Seven years after issuing an executive order promising “promptly to close detention facilities at Guantanamo,” President Obama pleaded with a skeptical Congress on Tuesday to accept a plan to shut that facility in Cuba and relocate some detainees to secure facilities in the United States. Congressional consent is necessary because of a law -- signed, albeit reluctantly, by Obama -- that prohibits the use of federal dollars to transfer Guantanamo inmates to the U.S. or to build facilities in the

China’s trade response to THAAD will be low-key

Cheap won will undermine component importers

Workplace nurseries need to be seen as investment

Redistricting should be left to election panel

South Korea under extremist group’s threat

Chinese firms may dominate VR and drone biz

　U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has reached a deal with Europe’s other leaders on new terms for Britain‘s membership in the European Union, and says the promised referendum on whether to remain in the EU will take place on June 23. He has four months to persuade a closely divided country to stay.　For the sake of the U.K. and the EU both, he needs to succeed -- but he’s leading a divided government and a divided Conservative Party. This isn‘t going to be easy.  　Michael Gove, the justice minis

Electoral map should be finalized this week

KCTU needs to recalibrate strategy

Actions speak louder than words

One who tied knot should untie it

Legislators should pass counterterrorism bill promptly

Investment promotion requires regulatory reform

NIMBY thinking should not affect security decisions