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  • [Monitor] One-person households in Korea suffer from low income
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  • [Leonid Bershidsky] Europe’s young leaders are bucking politics as usual

    Dec 12, 2019

    [Leonid Bershidsky] Europe’s young leaders are bucking politics as usual

    The emergence of 34-year-old Sanna Marin as Finland’s new prime minister is no fluke: In recent years, Europe has seen its leaders get younger as the new generation appears better at navigating increasingly complex political landscapes.The average age of global leaders actually has increased since the 1950s, according to the Rulers, Elections and Irregular Government dataset, created by Curtis Bell from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. In Europe, though, it has been going down sin

  • [Noah Smith] Military spending on R&D a boon for private sector

    [Noah Smith] Military spending on R&D a boon for private sector

    There has been a clamor for the US government to spend more on research and development. Economic theories such as those of Paul Romer, who won the Nobel Prize in 2018, suggest that spending more on R&D would promote long-term economic growth. A growing number of economists also believe that basic research is a job that only government can do; because basic research is so hard to profit from directly, there’s a clear pipeline from government-funded discoveries to private sector innovat

    Dec 12, 2019

  • [Doyle McManus] President Trump gets little credit for foreign policy

    [Doyle McManus] President Trump gets little credit for foreign policy

    Last week’s NATO summit in London should have been a nice little success story for President Donald Trump.For once he went to an international meeting without intending to blow it up. Instead, he planned to trumpet how he had convinced several European allies to boost defense spending, one of his foreign policy priorities.But that storyline got lost the moment Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was caught on camera making fun of the president, drawing laughter from British Prime Minist

    Dec 11, 2019

  • [Andrew Bacevich] Why US can’t end ‘endless wars’

    [Andrew Bacevich] Why US can’t end ‘endless wars’

    Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has imported into the American military lexicon a new rationale for US military actions in the Middle East. It’s called “mowing the lawn,” but it has nothing to do with keeping the grass trimmed. “To mow the lawn,” Esper recently remarked to reporters, “means, every now and then” giving your adversary a good, swift kick in the shins. “You have to do these things,” he explained, “so that a threat doesn&rsq

    Dec 11, 2019

  • [Kim Seong-kon] Why does socialism persist in capitalist S. Korea?

    [Kim Seong-kon] Why does socialism persist in capitalist S. Korea?

    Many foreigners wonder why socialism and Marxism persist and even remain popular in such an affluent capitalist country as South Korea. Perhaps the reason dates back to Korea’s liberation from Japanese rule in 1945. Historians argue that at the time, the resistance leaders in the Korean Provisional Government located in China needed a counterideology to fight Japanese right-wing military imperialism. Left-wing ideologies such as socialism and Marxism, which flourished in China at that time

    Dec 10, 2019

  • [Pankaj Mishra] India’s problems bigger than Modi

    [Pankaj Mishra] India’s problems bigger than Modi

    A new narrative about India is suddenly emerging. Until very recently, India appeared to be a great democracy as well as a rising economic power, a potential partner of the West in its policy of containing China. Writing in Time magazine in 2015, no less a moral and political authority than Barack Obama hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as India’s “reformer-in-chief” who “reflects the dynamism and potential of India’s rise.”However, the latest, radically dif

    Dec 10, 2019

  • [Ted Gover] NK's frustrations indicate Trump is holding the line

    North Korea’s Nov. 28 test-firing of a “superlarge multiple-rocket launcher” -- accompanied by recent ultimatums and criticism of Washington’s negotiating style -- indicates the Kim Jong-un regime’s frustration with the US over the lack of sanctions relief. It also shows that the Trump administration is pursuing a measured and deliberate approach that protects both US and allied interests amid North Korean provocations. It is well known that Pyongyang is disappointe

    Dec 10, 2019

  • [Daniel Moss] Former sex slaves shouldn’t become trade weapons

    [Daniel Moss] Former sex slaves shouldn’t become trade weapons

    A retirement home nestled in farmland 90 minutes from Seoul isn’t what most people would consider a trade-war frontier. But this is no ordinary assisted-living community. Here, visitors can step into a replica of a World War II-era “comfort station”: a dimly lit cabin with a narrow wooden bed, topped with a thin mattress and cheap sheets -- where sex slaves once serviced Japanese soldiers. A photo of a military-issue condom, with holes, is on display.The residents of the House

