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[Digital Simplicity] Mask up for yourself and others
ViewpointsApr 3, 2020
When I got out of my apartment and took the elevator down to the first floor, I happened to stand with a neighbor who did not wear a face mask. I got a little nervous about his apparent violation of basic guidelines to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, but tried not to express such a feeling. But the thought of getting infected in an enclosed space made me feel uneasy during the brief elevator ride. Is this too much? Perhaps I overreacted a bit. But a number of people in South K
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[Trudy Rubin] Data sans politics can curb virusViewpointsApr 2, 2020Back in the 1950s, Sgt. Joe Friday of the TV show “Dragnet” famously advised witnesses: “Just the facts, ma’am.” That phrase became a national slogan, long before the very concept of “facts” was clouded by social media. As the number of coronavirus cases soars, with Americans anxious to know when stay-at-home orders will end, we desperately need the facts, based on reliable data. Instead, we are deluged with COVID-19 misinformation from the White House -
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[Noah Smith] Coronavirus exposes US as civilization in declineViewpointsApr 1, 2020Crises such as wars, depressions, natural disasters and pandemics can reveal differences in how effectively a society organizes itself. In the 1600s and 1700s, for example, Britain’s more advanced tax system allowed it to outspend Spain and France, while Prussia’s efficient army let it overcome larger opponents such as Austria. In the American Civil War, the Union’s industrial prowess allowed it to outlast and overwhelm the agrarian Confederacy. Pandemics aren’t quite th
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[Editorial] Senseless decisionEditorialApr 6, 2020Ministry permits loss-making Kepco to open university to fulfill Moon’s pledge
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[Editorial] Unprecedented furloughEditorialApr 2, 2020Livelihoods of USFK’s local employees must not be hit by stalled cost-sharing talks
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[Eli Lake] Protecting civil rights in virus fightViewpointsApr 1, 2020Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, some democracies around the world have used technology to avoid having to impose draconian mass quarantines that were common earlier this year in China. That’s reassuring -- and it’s also worrying, because the very strategies that can help fight a plague can also be abused once it’s over. Consider Taiwan, where an “electronic fence” allows local police to make regular phone calls to everyone who is home under quaranti -
[Kwon Bo-ram] Coronavirus and US presidential electionsViewpointsApr 1, 2020As the Donald Trump administration entered 2020, much looked like business as usual. On Feb. 5, Trump was acquitted from impeachment and reemerged with his State of the Union speech claiming a “great American comeback.” Indeed, unemployment rates were at a historical low and more than millions of new jobs in the manufacturing sector were created in what he called a “blue collar boom.” On foreign policy, the Trump administration had several recent accomplishments. Fir
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[Editorial] Thorough complianceEditorialApr 1, 2020Self-quarantine extended to entire world; Tighter monitoring can avert surge of cases
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[Kim Seong-kon] Living as an Asian in West in uncomfortable timesViewpointsMar 31, 2020Undoubtedly, these are uncomfortable times for all Asians living in the West. For the unprecedented global pandemic that has recently devastated the earth, many Westerners blame China. Yet, even if the virus originated in China, the Chinese people are not themselves to blame for the existence of the virus. Moreover, in the eyes of many Westerners, all Asians look alike, and therefore, any Asian on sight can be an object of hate and derision in Western countries. To make matters worse, Westerners -
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[Elisa Martinuzzi] Everybody’s trusting the bankers againViewpointsMar 31, 2020Measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 are upending every corner of economic life, bringing entire industries to a standstill across the world. What happens in the broader economy has a massive impact on the banks that oil its wheels; and financial regulators have -- rightly -- responded swiftly. The supervisors should ponder their next moves carefully, however. It is essential to soften the blow of companies and people not being able to repay their debts, as income evaporates. Lenders will -
[Editorial] Relief moneyEditorialMar 31, 2020Caution needed to preserve fiscal room to cope with full range of virus-caused difficulties
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[Shuli Ren] What Wuhan can teach New York from its misstepsViewpointsMar 30, 2020Is New York City the new Wuhan? In a matter of weeks, the city of 8.6 million has become the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the US, with more than 23,000 cases and 365 deaths. Until a statewide lockdown was instituted Sunday, New Yorkers were getting mixed messages about whether (and how) they should get tested, remain in self-isolation, take public transportation or gather in groups. With the state woefully short of supplies, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio are jockeying fo
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[Editorial] Keep up vigilanceEditorialMar 30, 2020Seoul neither denounces NK projectile provocation nor expresses regret
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[Jeffrey Frankel] Foreseeable unforeseeablesViewpointsMar 29, 2020Events like the COVID-19 pandemic, the US housing market crash of 2007-2009 and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, are often called “black swans.” The term is meant to suggest that no one could have seen them coming. But, in fact, these episodes each involved known unknowns, rather than what former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld famously called “unknown unknowns.” After all, in each case, knowledgeable analysts were aware not only that such a thing could h
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[Mihir Sharma] Modi’s India shutdown is an unprecedented gambleViewpointsMar 29, 2020Since 2016, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced at a prime-time television address that he was withdrawing most of India’s currency overnight, such speeches have been preceded by wild speculation. Modi’s message on Tuesday evening was even starker than most expected. From midnight, this country of 1.3 billion will shut down: “For 21 days, forget what going out means.” Modi is one of the world’s most accomplished politicians, a man who has demonstrated time
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