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[Serendipity] This time, get it right on sex crimes

Mar 26, 2020

Reading the news on secret chat rooms on Telegram where videos of sexual exploitation were traded feels like wading through filth. So much so, I consciously stayed away from it as much as possible un...
[Kim Myong-sik] Ridiculous election system breeds disposable parties

Mar 25, 2020

History shows that even raging wars do not restrain politicians’ fervor for power. The nation is now at war against the new coronavirus. Guns are not being fired, but so many warriors in imperfect pr...
[Shang-Jin Wei] Beating the virus and the economic pandemic

Mar 25, 2020

Shang-Jin Wei
[Stephen L. Carter] Ethics of shopping in a pandemic

Mar 24, 2020

When my local supermarket opened for business at 6 a.m. the other day, I had my plan of action in place. The instant the door was unlocked, I hurried to the pharmacy aisle, where I found, to my surpr...
[Kim Seong-kon] Remembering Korea’s charms in these difficult times

Mar 24, 2020

Due to the recent coronavirus outbreak, we are now unable to travel to foreign countries freely. Some time ago, however, a South Korean could visit virtually any place on earth and feel at home where...
[David Fickling] Looming fall of Gulf’s oil empire

Mar 23, 2020

For much of the world, oil wealth is a curse. Endowed with ample reserves of hydrocarbons, the likes of Nigeria, Angola, Kazakhstan, Mexico and Venezuela frittered the benefits away. Only in the Per...
[Stephen Mihm] Roosevelt’s public-private alliance can help beat virus

Mar 23, 2020

It would be charitable to describe the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic as sloppy and uncoordinated. Thankfully, there is a model for an epic national comeback. It dates back...
[Shin Hyun-gon] Overcome adversity, prepare to face new challenges

Mar 23, 2020

The coronavirus outbreak is grabbing global headlines. It first appeared in Wuhan City, Hubei province, China, in December 2019 and spread to East and South Asia -- including South Korea, Japan and S...
[Contribution] What US can learn from Korea about fighting coronavirus

Mar 23, 2020

South Korea has been recognized internationally for the effectiveness of its response to the novel coronavirus pandemic and impact of the COVID-19 disease. As the number of cases continue to rise in ...
[Xun Wu, Donald Low] How big virus crisis will become is up to us

Mar 22, 2020

For the people of a growing number of countries, the coronavirus outbreak is no longer something they read about in the news or on TV as the virus spreads to their cities, communities, and even famil...
[Digital Simplicity] ‘Infodemic’ is as lethal as coronavirus

Mar 20, 2020

About three weeks ago, I watched a news segment online showing Japanese shoppers rushing to buy toilet paper. Shelves were stripped bare quickly across Japan. The reason for the panic buying was alle...
[Ferdinando Giugliano] Euro area’s virus response still insufficient

Mar 19, 2020

Christine Lagarde warned European leaders last week that the COVID-19 epidemic risked pushing the economy into a new 2008-style crisis. So far, the response from politicians to the president of the E...
[John Manzella] Coronavirus gives Trump an opportunity to correct missteps on China

Mar 19, 2020

President Donald Trump’s intention to persuade China to play by long-established international trade rules is commendable. But focusing on the US trade deficit with China, and imposing tariffs to eli...
[Kevin Skeoch] Education during the days of COVID-19

Mar 19, 2020

Amid the growing concerns of COVID-19 spread in South Korea, international schools are planning and have instituted online learning programs that were rolled out to all students during school closure...
[Pankaj Mishra] Get ready, a bigger disruption is coming

Mar 18, 2020

As global supply chains break, airlines slash flights, borders rise within nation-states, stock exchanges convulse with fear, and recession looms over economies, from China to Germany, Australia to t...