KoreaTimes(773) - Tribune Service, Opinion, page 1

The Korea Times

Site Map E-paper Subscribe Register LogIn
Site Map E-paper Subscribe Register LogIn

Opinion

Tribune Service

Wed, March 3, 2021 | 02:38

N. Korea's cyber kleptomania threat to capitalism

Sometimes missed on North Korea's voluminous list of human rights abuses are its serial cyber kleptomania and global criminal schemes to rip off the world's financial systems. Just days ago, we got a grim reminder of the massive cyberthreat it poses to global finance.

2021-03-02 17:25

Kindness gap: Prude's death should spur wholesale change in mental health care and policing

Read all of New York Attorney General Tish James' report on Daniel Prude, a 41-year-old Black man who died last March in Rochester police custody.

Shim Jae-yun | 2021-03-02 17:24

Powell's reassurance and question for future

The stock market applauded Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's testimony to Congress Feb. 23, rebounding on his assurance that an increase in interest rates is nowhere in sight. Powell's message was well-grounded as well as reassuring - but there's no disguising the challenges that lie ahead for monetary policy.

2021-03-01 17:49

How to improve Affordable Care Act

Here's some news from 2020 that seems almost good: Despite heavy job losses during the pandemic, the proportion of Americans without health insurance didn't spike, as you might have expected. Some employers maintained their coverage. Many of those who lost their employer-provided policies picked up Medicaid coverage instead. And others bought individual policies on the state ...

2021-02-28 16:33

Long, slow demise of Israel-Palestine peace process

Long, slow demise of Israel-Palestine peace process

Twenty-five years ago last week, I rushed to the scene of a powerful explosion in downtown Jerusalem. A 22-pound bomb packed with nails and ball bearings and live bullets had been detonated on the No. 18 bus at 6:46 on the morning of Feb. 25.

2021-02-28 16:32

Can US repair its broken politics?

More than a week after Donald Trump's acquittal in the Senate, and not before time, attention is turning more squarely to President Joe Biden and his agenda. Unfortunately, it's already clear that moving past the political turmoil that Trump inflicted on the U.S. will be difficult.

2021-02-25 16:33

Biden's foreign policy success will depend on how America rebuilds at home

Biden's foreign policy success will depend on how America rebuilds at home

Earlier this month President Joe Biden went to the State Department to pump up a demoralized foreign service corps, and to tell the world: “America is back. Diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy.”

2021-02-25 16:26

Slowing US forces withdrawal could bolster peace talks

The United States last year signed an agreement with the Taliban that contemplated the withdrawal of all U.S. and allied forces from Afghanistan by May of this year. At long last, it seemed that America's longest war, which began with the October 2001 invasion, might be coming to an end.

2021-02-24 16:34

Simple lesson of Texas blackouts

The details of what went wrong in Texas last week - most likely the biggest forced blackout in U.S. history - will take time to establish. So will exactly what to do about it. But this emergency already underlines something that should've been obvious before. As the growing threat of extreme weather puts vital economic systems at risk, climate resilience needs to be taken muc...

2021-02-23 17:00

US doing better on COVID vaccinations than it might seem

Vaccine shortages and precious doses wasted. Unnavigable systems for making appointments. A stark racial and economic divide in the distribution of shots. Scary virus mutants that may render vaccines ineffective. Protesters disrupting vaccination sites.

2021-02-23 16:45

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

WooriBank

Top 10 Stories

DARKROOM

Code of Ethics

Copyright