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From garbage to a garden
Today is Election Day. South Korea has been adrift over the last six months after the impeachment and detention of former President Park Geun-hye over an abuse of power scandal. During this period, the nation has been split in two — those oppos…
May 09,2017
Restoring our tax rights
The so-called Google tax referring to anti-avoidance provisions governments have been enforcing against profits diverted to other nations by multinational enterprises for low or nil rates is spreading to major European countries. Google agreed to pay…
May 09,2017
A poverty of choices
The historic polling day to elect the 19th South Korean president has approached. The record two-day early voting turnout underscores public interest in the upcoming election. Of the 42.5 million eligible voters, 11.07 million, or over 26 percent, ca…
May 08,2017
Unite and move forward
Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party (DP), who has a comfortable lead over the other candidates pledged to create a “dream” administration team by recruiting people from both the liberal and conservative front. Whoever wins, the next president will fa…
May 08,2017
Confronting the threat
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed its toughest-ever bill to impose sanctions on North Korea. The bipartisan bill entitled the Korean Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act was passed in a vote of 419 to 1. The bill stric…
May 06,2017
The revenue disparity
The data have turned positive, defying concerns about a looming economic crisis in April. The stock market is at its best and housing prices are rising, thanks to the recovery in the global economy. The U.S. economy has picked up speed as a result of…
May 06,2017
‘Lips and teeth’ no more
The friction between Pyongyang and Beijing over China’s mounting pressure on North Korea to ease off on its nuclear weapons program is taking an alarming turn. The North’s state mouthpiece the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) attacked China on Wedne…
May 05,2017
A dangerous course
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set year 2020, when the nation hosts the Tokyo Olympics, as the year a revised Constitution will take effect in Japan. He was more or less declaring a specific timetable to walk away from the postwar pacifist Const…
May 05,2017
Get out and vote
As the presidential election nears, the number of undecided voters is at its highest level yet. Over 20 percent of those polled say they have yet to settle on a candidate and another 30 percent think they could change their mind at the last minute. …
May 04,2017
Trump goes it alone
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would be “honored” to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un under the “right circumstances.” “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would be honored to do it,” Trump told an interviewer. Althou…
May 04,2017
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