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[Noah Smith] Military spending on R&D a boon for private sector

ViewpointsDec 12, 2019

There has been a clamor for the US government to spend more on research and development. Economic theories such as those of Paul Romer, who won the Nobel Prize in 2018, suggest that spending more on ...
[Editorial] Unrestrained spending

EditorialDec 12, 2019

Bloated budget for next year heightens alarm on mounting national debt
[Editorial] Kim Woo-choong’s legacy

EditorialDec 11, 2019

Undaunted spirit of challenge, entrepreneurship he showed must be encouraged to weather current crisis
[Doyle McManus] President Trump gets little credit for foreign policy

ViewpointsDec 11, 2019

Last week’s NATO summit in London should have been a nice little success story for President Donald Trump. For once he went to an international meeting without intending to blow it up. Instead, he p...
[Andrew Bacevich] Why US can’t end ‘endless wars’

ViewpointsDec 11, 2019

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has imported into the American military lexicon a new rationale for US military actions in the Middle East. It’s called “mowing the lawn,” but it has nothing to do wit...
[Kim Seong-kon] Why does socialism persist in capitalist S. Korea?

ViewpointsDec 10, 2019

Many foreigners wonder why socialism and Marxism persist and even remain popular in such an affluent capitalist country as South Korea. Perhaps the reason dates back to Korea’s liberation from Japane...
[Pankaj Mishra] India’s problems bigger than Modi

ViewpointsDec 10, 2019

A new narrative about India is suddenly emerging. Until very recently, India appeared to be a great democracy as well as a rising economic power, a potential partner of the West in its policy of cont...
[Editorial] Task ahead

EditorialDec 10, 2019

Chief economic policymaker should carry forward crucial reform to reinvigorate the economy
[Ted Gover] NK's frustrations indicate Trump is holding the line

ViewpointsDec 10, 2019

North Korea’s Nov. 28 test-firing of a “superlarge multiple-rocket launcher” -- accompanied by recent ultimatums and criticism of Washington’s negotiating style -- indicates the Kim Jong-un regime’s ...
[Editorial] Keep innovation alive

EditorialDec 9, 2019

Ride-sharing service doomed; Alternative way must be found to foster competition
[Daniel Moss] Former sex slaves shouldn’t become trade weapons

ViewpointsDec 9, 2019

A retirement home nestled in farmland 90 minutes from Seoul isn’t what most people would consider a trade-war frontier. But this is no ordinary assisted-living community. Here, visitors can step into...
[Ivo Daalder] Cracks in NATO alliance significant

ViewpointsDec 9, 2019

There are really only three ways NATO could end: -- The United States, NATO’s most powerful member, could walk away. -- Europe, led by one of the continent’s larger and more ambitious nations, coul...
[Editorial] Reenacted brinkmanship

EditorialDec 8, 2019

Seoul’s stance should not be detached from reality amid US-NK confrontation
[Letter to the Editor] Office of education avoids the elephant in the room

ViewpointsDec 8, 2019

Once again, the Korean government is chasing its own tail over an effective (and just) education policy. It was announced this week that the top 16 universities in Seoul would have to accept at leas...
[Slawomir Sierakowski] Macron needs prudence, restraint to achieve goal

ViewpointsDec 8, 2019

You can be talented, handsome, rhetorically skilled, and politically brave, and yet suffer for it. In the long run, prudence and restraint are crucial ingredients of successful leadership, and it is ...