    Dec 9, 2019

  • [Ivo Daalder] Cracks in NATO alliance significant

    [Ivo Daalder] Cracks in NATO alliance significant

    There are really only three ways NATO could end:-- The United States, NATO’s most powerful member, could walk away.-- Europe, led by one of the continent’s larger and more ambitious nations, could break off to try and fend for itself.-- Or an outlying member could throw a wrench in the alliance’s decision-making process, which requires unanimity, therein vetoing the organization into paralysis.All three threats lurked on the horizon as allied leaders headed to London earlier la

    Dec 9, 2019

  • [Letter to the Editor] Office of education avoids the elephant in the room

    Once again, the Korean government is chasing its own tail over an effective (and just) education policy. It was announced this week that the top 16 universities in Seoul would have to accept at least 40 percent of their students based on regular admissions, i.e. the College Scholastic Ability Test. The original introduction of the irregular admissions policy, which included assessment of students’ extra-curricular activities (such as award-winning records, club activities and volunteer wor

    Dec 8, 2019

  • [Slawomir Sierakowski] Macron needs prudence, restraint to achieve goal

    [Slawomir Sierakowski] Macron needs prudence, restraint to achieve goal

    You can be talented, handsome, rhetorically skilled, and politically brave, and yet suffer for it. In the long run, prudence and restraint are crucial ingredients of successful leadership, and it is precisely these two qualities that, up to now, French President Emmanuel Macron appears to lack.Macron wants to lead the European Union into the 21st century. But he will succeed only if he does not go too far. If he overplays his hand, he will open himself up to a challenge from some other rising po

    Dec 8, 2019

  • [Letter to the Editor] Key factors to consider when choosing a nursing hospital

    [Letter to the Editor] Key factors to consider when choosing a nursing hospital

    Nursing hospitals get asked most frequently about the amount charged for hospitalization fees. The reason appears to be that the patient’s children usually pay for the hospitalization fees. If the patients themselves pay the fees, they might ask about hospital facilities or services rather than costs. As the patient’s children bear the cost for the most part, the inquiry about the fees remains the top priority.Simply put, bills for nursing hospitals are specified under the comprehens

    Dec 5, 2019

  • [Jean Pisani-Ferry] UK and EU should prevent mutual assured damage

    [Jean Pisani-Ferry] UK and EU should prevent mutual assured damage

    Nothing can be taken for granted in the United Kingdom these days, but it is now very likely that 2020 will be the year when Brexit finally happens. A majority of UK citizens will probably be relieved to bring this seemingly endless agony to a close, while most European leaders will likely be glad not to have to argue over another postponement. But questions will remain.To the question of “Who lost Britain?” the answer must be, first and foremost, Britain itself. Whatever mistakes th

    Dec 5, 2019

  • [Kim Myong-sik] Trump’s gamble in USFK cost-sharing deal

    [Kim Myong-sik] Trump’s gamble in USFK cost-sharing deal

    Negotiations are underway on US President Donald Trump’s demand for a fivefold increase in South Korea’s payment for the cost of stationing 28,500 US troops here. The talks in Washington and Seoul may be settled before the year-end. However, the preposterous US demand has raised the average South Korean’s skepticism about the alliance -- by as much as five times. It could be the famous “art of the deal” of the American businessman-turned-president, but it simply bor

    Dec 4, 2019

  • [Noah Smith] US economy defying recession odds

    [Noah Smith] US economy defying recession odds

    It’s impressive how well the US economy has held up during the past year. As early as 2018, leading indicators were suggesting a heightened risk of recession in 2019 or 2020. Then early this year the yield curve inverted, a traditional signal that recession is imminent. The inversion has since reversed, but this typically happens before growth actually goes negative. The trigger for a downturn wouldn’t be hard to identify -- a slowing China, combined with President Donald Trump&rsquo

    Dec 4, 2019

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