Following his recent retirement, Dr. Anthony Fauci reflected on his government role during the COVID-19 pandemic. When asked about the high per capita COVID-19 death rate in the US, Fauci replied, “Something clearly went wrong. And I don’t know exactly what it was. But the reason we know it went wrong is that we are the richest country in the world, and on a per capita basis we’ve done worse than virtually all other countries. And there’s no reason that a rich country lik

Proposed Bill: Partial Amendment to the Road Traffic Act Proposed by Rep. Kim Gi-hyeon (People Power Party) ● Although the number of driving under the influence cases has decreased throughout the past five years, the recidivism rate remains high in around 40 percent. As drunk driving tends to be habitual, the public has been demanding an effective system that preemptively prevents drunk driving. The US, Canada, Australia and other countries have adopted systems that require DUI offenders to inst

By Lee Young SMEs and startups minister President Yoon Suk Yeol’s recent state visit to the US, the first such visit by a South Korean president in 12 years, has proven successful. Along with a joint statement, Korea and the US announced six agreements including the Washington Declaration, while securing $5.9 billion worth investments and 50 business deals. The two countries have confirmed the elevated status of Korea, which our people and companies have achieved over the last seven decade

At a time when the Biden administration has its hands full trying to reverse Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and manage a US-China relationship stuck in the doldrums, America’s vast, lethal counterterrorism machine continues to be in high gear. The US intelligence community, in close partnership with America’s special operators, are tracking and hunting down terrorists in several countries -- Syria and Somalia, most especially -- with such regularity that it barely makes a dent in

Your doctor’s orders for staying healthy might include a daily routine of eating your broccoli, going to the gym and getting a good night’s sleep. Now, the US surgeon general would like to add another action item to the list: Reach out to a friend. In a new report, Vivek Murthy says that the US is experiencing an epidemic of loneliness and isolation that can be as harmful to our health as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. Murthy also offers practical fixes: public policies and spac

The members of the Herald Retirees’ Club, former Herald Corp. senior managers as well as current ones, met at Mt. Ansan in Seodaemun-gu on Saturday. About 40 members joined a 2-hour-long hike along the Ansan Jarak-gil, the mountain trail, while shooting the breeze. The hike catered to the seniors and offered the pleasure of hiking in the middle of Seoul. The gathering was attended by distinguished members including club Chair Park Haeng-hwan, Honorary Chair Yun Ik-han, former Herald Corp.

There was a time when everyone was talking about a group of fast-growing emerging economies with huge potential. But the BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- struggled to transform themselves from a promising asset class into a unified group of real-world diplomatic and financial players. Is this finally changing? The story of the BRICS begins with a November 2001 paper by Jim O’Neill, then the head of global economic research at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, called

Hana Financial Group Chairman Ham Young-joo (front left) tests a loan-linked payment service on the Line Bank app using a Samsung Electronics smartphone during the “Line Bank X Samsung” event held at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia on Thursday. Line Bank is a digital banking service jointly launched by Hana Bank and Line, the messenger platform, in Indonesia in 2021.

Five out of 100 South Koreans aged 19-34 are effectively isolated from society, a new study shows. According to the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, the incidence of isolation among youth stood at 5 percent as of 2021. Compared to its previous survey conducted in 2019, before the COVID-19 outbreak, the figure has significantly risen from 3.1 percent. The researchers define "isolation" as the state in which an individual maintains no meaningful social interactions with peo

The exhibition “Oia: Zen and Celadon of Goryeo” has kicked off Friday at the Dohwaseogil Culture Complex Center in Jongno-gu, central Seoul, presenting some 200 celadon pieces estimated to be from the Goryeo era (918-1392) collected by pottery collector Ju Jae-yoon. Running through July 20, the exhibition is accompanied by a meditation gallery that shows media artwork by Choi Min-seok under the theme of growth and meditation, offering a time for visitors to seek inner peace. The digi

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There is a long list of descriptors used to identify Donald Trump: real estate magnate, reality TV star, former president, insurrectionist, criminally indicted payer of hush money. As of Tuesday, a new particularly incriminating label can be added: sexual assailant. Even so, the determination of a civil jury -- that Trump physically brutalized writer E. Jean Carroll -- seems unlikely to make much difference to his unshakable political base or, for now, change the fundamental dynamics of the 202