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[Robert J. Fouser] English and linguistic ‘superdiversity’

ViewpointsOct 7, 2022

My first trip to Europe in three years offered renewed insight into language complexities of the early 21st century. Despite a pause in mass tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic, English continues to expand. At the same time, migration is creating “superdiverse” linguistic spaces in cities. At a conference in Leuven, Belgium, a Belgian professor casually mentioned that English was becoming a neu...
[Editorial] Substantial response

EditorialOct 7, 2022

South Korea, US fire missiles; US aircraft carrier redeployed after NK provocation
[Kim Myong-sik] Yoon should not expect favors from public broadcasters

ViewpointsOct 6, 2022

In the press world, a “pool reporter” covering a major public event on behalf of a certain group of journalists has to provide the content he or she obtained on the mission for all members simultaneously so that media outlets are given the same opportunities. The MBC-TV cameraman who accompanied President Yoon Suk-yeol on his visit to New York last month and was chosen to cover his participation...
[Martin Schram] When Bill covered up for Boris

ViewpointsOct 6, 2022

The world has watched in shock, outrage and disbelief, as Russia’s President Vladimir Putin brazenly invaded his sovereign neighbor Ukraine -- in a full-speed-ahead aggression that ended up with Putin cornering himself and entrapping much of the world in the mess he single-handedly created. Then he made his godawful situation much worse by threatening the world with nuclear blackmail -- yes, a t...
[Editorial] Too many political footballs

EditorialOct 6, 2022

Lawmakers crippling parliamentary inspection are feared to repeat the same mistakes that benefit nobody
[Kim Seong-kon] When Nobel Prize season rolls around

ViewpointsOct 5, 2022

Recently, Koreans were elated by the news that June Huh and Lim Yun-chan received the Fields Medal in math and the Gold Medal in the Van Cliburn Piano Competition, respectively. Another piece of good news that delighted Korean Americans was that Jina Kang was selected as the Distinguished Young Woman of California. Originally, Kang was chosen as the Distinguished Young Woman of LA last spring. T...
[Editorial] No sanctuary in probe

EditorialOct 5, 2022

Moon calls state auditor's written investigation 'rude'; he must respond
[Editorial] Collateral damage

EditorialOct 4, 2022

Twitch’s surprise move heralds a fierce battle by YouTube and Netflix over network usage fee
[Lee In-hyun] Jacqueline du Pre, the greatest UK cellist

ViewpointsOct 4, 2022

I received very sad news on Sept. 8. Queen Elizabeth II passed away at Balmoral. She was 96 years old. This year is the queen’s platinum jubilee, marking the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth becoming the British monarch. Not only the British people, but many people around the world mourned her death, including myself. As I was reading an article about Queen Elizabeth II, I suddenly remembere...
[Arjun V.K. Sharma] Climate change to spawn next pandemic

ViewpointsOct 4, 2022

The threat of climate change conjures certain scenes: Smoke billowing from a forest aflame. Smothering heat clinging to the distorted asphalt of a densely packed street. Glaciers breaking off into a rising sea. Another scenario should be equally terrifying but is harder to envision: A virus leaving the animal that has played blind host for an encroaching human being. For years, scientists have b...
[Lyle Goldstein] Biden pokes at China again over Taiwan. At what cost to US national interests?

ViewpointsSept 30, 2022

President Joe Biden’s foreign policy deserves higher marks than most have given it. Biden boldly pulled the plug on the Afghanistan quagmire, so that Americans could stop hemorrhaging blood and treasure in an endless war. He has performed a delicate “Goldilocks routine” with respect to Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine: giving a vital assist to save Kyiv, while balancing that support with cauti...
[Editorial] Dispute on price controls

EditorialSept 30, 2022

Cautious approach needed in introducing unit price indexation to minimize side effects
[M. Niaz Asadullah] Asia’s captive market for migrant labor

ViewpointsSept 29, 2022

COVID-19 has disrupted labor markets virtually everywhere, pushing millions of migrant workers into poverty. In high-income Asian countries, the pandemic has highlighted these workers’ vulnerability to redundancy, pay cuts, and exclusion from vital social safety nets. The authorities in Singapore and Malaysia have deported some of those who spoke out against inadequate provisions or mistreatment ...
[Lee Kyong-hee] Simple thinking, rough speech and dishonesty

ViewpointsSept 29, 2022

Among all the 12 first ladies we have had since the founding of the Republic, Kim Keon-hee is certainly one of a kind. A few of her predecessors raised eyebrows for occasionally inappropriate activities but none of them faced the level of rumors that shroud Kim. Suspicion surfaced during the presidential campaign, when there were whispers of Kim’s involvement in Deutsch Motors stock price manipu...
[Editorial] Abide by principles

EditorialSept 29, 2022

Yoon’s remark disclosed, opposition party floor leader criticizes it before embargo lifted