] China’s No. 1 university has a big debt problem

A crown jewel of President Xi Jinping’s Made in China 2025 plan is faltering.Tsinghua Unigroup is the business arm of the prestigious Tsinghua University, Xi’s alma mater. The company has been trying to establish itself as a leader in China’s nascent memory-chip industry since 2015, when it famously tried to acquire stakes in US rivals Micron Technology and Western Digital. Both advances were rejected amid concerns that US regulators wouldn’t approve the deals on national

Nov 17, 2019
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[Trudy Rubin] Talk of a ‘new Cold War’ between US and China is misleading

Thirty years ago this week I was on my way to Prague to watch Czechoslovak communism end with the Velvet Revolution. The Berlin Wall had just fallen, the Soviet communist party was headed for collapse, and the Cold War would soon end.Five months earlier, Chinese leaders had cracked down on student admirers of Western democracy in Tiananmen Square. That tragedy didn’t stir the same geopolitical shock waves as the events in Europe, because China was still a poor, developing country.Yet 30 ye

Nov 17, 2019
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[Editorial] Risky bet

GSOMIA decision doomed to hurt Korea’s security; Questionable if follow-up steps are in place

Nov 17, 2019
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[Editorial] Shorter workweek

Supplementary measures urgently needed to cushion negative impact of expanded application

Nov 14, 2019
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[Editorial] Distorted self-praise

Cheong Wa Dae brags justice, peace, economy; Questionable if it sees reality normally

Nov 13, 2019
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[Aryeh Neier] Popular protests carry serious risks

People all over the world are resorting to mass demonstrations to express grievances and press unmet demands. While, in some ways, popular protests are a triumph of democratic principles and civic activism, they also carry serious risks, including violence by and against protesters. Their pervasiveness today points to a failure of governments, democratic and authoritarian alike, to hear, let alone meet, the needs of their people.The issues at stake are wide-ranging. In Catalonia, demonstrators a

Nov 13, 2019
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