The Korea Herald

[Philippe Legrain] Europe’s recovery fund doesn’t address deepest problems

ViewpointsJul 28, 2020

After four days and nights of tough negotiations and many painful compromises, European leaders have reached a deal on a groundbreaking 750 billion euros ($868 billion) recovery fund. As a gesture of...
[Mihir Sharma] Poor countries running out of time to get rich

ViewpointsJul 28, 2020

The United Nations currently predicts that by 2027, India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country. Estimates suggest India and Nigeria will together add 470 million people in the nex...
[Editorial] Unbending partner

EditorialJul 28, 2020

Largest labor group discredits itself by ditching tripartite deal with business, government
[Daniel Moss, Clara Ferreira Marques] Thailand needs a shake up to emerge from COVID-19 war

ViewpointsJul 27, 2020

Thailand has been playing by the rules and getting little benefit from obeying economic orthodoxy. A reshuffle among top policymakers after a string of departures, just as the nation emerges from cor...
[Editorial] Safety nets of power

EditorialJul 27, 2020

Draft decree authorizes justice minister to decide whether to open probes
[Digital Simplicity] Paid advertisements disguised as ‘honest’ reviews on YouTube

ViewpointsJul 26, 2020

Fashion stylist Han Hye-yeon and singer Kang Min-kyung recently came under a storm of criticism for their failure to reveal that what they promote on their YouTube channels are actually product place...
[Editorial] Necessary prerequisites

EditorialJul 24, 2020

New growth initiative should be backed by deregulation, free of noneconomic factors
[Noah Smith] Trump did nothing to help economic boom

ViewpointsJul 23, 2020

The public gives President Donald Trump very low marks for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and race relations. But as recently as the end of June, the public was still giving him slightly po...
[Arvind Subramanian] China has blown its historic opportunity

ViewpointsJul 23, 2020

Until recently, China was unmistakably trying to be a hegemon in the image of the United States, increasingly complementing its growing hard power with soft power. But China seems to have missed its ...
[Editorial] Go regular route

EditorialJul 23, 2020

Capital relocation proposed abruptly; questionable as real estate solution
[Kim Seong-kon] Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf

ViewpointsJul 22, 2020

In the famous fairy tale “Red Riding Hood,” a girl goes on an errand to bring food to her sickly grandmother who lives in the woods. Aware of this, the Big Bad Wolf rushes ahead to her grandmother’s ...
[Ivo Daalder] Trump drives Iran toward China

ViewpointsJul 22, 2020

In May 2018, President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal because it was “defective at its core.” But if Tehran were willing to negotiate a better agreement, h...
[Editorial] Right move

EditorialJul 22, 2020

Moon to preserve greenbelt; Reconstruction, redevelopment should be activated
[Editorial] Rekindled possibility

EditorialJul 22, 2020

Seoul needs to lessen uncertainties to dispel talk of a possible US troop pullout
[Clara Ferreira Marques] Russia can’t afford to trip up in the vaccine race

ViewpointsJul 21, 2020

Moscow researchers say one of the country’s potential coronavirus vaccines has been proven safe in small-scale human trials and is ready for wider tests. It should be a modest win for a country that ...