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Fri, September 22, 2023 | 23:50

Fake capitalism misguides youths

Fake capitalism misguides youths

I have resumed teaching economics in the university - currently economic development. The class is a good mixture of local and foreign students, but I was surprised to discover that not many know much about capitalism.

2019-06-17 17:02

Will nuclear talks collapse or continue?

Will nuclear talks collapse or continue?

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he is in “no rush” to make a deal with North Korea, on the one-year anniversary of the landmark Singapore summit, perhaps the U.S. administration's signature foreign policy initiative to date.

2019-06-16 17:00

Seoul, Washington to discuss 4th inter-Korean summit

Security Council musical chairs

Security Council musical chairs

In an annual process of diplomatic musical chairs the 193-member U.N. General Assembly has picked five countries to serve on the Security Council as non-permanent members. Estonia, Niger, Tunisia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Vietnam were elected to two-year terms on the powerful Council starting next January.

2019-06-16 16:57

China, Russia rally in response to Trump

China, Russia rally in response to Trump

China's Xi Jinping finished up a three-day trip to Russia, Friday, which saw 30 government and commercial agreements inked, including linking up Beijing's “Belt and Road” project with the Moscow-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

2019-06-12 17:23

Painful paradox of Tiananmen retrospectives

Painful paradox of Tiananmen retrospectives

This is about the downside of overwrought moralizing. For inconvenient truths were carefully considered on last week marking the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square uprising and suppression. Much is at risk in the clarity and ethical framework with which the U.S. views China, and vice versa.

2019-06-10 17:46

Market day

It's jangnal or market day at the Tokpung market in Hanam. The market is an itinerant market and vendors from all around come to set out their wares every five days. In Hanam, market day is on days with either a 4 or a 9 that is 4, 9, 14, 19, etcetera.

2019-06-06 17:07

Deterrence in cyberspace

Deterrence in cyberspace

Earlier this year, American officials acknowledged that U.S. offensive cyber operations had stopped Russian disruption of the 2018 congressional election. Such operations are rarely discussed, but this time there was commentary about a new offensive doctrine of “persistent engagement” with potential adversaries. Will it work?

2019-06-05 17:18

Troubled Tory legacy

Troubled Tory legacy

Theresa May is making final preparations for her resignation Friday as U.K. Conservative Party leader. While she will stay on as prime minister until at least July, her time in office is ending with a lousy legacy.

2019-06-04 18:24

'People's Republic of Amnesia'

'People's Republic of Amnesia'

Another of the five-yearly anniversaries has rolled around, and it's time to write another think-piece about the long-term meaning of the massacre on Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. But 30 years later, what is there left to say?

2019-06-03 17:20

Libyan storm rising

Libyan storm rising

Widening conflict is brewing in Libya, the North African country wracked by civil strife and embroiled in political chaos. Caught in this vortex of warring militias, human traffickers, and a weak internationally-backed government of sorts, remains a beleaguered U.N. effort to bring a political solution and peace to this violence-plagued land.

2019-06-02 17:02

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