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[Trudy Rubin] Crackdown on HK dangerous for world

ViewpointsJul 13, 2020

When China imposed a draconian new security law on Hong Kong last week, I grabbed my phone to call some young pro-democracy activists I’d met there in November. Then I put the phone down because I r...
[Editorial] Remembering Park

EditorialJul 13, 2020

Questionable if city funeral is proper; No more damage to sex abuse accuser
[Digital Simplicity] The smartphone not taken: Apple iOS vs. Android system

ViewpointsJul 10, 2020

Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is deeply profound and almost prophetic even when we read just the first two lines: “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both.” Le...
[Conor Sen] US can’t wait for jobs recovery

ViewpointsJul 10, 2020

With the US Congress set to tackle the next phase of economic relief this month, Thursday’s jobs report provided more evidence of how much permanent damage is being done to the labor market by the co...
[Editorial] Risky summit

EditorialJul 10, 2020

Trump’s intention to meet Kim again does not bode well for North Korea’s denuclearization
[Noah Smith] The wealthy and privileged can revolt, too

ViewpointsJul 9, 2020

Plenty of people will tell you that the unrest spreading through the US is rooted in inequality -- in the dissatisfaction of the 99 percent. But what if it’s not that simple? What if there’s also an ...
[Ferdinando Giugliano] Why Europe’s in better shape than the US

ViewpointsJul 9, 2020

After the Great Recession, the American economy rebounded faster and stronger than the eurozone, raising doubts over the effectiveness of the “European social model.” As Europe emerges from the first...
[Editorial] Suspicious big shots

EditorialJul 9, 2020

Alleged Optimus fund fraud arouses suspicions of complicity with power
[Kim Seong-kon] Remembering those who laid down their lives for us

ViewpointsJul 8, 2020

Recently, a friend sent me a succinct but powerful essay written by Lee Jung-woong, a former TBC producer, on the topic, “What is America to us?” The friend who thoughtfully sent me this essay wrote ...
[Editorial] Soaring debt

EditorialJul 8, 2020

Heavily indebted government, companies, households complicate difficulties facing Korean economy It is somewhat inevitable for debts owed by governments, companies and households to increase around ...
[Tyler Cowen] American lockdown exceptionalism

ViewpointsJul 7, 2020

As the number of COVID-19 cases starts to rise again in many states, the question is whether residents of those states will tolerate another lockdown. I used to think so, but it is increasingly clear...
[Andreas Kluth] Nord Stream 2 could sever trans-Atlantic ties

ViewpointsJul 7, 2020

US President Donald Trump is furious at Germany for many reasons, not all of them fathomable. In phone conversations with Angela Merkel, he’s allegedly called the German chancellor “stupid” and denig...
[Editorial] Disingenuous behavior

EditorialJul 7, 2020

Top officials hold on to Gangnam, telling people to the contrary
[Mac Margolis] Coronavirus’ toll will rewrite Latin America’s future

ViewpointsJul 6, 2020

As much as guns and gadgets, pathogens have written history in the Americas. Smallpox cut through the Aztecs long before Hernan Cortes’s troops marched into Tenochtitlan. Yellow fever stopped Napoleo...
[Joseph E. Stiglitz] Priorities for COVID-19 economy

ViewpointsJul 6, 2020

Although it seems like ancient history, it hasn’t been that long since economies around the world began to close down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Early in the crisis, most people anticipate...