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Fri, October 18, 2019 | 20:54

To be guilty or not

Is the recent Cho Kuk chaos drawing nearer to a close with his resignation from the justice minister's position? I'm afraid not. People, including the opposition party, are still very wary of this powerful man second only to the president. Although much of his and his family's criminal charges haven't been cleared up, he may remain a threat until his possible entry into the N...

2019-10-18 17:52

Red card to Kim Jong-un

The world should stop pampering North Korea. The latest lesson in point is the 2022 Qatar World Cup football qualifying match held in the North's capital, Pyongyang, Oct. 15. The North blocked a live TV broadcast, allowed no international media and had the game played in a literally empty stadium that can seat 50,000. On returning home, South Korea captain Son Heung-min said ...

Oh Young-jin | 2019-10-18 17:09

South Korea unhappy about treatment in Pyongyang

Hypocrisy, pure and simple

Every Wednesday since 1992, a group of resolute people has gathered outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul at noon to remember and honor the estimated 200,000 women - mostly Korean - who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese during World War II.

2019-10-18 17:04

'Escaping from tyranny of here and now'

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics for 2019 was awarded to three scientists for their focus on the cosmos and the discovery of a new planet outside the solar system. The prize was given to James Peebles for his theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology and Michael Mayor and Didier Queloz for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.

Park Yoon-bae | 2019-10-18 16:03

Down to the wire on Brexit

LONDON - Brexit, Britain's exit from the European Union, is getting so tiresome, you wish the Brits would just get on with it and get out.

2019-10-17 17:19

North Korea's own goal

There were no spectators, no live TV coverage, no reporters, no grass pitch and no goals for a bizarre South and North Korean football match to qualify for the 2022 Qatar World Cup in the entirely empty Kim Il-sung Stadium in Pyongyang, Tuesday.

2019-10-17 17:14

Should creditors pay price for dubious bonds?

In late October, Venezuela is likely to default on a $913 million payment on a key bond. Because the country has already defaulted on most of its debt, one might be tempted to regard another missed payment as no big deal. But this bond, issued by the national oil company Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), and referred to as PDVSA 2020, is backed by juicy collateral: a cont...

2019-10-17 17:11

Do Democrats need Hillary or Michelle to enter race?

It began with 25 candidates. It's been reduced by half, yet concern persists among Democrats that the party should look beyond the still standing contenders and seek an individual capable of party unification and persuade him or her to enter the race.

2019-10-17 17:05

Sino-Indian informal summits: Wuhan, Mahabalipuram and beyond

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi observed during talks with China's President Xi Jinping that “our effort is to prevent differences from degenerating into disputes.” The Chinese leader was visiting Mahabalipuram (Chennai) for the second informal summit October 11-12. He appreciated the one-on-one “candid discussions as friends” with his host that lasted six hours, in addit...

2019-10-17 16:20

Where is Christian 'left'?

Conventional wisdom says that those with the loudest voices write the story that most come to believe is the only genuine version. Similar to the U.S., Korea has a vocal evangelical (conservative) Christian community that denounces the “other.”

2019-10-16 16:28

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