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[Robert J. Fouser] South Korea as a Middle Power
ViewpointsSept 25, 2020
On Monday this week, President Moon Jae-in addressed world leaders by satellite in a special event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. In his address, Moon focused on the multilateral efforts among the MIKTA countries -- Mexico, Indonesia, Korea, Turkey and Australia -- to address the COVID-19 pandemic and other pressing global issues. He stressed that nations and international organizations should work together to ensure that developing countries have access to COVID-19 v
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[Ramesh Ponnuru] It’s dumb to bash the WTOViewpointsSept 24, 2020When the World Trade Organization was created in the mid-1990s, the US Senate voted 76-24 to establish it. But it is now facing more opposition than ever, and from both parties. “The World Trade Organization has been not good for the United States,” President Donald Trump said in a mid-September press conference. “It’s been good for everybody else, but it’s not been good. It was a method, in my opinion, of taking advantage of the United States.” Bob Woodward -
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[Kim Myong-sik] Ruling group’s audacity invites the people’s dissentViewpointsSept 24, 2020The nation is faced with a triple crisis. The No. 1 problem, of course, is the COVID-19 pandemic, which over the past nine months has seriously transformed South Koreans’ lifestyles. Next is economic gloom, partly from the impact of the coronavirus and partly attributable to the sloppy leftist policies of the Moon Jae-in administration. And the third and worst is the credibility crisis due to the contrasting words and deeds of politicians. I call it a crisis because it has escalated to a
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[Kim Seong-kon] 10 propositions for today’s populist leadersViewpointsSept 23, 2020Today, quite a few countries suffer from populist leaders who are tearing their nations apart by dividing people with factional brawls and crippling the economy by spending money unscrupulously to flatter the people. These populist leaders gravely degrade the integrity of their respective nations with indecent words and behavior. Consequently, some populist leaders have made their countries bankrupt already, whether spiritually or financially, and others have seriously damaged the image of their -
[Editorial] Legislate prudentlyEditorialSept 23, 2020Businesses fear poisonous clauses may cause reverse discrimination
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[Daoud Kuttab] The Arab betrayal of the Palestinian peopleViewpointsSept 22, 2020It is normal for countries with deep disagreements nonetheless to maintain diplomatic, trade and commercial relations. Yet there are also circumstances when such relations are regarded as nonstarters. That is certainly the case for most countries vis-a-vis North Korea, but it also describes America’s previous stance on Cuba, and now Venezuela, as well as Israel’s policy on Iran, Saudi Arabia’s on Qatar, and much of the Arab world’s on Israel. Given the importance of dial -
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[Cass R. Sunstein] Ginsburg cleared path to include the excludedViewpointsSept 22, 2020It was 1985, I think. The Federalist Society was hosting a conference in Washington on equality. I was a young professor, the token liberal on a panel, and its least distinguished member. The experience was brutal. Professor Paul Bator, a famous scholar who had been my teacher not long before, was on the panel, and at one point he whispered in my ear. “Just stop talking,” he said. “No one in the room wants to hear you.” Humiliated, I retreated to my hotel room. At about -
[Editorial] Realistic viewpointEditorialSept 22, 2020Cautious review needed on consequences of inter-Korean military accord, OPCON transfer
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![[Ferdinando Giugliano] Do not force people back into office](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=633&simg=/content/image/2020/09/20/20200920000134_0.jpg)
[Ferdinando Giugliano] Do not force people back into officeViewpointsSept 21, 2020The end of the summer holidays and the reopening of schools have sparked a lively debate over the future of remote working. From the US to the UK, politicians and employers are nudging workers to return to the office even though the pandemic is not over. But these requests put employees in a very awkward place -- caught between fearing for their health and fearing for their job. Following two key principles may resolve some of the tension. First, the government should have no say in this decisi -
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[Tomas Anker Christensen] Korea can become Asia’s green energy export hubViewpointsSept 21, 2020Korea was the first country I visited in my new capacity as Climate Ambassador last February. Denmark regards Korea as an important partner in green growth. The Korean Green New Deal cements my belief that we are heading in the same direction. It is a visionary moon-shot that can have implications for the lives of millions of people and generations to come in Korea. While Korea initiated a 73.4 trillion-won Green New Deal, this June we adopted the Danish Climate Law setting our ambitious target -
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[Chris Bryant] No revenue is no problem in 2020 stock marketViewpointsSept 21, 2020Wall Street isn’t always too fussed about whether a startup is profitable before listing on the stock exchange. A decent track record of sales growth is usually pretty essential, though. That quaint idea has been turned on its head this year by the fad for special purpose acquisition companies. Called SPACs for short, they raise cash from investors in an initial public offering and then go find a company to buy. By merging with one of these cash boxes, the target gets a dollop of capital -
[Editorial] Fulfilling dutiesEditorialSept 21, 2020Presidential committees paid illegal salaries to Moon’s close associates
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[Serendipity] Old habits die hardViewpointsSept 18, 2020I am a lists person. I am constantly making lists: the to-do list, the shopping list, the weekly menu list, the book list and the potential interviewee list, not to mention the list that tops them all -- the bucket list. I carry around a small Moleskin notebook containing these lists, each one marked with a colorful Post-it flag. Of course, I don’t get around to doing nearly half the things on the lists. It is a well-lived day when a third of the items on my daily to-do list are co
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