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Mon, September 25, 2023 | 05:05

Ghost of Oslo Accords haunts

Ghost of Oslo Accords haunts

Thirty years ago, on Sept. 13, 1993, I sat on a folding chair in the sunshine on the White House lawn, along with 3,000 other witnesses, watching President Bill Clinton nudge a reluctant Israeli prime minister and the ebullient chief of the Palestine Liberation Organization into shaking hands.

2023-09-12 16:20

. Casey Latigue

World in trouble

Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” I don't doubt the wisdom, but I would like to point out that King didn't (and couldn't) go everywhere to fight injustice. That's not a knock against the great King. There are so many injustices in the world that even an army of Martin Luther King Jr.-like-minded generals and soldiers could n...

2023-09-11 16:35

Toward 'K-Edu, K-Teacher'

Toward 'K-Edu, K-Teacher'

In the annals of history, Sept. 4, 2023, is destined to be remembered as the day when the echoes of change resounded across South Korea's educational landscape, a day named as “Education Standstill Day.” This is no ordinary date on the calendar; it is an indelible marker of transformation, etching its significance into the very core of the nation's educational soul.

2023-09-11 16:30

What Yevgeny Prigozhin's death means for Africa

What Yevgeny Prigozhin's death means for Africa

The recent deaths of Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and several of his top lieutenants in an airplane crash north of Moscow will likely have far-reaching implications for Africa, where the private military company has established a significant presence in recent years. After all, if Russian President Vladimir Putin is responsible for Prigozhin's death, as many suspect,...

2023-09-11 16:20

. John J. Metzler

After Afghanistan; global conflicts widen, endure, spread

It's been two years since the fall of Afghanistan. The tragic collapse of Kabul to the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban signaled the last sordid chapter in the Biden Administration's appalling and shambolic “withdrawal” from America's longest military commitment. But beyond the perceived American weakness and strategic myopia it glaringly manifested, the Afghan debacle incentiv...

2023-09-10 16:35

Kim Sung-woo

Greenwashing: implications of recent amendment to KFTC guidelines

Greenwashing, a portmanteau of the words “green” and “whitewashing,” refers to the act of making false, deceptive or misleading statements about non-eco-friendly products as if they are eco-friendly.

2023-09-10 16:30

Talking about mental health: from silence to loud hope

Talking about mental health: from silence to loud hope

I recently came across an article about the tragic story of a young and well-known Korean pop star who took his own life. In the article, friends, co-workers, and fans all spoke with one voice: He was a bright individual, and they had no inkling that he had suffered silently.

2023-09-10 16:25

. Donald Kirk

Summitry takes center stage

History is playing games. Who, as Saigon was falling to the forces of “North” Vietnam in April 1975, would have looked into a crystal ball and seen an American president 50 years later talking with Vietnam's top leaders about aiding their Communist regime?

2023-09-07 16:35

Park Jung-won

South Korea's security quandary

The most serious security matter facing South Korea today is the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear missiles. Many politicians and experts in South Korea argue that China has no reason to stand behind its neighbor, North Korea, due to the latter's increasingly reckless nuclear posture, and thus China's mediation efforts in inter-Korean affairs should align with South Korea...

2023-09-07 16:30

Europe can no longer afford disunity

Europe can no longer afford disunity

Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has plunged Europe back into the darker chapters of its history. Once again, the continent confronts the specter of its most terrible affliction: a large-scale war of conquest.

2023-09-07 16:20

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