The Korea Herald

OPINION

LATEST NEWS

[Joseph E. Stiglitz] Trump’s most worrisome legacy

Kirstjen Nielsen’s forced resignation as US Secretary of Homeland Security is no reason to celebrate. Yes, she presided over the forced separation of families at the US border, notoriously housing yo...

Apr 11, 2019
Columnists
[David Ignatius] Trump administration’s Iran sanctions could backfire

The Trump administration’s “maximum pressure campaign” against Iran assumes that economic sanctions are weakening the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps -- and that more sanctions will make the IRGC w...

Apr 11, 2019
Columnists
[Ferdinando Giugliano] How populists can ruin a global recovery

There is a strange sound of relief coming out of the International Monetary Fund. The IMF has slashed its global growth forecasts to the lowest level since the financial crisis, but it also believes...

Apr 10, 2019
Columnists
[Kim Myong-sik] Mutual distrust between Korean, Japanese mainstream media

Whether in published narratives or private talks, South Korean and Japanese journalists deplore the present status of relations between their two governments, which remain in an abyss of mutual distr...

Apr 10, 2019
Columnists
[Robert J. Fouser] Making the most of the renewable energy boom

A few weeks ago, somebody asked me the secret to South Korea’s success. Not being an economist, I couldn’t give an authoritative answer, so I replied by saying simply that Korea invests in its people...

Apr 9, 2019
Columnists
[Kim Seong-kon] The States, Spain and South Korea

I have always thought that I spent the best years of my life in the United States. Living in the States as a young man was truly an inspiration to me because I was exposed to the great American herit...

Apr 9, 2019
Columnists
[Mohamed A. el-Erian] China-US trade deal could be mere cease-fire

China and the US last week signaled substantial progress in their trade negotiations, as President Xi Jinping welcomed a “new consensus.” One question remains, however: Why has the US opted to deal b...

Apr 8, 2019
Columnists
[Philippe Legrain] EU’s China conundrum

Europeans can’t agree on how to handle a rising China. While European Union leaders were gathering in Brussels recently to discuss a more assertive common approach, Chinese President Xi Jinping was v...

Apr 8, 2019
Columnists
[Park Sang-seek] From civilization to barbarism

On March 16 this year, Harrison Tarrant, a white Australian, killed 49 Muslims at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. He issued a manifesto titled “The Great Replacement.” He claimed that “Even...

Apr 7, 2019
Columnists
[Ronald W. Chan] Investors should buy a ticket to Indonesia

It’s not Bollywood yet, but Indonesia could be germinating Asia’s next big film scene. After years of stifled growth and censorship, new cinemas are opening across the vast Southeast Asian archipelag...

Apr 7, 2019
Columnists
[Sławomir Sierakowski] How to defeat populist forces

There have never been more populist governments in place than today. Until now, populists have not been voted out of power in any Western country. Even though the president of Slovakia has only symb...

Apr 7, 2019
Columnists
[Adam Minter] No silver bullet for China’s plastics problem

Since 2004, China has been the world’s largest generator of waste, including plastics. And, since 2010 at least, China has been the largest source of waste plastic flowing into the world’s oceans. To...

Apr 4, 2019
Columnists
[Lee Joo-hee] For me it’s romance, for you it’s cheating

We criticize intuitively every day. That slow driver in the fast lane, the waiter who obviously does not want to be here, the comedian who is just not funny anymore. Even the nicest person criticize...

Apr 3, 2019
Columnists
[Ram Garikipati] Is Korea’s launch of world’s 1st 5G services hype?

The next-generation wireless network technology 5G is in the limelight as South Korea is poised to beat the United States as the first to cross the finish line. Tech giant Samsung Electronics has sa...

Apr 3, 2019
Columnists
[Kim Seong-kon] Apologies for denture-chattering bugs

Dear young Koreans, you deride old people these days by calling us “teultakchung” or “denture-chattering bugs.” We are appalled at such a derogatory nickname because we think we are still young -- at...

Apr 2, 2019
Columnists

The Korea Herald by Herald Corporation

Address : Huam-ro 4-gil 10, Yongsan-gu,Seoul, Korea
Online newspaper registration No : Seoul 아03711
Date of registration : 2015.04.28
Publisher. Editor : Kwon Chung-won
Juvenile Protection Manager : Yang Sung-jin
Tel : 02.727.0114