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[Mohamed A. el-Erian] China-US trade deal could be mere cease-fire

China and the US last week signaled substantial progress in their trade negotiations, as President Xi Jinping welcomed a “new consensus.” One question remains, however: Why has the US opted to deal b...

Apr 8, 2019
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[Philippe Legrain] EU’s China conundrum

Europeans can’t agree on how to handle a rising China. While European Union leaders were gathering in Brussels recently to discuss a more assertive common approach, Chinese President Xi Jinping was v...

Apr 8, 2019
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[Park Sang-seek] From civilization to barbarism

On March 16 this year, Harrison Tarrant, a white Australian, killed 49 Muslims at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. He issued a manifesto titled “The Great Replacement.” He claimed that “Even...

Apr 7, 2019
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[Ronald W. Chan] Investors should buy a ticket to Indonesia

It’s not Bollywood yet, but Indonesia could be germinating Asia’s next big film scene. After years of stifled growth and censorship, new cinemas are opening across the vast Southeast Asian archipelag...

Apr 7, 2019
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[Sławomir Sierakowski] How to defeat populist forces

There have never been more populist governments in place than today. Until now, populists have not been voted out of power in any Western country. Even though the president of Slovakia has only symb...

Apr 7, 2019
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[Adam Minter] No silver bullet for China’s plastics problem

Since 2004, China has been the world’s largest generator of waste, including plastics. And, since 2010 at least, China has been the largest source of waste plastic flowing into the world’s oceans. To...

Apr 4, 2019
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[Lee Joo-hee] For me it’s romance, for you it’s cheating

We criticize intuitively every day. That slow driver in the fast lane, the waiter who obviously does not want to be here, the comedian who is just not funny anymore. Even the nicest person criticize...

Apr 3, 2019
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[Ram Garikipati] Is Korea’s launch of world’s 1st 5G services hype?

The next-generation wireless network technology 5G is in the limelight as South Korea is poised to beat the United States as the first to cross the finish line. Tech giant Samsung Electronics has sa...

Apr 3, 2019
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[Kim Seong-kon] Apologies for denture-chattering bugs

Dear young Koreans, you deride old people these days by calling us “teultakchung” or “denture-chattering bugs.” We are appalled at such a derogatory nickname because we think we are still young -- at...

Apr 2, 2019
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[Lee Jae-min] Disheartened and disillusioned again: Week of national embarrassment

After all, it hurt to watch. It really did. Confirmation hearings for some of the seven ministerial post nominees last week stirred public anger. Questions posed, responses given and facts found wer...

Apr 2, 2019
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[Justin Fendos] Kim Jong-un cornered

After much disappointment following the Hanoi summit, a few things have become clearer. Each side has made its next move, with Pyongyang, most notably, openly advertising resumption of weapons develo...

Apr 2, 2019
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[Andrew Browne] Detroit could be next victim of a tech cold war

These are testing times for Detroit’s big automakers as they puzzle over where to place their bets. Pickup trucks or driverless cars? Internal combustion engines or electric motors? Hardware or softw...

Apr 1, 2019
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[Lionel Laurent] Xi Jinping and Huawei are a serious threat to European unity

To understand Europe’s muddle over China, look at Monaco. The tiny tax haven, famous for its casinos, has forged an unlikely partnership with the communist state that would have Lenin spinning in hi...

Apr 1, 2019
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[Robert Rudolf, Sijeong Lim] Korea’s fine dust crisis: Time to face the music and be responsible

Spring has come, but a thick layer of smog hasn’t given way to a clean breeze in many Asian countries. Hazardous levels of dust and fine dust have become one of the most salient social issues in Kore...

Apr 1, 2019
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[Lee Jae-hyon] Indonesia, a central pillar of Korea’s New Southern Policy

For many Koreans, attention will turn toward Vietnam as President Moon Jae-in implements his New Southern Policy targeting ASEAN countries and India, given the substantial economic relations between ...

Mar 31, 2019
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