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[Achim Steiner] Myanmar’s young demand their future

ViewpointsApr 13, 2021

Half of Myanmar’s population is under the age of 30, and many of these young people have benefited from their country’s fragile, imperfect democratic transition over the past decade. They know the mi...
[Lee Hyuk] ASEAN and Korea amid mounting US-China rivalry

ViewpointsApr 13, 2021

The bitter war of words at the US-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Alaska last March portended the rough waves of the new Cold War between the US and China with profound implications for this...
[Editorial] Go all out for vaccines

EditorialApr 13, 2021

The use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine against COVID-19 resumed for the under-60s Monday, except for those aged 30 and below. South Korea suspended providing the AstraZeneca shot to people under 60 on Wed...
[Elizabeth Drew] Why would anyone want to be president?

ViewpointsApr 12, 2021

More often than anyone might think, ample grounds exist for wondering why anyone would want to be president of the United States. Yes, there’s the glory of being elected to occupy the country’s most ...
[Peter Singer] Extending the right to die

ViewpointsApr 12, 2021

The right to assistance in dying continues to gain ground. Last month, the Spanish parliament passed legislation, expected to come into effect in June, permitting doctors to assist adult patients to ...
[Editorial] Self-inflicted disgrace

EditorialApr 12, 2021

A bipartisan caucus of the US House of Representatives is to hold a hearing this week on South Korea’s controversial legislation to ban the sending of anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the inter-Korean ...
Samsung invited to White House meeting on chip shortage

TechnologyApr 11, 2021

Samsung Electronics, South Korea’s top tech giant, is among 19 global semiconductor manufacturers invited to a White House meeting to be held virtually on Monday. The CEO summit, according to US off...
[Editorial] Stern judgment

EditorialApr 9, 2021

The April 7 by-elections, regarded as a barometer for the presidential election about a year later, ended with a landslide win by an opposition party. Candidates of the conservative People Power Part...
[Editorial] Momentum sapped

EditorialApr 8, 2021

The Moon administration must have been deeply frustrated, though not dismayed, at North Korea’s decision not to participate in the upcoming Tokyo Summer Olympics. The North announced Tuesday that it...
[팟캐스트] (398) 코로나19 거리두기 속 부활절 기념/ “코로나 확진 시 민형사상 책임” 서강대 서약서 논란

PodcastApr 7, 2021

진행자: 최지원, Naomi Garyan 1. Churches celebrate Easter amid COVID-19 요약: 계속되는 코로나 19 사태 속 4일 부활절을 기념해 전국 교회와 성당에서 방역지침을 지켜가며 온·오프라인 예배 및 미사를 진행했다. [1] Christians in South Korea celebrated Easter Sund...
[Doyle McManus] Biden in race against time

ViewpointsApr 7, 2021

Joe Biden is racing against time. “We have to move now,” he said last week as he unveiled his giant $2 trillion-plus economic plan. “We can’t delay another minute.” Why is a 78-year-old president on...
[Editorial] Principled diplomacy needed

EditorialApr 7, 2021

National security advisers from the US, South Korea and Japan had a three-way meeting in Annapolis, Maryland, Friday. Hours later, the foreign ministers of South Korea and China held talks in a south...
[Photo News] Korea sets yet another world record in perovskite solar cell

IndustryApr 6, 2021

A researcher from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology holds out a perovskite solar cell, which it says boasts the world’s highest efficiency rate, Tuesday. Co-developed by UNIST, ...
[Photo News] Music for everyone

IndustryApr 6, 2021

S-Oil CEO Hussain A. Al-Qahtani (left) delivers 100 million won ($89,129) to Heart-to-Heart Foundation Chairman Oh Ji-chul at S-Oil’s headquarters in Mapo-gu, Seoul, Tuesday. The money will be used ...
[Thitinan Pongsudhirak] The global reverberations of Myanmar’s coup

ViewpointsApr 6, 2021

Myanmar is leading Southeast Asia’s race to the political bottom. Since overthrowing a civilian government on Feb. 1, the military has killed more than 530 unarmed civilian protesters and arrested th...