중앙데일리

The weight of life

LEE ESTHER The author is a welfare administration team reporter of the JoongAng Ilbo. On Jan. 25, 2018, a baby weighing 302 grams (11 ounces) and 21.5 centimeters (8.5 inches) tall was born at Asan Medical Center. The baby, smaller than …

Oct 31,2019
The alliance matters

JUNG HYO-SIK The author is a Washington correspondent of the JoongAng Ilbo. Three days after Korean Ambassador to Washington Lee Soo-hyuck took his post, I felt like I needed to tell him to focus on improving the Korea-U.S. alliance. In …

Oct 30,2019
The container tragedy

HA HYUN-OCK The author is the financial team head of the JoongAng Ilbo. In 1954, the cargo ship SS Warrior left Brooklyn, New York to Bremerhaven in Germany, carrying over 5,000 tons of cargo, including food, household goods and cars. It…

Oct 29,2019
What space race?

CHOI JOON-HO The author is the head of the science & future team at the JoongAng Ilbo. Many things can be taken for granted. I don’t mean just family, loved ones, or country. We rarely appreciate Korean corporations who are battling to st…

Oct 28,2019
The Peter Principle

CHOI MIN-WOO The author is a deputy political team editor of the JoongAng Ilbo. It is a widely accepted theory in sports that an outstanding player is not necessarily a good coach. Actual game play and management and supervision are separa…

Oct 28,2019
Deciphering the throne

YOON SEOL-YOUNG The author is a Tokyo correspondent at the JoongAng Ilbo. “Emperor weather,” said a professor who appeared on NHK on Oct. 22, the day of the enthronement. It had rained the previous day, but the rain stopped as the ceremony…

Oct 26,2019
“Thin and long” careers

SOHN HAE-YONG The author is an economic policy team head of the JoongAng Ilbo. A salaried man in his 50s — a department head at a public corporation — is worried that he may be promoted to an executive-level position. His goal …

Oct 25,2019
In Japan’s footsteps

CHANG CHUNG-HOON The author is a deputy industrial team editor of the JoongAng Ilbo. I often hear concerns about long-term stagnation, especially worries about an L-shaped, long-term slump like Japan’s. I actually see signs everywhere. Re…

Oct 24,2019
Chinese effectiveness

SHIN KYUNG-JIN The author is a Beijing correspondent of the JoongAng Ilbo. Chinese writer Lao She praised “Beijing’s autumn is heaven” in “Dream of Living.” The Beijing Legation Quarter, where a number of foreign embassies had been locat…

Oct 23,2019
The Olympic ransom

HA HYUN-OCK The author is the financial team head of the JoongAng Ilbo. Two months before the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese police receive a letter. The sender claims that he will interfere with the Olympics and could prove it possible in a…

Oct 22,2019

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