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[Editorial] Unjustifiable silence

EditorialJan 31, 2023

Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung appeared at the prosecutor's office to be questioned as a suspect Saturday in connection with allegations over a property development project. It was the second time for the chair of the majority opposition Democratic Party of Korea to appear before the prosecutor for questioning after being interrogated in a separate corruption probe 18 days earlier. The questio...
[Joseph E. Stiglitz] How not to fight inflation

ViewpointsJan 31, 2023

Despite favorable indices, it is too soon to tell whether inflation has been tamed. Nonetheless, two clear lessons have emerged from the recent price surge. First, economists’ standard models -- especially the dominant one that assumes the economy always to be in equilibrium -- were effectively useless. And, second, those who confidently asserted that it would take five years of pain to wring in...
[Gernot Wagner] Realism about techno-optimism

ViewpointsJan 31, 2023

Technology will save us! No, it won’t! Whenever the climate-policy debate addresses specific economic sectors, potential carbon-abatement technologies, or energy strategy, the same fundamental question always arises: How much can we rely on “simple,” preferably “cheap,” technofixes? Can climate change be addressed by counting on people to switch to lower-carbon technologies, or will it take more...
[Editorial] Fixing pension crisis

EditorialJan 30, 2023

South Korea’s national pension is on track to be depleted by 2055, unless drastic and painful reforms are taken by the government. The question is whether policymakers can pull off a consensus on this sensitive issue in time. The National Pension Service (NPS) announced temporary projections about the fund at a press conference Friday at the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The fund is set to swi...
[Elizabeth Shackelford] Why Wagner Group’s influence in West Africa is growing

ViewpointsJan 30, 2023

France has waged a counterterrorism campaign in the small West African country of Burkina Faso since 2018. But on Jan. 20, hundreds of protesters in the capital city of Ouagadougou waved Russian flags and demanded the French army’s ouster. Days later, the country’s military government told the French to leave within a month. Burkina Faso is just the latest African country where the Wagner Group,...
[Taniguchi Tomohiko] Japan's security vision is Abe's legacy

ViewpointsJan 30, 2023

The gusto with which Japan has embraced rearmament has surprised its allies and international partners. Last month, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled detailed plans to double defense spending over the next five years, leaving no doubt about the country’s determination to expand its military capabilities to deter China’s expansionist ambitions. Japan’s new strategic vision represents...
[Photo News] New year's trekking

IndustryJan 29, 2023

S-Oil CEO Hussain A. Al-Qahtani and some 100 company staff participate in a new year's trekking event at Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, Friday. During the event, the CEO urged united efforts for the successful completion of the Shaheen Project, the refiner's $7 billion mega project building a large-scale petrochemical plant in Ulsan by 2026.
[팟캐스트] (491) ‘제로 코로나' 끝났어도 계속되는 중국 시위, 왜? / 이색적인 설날 풍경

PodcastJan 27, 2023

진행자: 최정윤, Naomi Ng 1. ‘Zero-COVID’ is over. Why are Chinese still protesting? 기사 요약: 중국 ‘제로 코로나'가 끝났음에도 중국인들이 계속해서 시위하는 이유는? [1] China’s strict “zero-COVID” policy ended last month, but the movement of defiance against Chinese President Xi Jinping continues. *defiance: 반항, 저항 [2] On Lunar New Year’s Eve on Saturday, a small group of Chinese people gathered near the Embassy of China in Seoul ...
[김대균의 영어산책] 숙어 표현 하나와 자주쓰이는 고급영단어 공부

English EyeJan 27, 2023

숙어 표현 하나와 자주쓰이는 고급영단어 공부 유튜브를 보면서 공부하는 분들도 많다. 각자에게 유익한 정보를 찾아서 선택하여 집중하면 올해 좋은 성과가 있을 것이다. 필자가 최근 발견한 유익한 유튜브 채널은 @AccurateEnglish 이다. 독일, 뉴질랜드 중국에서 영어를 가르친 경험이 있고 외국인으로 Hollywood 영화에 출연하는 배우들을 집중적으로 관리하는 경험이 있는 여자 교수가 운영하는 곳인데 이미 구독자가 160만이 넘는 곳이다. 발음이나 고급영어공부에 유익하니 참고해 보시기 바란다. 오늘은 영어 idiom 하나와 실용영단어 중에 중고급 수준의 단어들로 준비했다. Go cold turkey 는 어떤 의미일까? cold turkey는 자신이 의존하던 담배나 (마)약을 끊은 직후에 사...
[Robert J. Fouser] Universities need deep reform

ViewpointsJan 27, 2023

On a recent afternoon walk, I ran into a neighbor teaching at a nearby state university. We got to talking about work and she said that “big cuts are coming” because of “demographic crisis.” I had heard that universities in the US had suffered a drop in enrollment during the COVID-19 pandemic but had assumed they would recover to pre-pandemic levels soon. What my neighbor referred to as “demogra...
[Editorial] Price of populism

EditorialJan 27, 2023

Soaring heating bills and high inflation are fanning worries over the cost of living. The retail price of city gas rose about 38 percent last year as a consequence of the international price of liquefied natural gas, mostly used for heating, surging 128 percent. The cold has been unusually severe this winter. The government has frozen gas rates for the first quarter but says that additional hi...
[Photo News] Brew bot

TechnologyJan 26, 2023

South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom’s artificial intelligence-powered Barista Robot blends and pours a cup of coffee for a customer. Jointly developed by Doosan Robotics, the robot can make around 20 kinds of coffee, cool ades and other beverages. SKT has made upgrades to the robot to create custom coffee blends and close plastic cup lids. A surveillance camera is also attached to oversee unman...
[Photo News] Energy-saving air conditioners

TechnologyJan 26, 2023

Samsung Electronics on Thursday rolled out this year’s new air conditioner lineup, including more energy-efficient models in light of rising energy bills. Starting this year, the company’s patented “windless” cooling, a high-end feature that gently and quietly disperses air through micro air holes, will be adopted in all air conditioner models.
[해커스 TOEIC] 토익 점수 Up 단어, Part 5 문제

English EyeJan 26, 2023

2) 파트 5 3문제 1. ------- who enrolls in the course will be able to competently source different information over the Internet by the end of the term. (A) One of (B) Those (C) Other (D) Anyone 해석-- 강좌에 등록하는 사람이라면 누구든지 학기 말 무렵에는 인터넷을 통해 다양한 정보를 능숙하게 얻을 수 있을 것입니다. 해설-- 부정대명사 채우기 문제 문장의 주어 자리에 와서 ‘강좌에 등록하는 사람이라면 누구든지 정보를 능숙하게 얻을 수 있을 것입니다’라는 문맥을 만드는 (D) Anyone(누구든지)이 정답이다. (A) One of 뒤에는 명사, ...
[Daniel DePetris] US can afford defense budget cut

ViewpointsJan 26, 2023

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had to beg, plead and deal to get his current job. One of the agreements struck on the House floor with the most conservative faction of the Republican caucus was a promise to keep the next spending bill at levels that were agreed to in fiscal 2022. If McCarthy keeps his word, $130 billion in federal discretionary spending would be cut from the recently passed budget ...