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[Kim Seong-kon] A passage to India and Korea

Reading Salman Rushdie’s novels, one can find some striking similarities between Korea and India. For example, both countries were victims of imperialism, colonized by Japan and Britain, respectively. Right after liberation, both countries were divided by ideological differences, whether political or religious. In both countries, rampant attitudes of moral superiority and self-righteousness justified hate and massacre. Violence and terrorism were legitimated in the name of the “grand cause.” Tod

[Editorial] Cold War legacy

Thorough probe needed on defection of former NK restaurant workers

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[Noah Smith] If you love capitalism, worry about small business

Capitalism has lost some of its luster in the US. The percentage of Americans aged 18 to 29 who say they support capitalism checks in at only 39 percent.　Other polls find similar results, and anecdotes seem to support the story. Meanwhile, openly socialist candidates are winning primary elections in the Democratic Party.　Why is this happening? The fading memory of the Cold War might be part of it. Young people also might simply be more idealistic than adults, and less accustomed to the business

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[David Fickling] BASF playing China matchmaker should worry US

If you want a look at how China is playing the economic diplomacy of its simmering trade war with the US, consider BASF SE.　The world’s most profitable listed chemical company agreed on July 9 to spend as much as $10 billion on a giant plant in Guangdong province, at a ceremony in Berlin attended by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.　The announcement was the centerpiece of a series of paper partnerships between Chinese companies and pillars of German industry last we

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[Robert J. Fouser] Going beyond the minimum wage

The recent announcement that the government plans to raise the minimum wage by 11 percent to 8,350 won ($7.40) next year has sent shock waves through the business community. Small business rallied to protest the move, saying that it would put them out of business. The government plans to raise the minimum wage to 10,000 won an hour by 2020 in the hopes of promoting economic equality and stimulating consumption.　Korea is not the only country to face a debate over the minimum wage. In the 2016 US

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[Michael Abramowitz and Sarah Repucci] Americans still want their government to support democracy abroad

A flood of commentaries concluding that Americans are more inward-looking, indifferent to international engagement and skeptical about the country’s obligation to influence change in repressive environments might lead us to believe Americans are cooling on democracy.　These perceived signs of neo-isolationism have been reinforced by a president who uncritically lauds leaders like Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un while picking fights with democratic allies like Angela Merkel and Justin Trudeau. And

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[David Ignatius] Better relations with Russia a worthy goal. But at what price?

As the Helsinki summit approaches, President Trump appears to be on the verge of acquiescing to the belligerent strategy and behavior that Moscow has been pursuing for decades. The summit will be a culmination of Trump’s often-proclaimed eagerness for better relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “He’s not my enemy. And hopefully someday maybe he’ll be a friend,” Trump said Thursday at a press conference in Brussels. Critics ask: At what cost, and for what reason? Trump obviously relis

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[Tyler Cowen] What’s holding Mexico’s economy back

With the election of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as president of Mexico, the perennial question resurfaces: Might Mexico see a higher rate of growth? Its economy has grown at a rate of about 2 percent per year for about a quarter century, about half the pace of other emerging nations. 　The sad reality is that the new Mexican regime probably cannot improve its economic performance unless it can address basic problems with education and productivity.　Mexican economic policy gets many things wrong,

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[Scott Cowen] Is Trump an “effective leader”?

No matter how much chaos and disruption US President Donald Trump causes -- to trade, business, and even America’s core alliances -- his supporters regularly insist that Trump is a leader who gets things done. While Arkansas Sen. and almost-CIA director Tom Cotton regards Trump as an “active, engaged and effective leader,” former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Newt Gingrich has gone so far as to describe Trump as “stunningly effective.”Given these accolades, I was curious about what

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[James Bacchus] Cheating isn’t going to help China win

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[Ramesh Ponnuru] Trump’s four rules for conducting a trade war

New tariffs on Chinese imports went into effect only on July 6, so it is too early to say how the trade war is going and which country, if any, will win it. Even the most die-hard free trader should admit that in theory it is possible that the threat of tariffs can induce other countries to make concessions that leave us (and possibly them) better off. Lose-lose scenarios are, however, also all too possible.　What we can say with certainty is that we are learning four rules for conducting a trade

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[Editorial] No promoting NK

Seoul offers space to event disparaging South; Mayor congratulates

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[Editorial] Achilles’ heel

Economic gloom grips Moon administration

Jul 16, 2018
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[K. Ward Cummings] Judging a president by his staff

For as long as there has been a Capitol Hill, a secret list has circulated informally among staffers there bearing the names of the most difficult members of Congress to work for. Any staffer today who has worked on the Hill long enough is familiar with the list and the names that perennially appear there. They are exchanged in hushed whispers over coffee in Rayburn Cafeteria, they bounce and skip along backbenches during committee hearings, and they are discreetly shuffled across table tops in

Jul 16, 2018
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[Leonid Bershidsky] Putin and Trump will put on an empty show

When President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 16, some Americans will watch with apprehension: What if they hatch a plan that’ll harm US interests? What if Trump is meeting with his handler rather than his counterpart?　They shouldn’t worry. There’s little doubt that Putin can handle Trump, but not as an intelligence asset, as some conspiracy theorists suggest. Even if, as many believe, Putin “has something on Trump,” he has nothing to gain by releasing the kompr

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