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Tue, February 25, 2020 | 20:45

Many benefits of speedy divorce laws

Are you thinking about divorce? Is anyone you know thinking about divorce? If your answer is yes, you are in the right place. In late December, I received an email from U.S. Census Bureau, introducing me to a study made by Ms. Misty L. Heggeness on the upside of speedy divorce laws. Ms. Heggeness is a principal economist and senior adviser in the research and methodology unit of the U.S. Census Bureau.

2020-02-16 17:26

A bird's lonely death

Last month, I had an opportunity to stay for several days at a friend's condo in Ocean City, Maryland. One morning, I looked out the window and found something that caught my eye. It was a dead bird. It appeared to be a seagull, although its beak looked like that of an eagle.

2020-02-02 17:50

'Fiddler on the Roof'

One of my all-time favorite movies is “Fiddler on the Roof” of 1971, which won the best motion picture and best actor awards from Golden Globe and best music and many more at the Oscars in 1972.

2020-01-19 16:25

Korean economy 2020

The ifo Institute at the University of Munich in Germany was founded in January 1949, and has published the quarterly ifo World Economic Survey since 1989. The survey is based on appraisals and expectations of economic experts all over the world, rather than quantitative analysis.

2020-01-05 16:54

Time use of millennials v. non-millennials

Let me first introduce popular classifications of generations. The Lost Generation has two meanings. One refers to those who fought in World War I. Members of this generation were typically born between 1883 and 1900.

2019-12-22 17:04

Unidentifiable media influencers

Almost every day, we read media reports on biased opinion surveys favoring a particular political party, foreign intervention in domestic elections, false criticism of celebrities and biased promotion of products.

2019-12-08 16:36

Human rights in North Korea revisited

The Korea Club in Washington, D.C., hosted a special presentation Nov. 14, by Jack Rendler, who is a country specialist for North Korea at the Amnesty International U.S. Rendler has been a human rights activist since 1978, and currently volunteers as the Amnesty country coordinator on North Korea.

2019-11-24 16:57

Five scenarios of AI-dominated future

My favorite professor Hong Y. Park, teaching economics at the Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan, is giving a presentation on artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship on Nov. 14.

2019-11-10 16:57

Policy changes for Moon's success

This is the exact title of my March 19, 2018 article in this column. The government announced on that day that there will be a third inter-Korean summit in April and that North Korea had made a conditional pledge to give up its nuclear weapons and renounce its provocations against South Korea.

2019-10-27 17:10

Musical 'Cabaret,' then and now

On Sept. 19, my dear friend Anne Martin took me to the musical “Cabaret,” being performed at the very nice Olney Theatre in Olney, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C. As special guests, we sat on the stage, practically a part of talented cast who performed superbly in the show.

2019-10-13 16:57

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