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[Elizabeth Shackelford] Don’t let China’s rights abuses pay off

ViewpointsSept 14, 2022

The international community should make China a pariah for its crimes against the Uyghur population. Last month’s report from the UN Human Rights Office says China’s actions could constitute crimes against humanity. The United States and others have called it genocide. But China’s massive role in our highly integrated global economy means meaningful action will be costly. A complete economic divorce is impractical, but the United States can and should work with like-minded part
[Kim Seong-kon] Missing the great America I used to know

ViewpointsSept 14, 2022

The title may be misleading, but I do not miss the “Great America” that Donald Trump promised in his political campaign motto “Make America Great Again.” I miss the truly great America I used to know and admired in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s when I lived in the US. I miss the great America that heartily pursued and generously embraced cultural and ethnic diversity. I miss the great America that was warmhearted and friendly to foreigners and immigrants. I miss the great Am
[Editorial] Privacy of phone calls

EditorialSept 14, 2022

A number of South Koreans opt for smartphones made by Samsung Electronics, rather than those by its US rival Apple for mainly two killer apps. One is Samsung Pay, a mobile payment service, and the other is a built-in call recorder. Both functionalities are not available on iPhones. That may change as local media have reported that Apple is reportedly preparing to launch its own mobile pay service here in partnership with a local credit card firm, effectively removing one reason to buy Samsung ph
[Trudy Rubin] Queen Elizabeth’s death deprives Britain and the world of a rock of stability

ViewpointsSept 13, 2022

When it comes to Queen Elizabeth II, it is the marmalade sandwich I will always remember. For those who never saw the video she made with an animated Paddington Bear that was released during her Platinum Jubilee in June, now is the time to watch it on YouTube. Watching Paddington tip his hat and thank the queen “for everything” (after she has just pulled a marmalade sandwich from her purse to show him) was incredibly touching. But, when the two then began to clink their spoons on the
[Editorial] Suspicions circling Lee

EditorialSept 13, 2022

Lee Hwa-young, the former vice governor of Gyeonggi Province who is said to be close to Lee Jae-myung, the new leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea, is under the prosecution's investigation for allegedly taking a bribe from Ssang Bang Wool, a clothing company. Currently, he is chief executive of the Korea International Exhibition Center, which is affiliated with the provincial government. He resigned as an outside director of Ssang Bang Wool in June 2018 when Lee Jae-myun
[Visual History of Korea] Ancient art of indigo dye

CultureSept 9, 2022

For more than a thousand years Koreans have been vat-dyeing fabrics and Hanji with indigo dye, one of the oldest natural sources of blue dye, made with the leaves of the indigo plant. The indigo plant, called jjok in Korea, not only adds varying intensities of blue to Korean clothes, but fabrics with the blue dye also repel mosquitoes, snakes and ticks. Extracts from the leaves have also been used to treat various skin and respiratory ailments. Five colors of nature -- blue, white, red, black, a
[Scholars and Their Spaces] Gaze of the other: Heritage of the outlander

CultureSept 9, 2022

Jeong Sin-bo (?-1271), an official who served in the judicature of Southern Song Dynasty, was expelled during the Mongolian invasion as he persisted in his refusal to conform to the new kingdom. This resulted in his political exile, leaving for another country, by himself in his mid-30s, and eventually settling on Ganwol Island in Seosan Province of Goryeo. Jeong sought to drop the "stranger" tag by teaching Neo-Confucianism to the children of fishermen as well as local notables. Even
[김대균의 영어산책] 명사 + to 부정사 구문 총정리

English EyeSept 9, 2022

어울리는 단어들은 함께 덩어리로 암기하는 것이 영어를 잘하는 기본 학습법이다. 본 연재에서 to부정사를 목적어로 취하는 동사들과 동명사를 목적어로 취하는 동사들도 이전에 다룬 바 있다. 찾아서 복습해주시길 바란다. 오늘은 명사 뒤에 to부정사가 잘 어울리는 단어들을 총정리 해보자. 필자는 설 연휴와 추석 연휴에 책 만드는 구상을 종종 한다. 독자분들도 자기 계획과 함께 다음의 단어들을 예문을 통해 익혀보자! 유익한 추석이 되시길 기도드린다.. 1. The ability to cooperate with others is as important as managing on our own.(남들과 협력하는 능력이 우리 스스로 경영하는 것 만큼 중요하다) 2. Do you have the ability to give me a discount?(당신은 나에게 할인해줄 능력이 있나요?) 3. We are making an appeal for you to give as much as you can
[Robert J. Fouser] Problems with country-of-the future analyses

ViewpointsSept 9, 2022

Suddenly, almost overnight, China is now seen as a declining power. Articles and columns discussing how slowing growth, an aging population, and inward-looking nationalism will send China into decline have appeared everywhere. This marks a sea change away from long-held predictions that China would become the pre-eminent economic power in the world. The shift reflects a long tradition in the West of jumping to extremes in discussing Asia. From the late 1970s to the late 1980s, the rise of Japa
[Editorial] Be agile

EditorialSept 9, 2022

The United States is moving fast to ward off China’s challenge for high-technology supremacy. US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced Tuesday that the Biden administration was preparing to divvy up $50 billion in federal assistance to the chip industry as part of a new law known as the US Chips and Science Act. She said that with the funding, the US will make sure it is never again in a position where its national security interests are compromised. US tech companies that receive f
[해커스 TOEIC] 토익 점수 Up 단어, Part 5 문제

English EyeSept 8, 2022

2) 파트 5 3문제 1. The Web site specializes in ------- subscribers with accurate statistics in a variety of subject areas, including economics, history and population demographics. (A) provide (B) providing (C) provident (D) providence 해석 -- 그 웹사이트는 이용자들에게 경제, 역사, 그리고 인구 통계를 포함하는 다양한 영역의 정확한 통계 자료를 제공하는 것을 전문으로 한다. 해설 -- 동명사 채우기 문제 빈칸이 전치사(in) 다음에 왔고 빈칸 다음에 명사(subscribers)가 왔으므로 전치사 다음에 사용되면서 명사를 목적어로 취할 수 있는 동명사 (B) providing이 정답이다. 동사인 (A)는 전치사 다음에 올 수 없고, 형용사인 (C)를 사용할 경우 ‘장래를 준
International prosecutors' bodies seek closer cooperation

InternationalSept 8, 2022

The International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) and the European Union's Criminal Justice Cooperation Organization (EUROJUST) will seek closer cooperation in a range of issues including "enhancing global cooperation on crimes against humanity,” the IAP said Thursday. The agreement was reached following a meeting between IAP president Hwang Cheol-kyu and EUROJUST President Ladislav Hamran. Hwang is a senior South Korean prosecutor and Hamran is a high-ranking prosecutor of Slov
[Hwang’s China and the World] Seeking new Korea-China relations: Evaluating social and cultural fields

Foreign affairsSept 8, 2022

Now is the time for Korea and China to look back on the past, face the present and talk about the future. Over the past 30 years, Korea-China relations have developed to the point that we may call it explosive in respective fields. The establishment of Korea-China diplomatic relations was an important turning point in advancing the new era of prosperity in Northeast Asia. And now both Korea and China have grown into the core countries in the international community. China, along with the United
[팟캐스트] (472) 김건희 여사를 둘러싼 여러 논란 / 국내 연구진 “온실가스 저감돼도 지구온난화 되돌리기 어렵다”

PodcastSept 8, 2022

진행자: 간형우, Naomi Garyan 1. What’s all the fuss about first lady? [1] Stock price manipulation, luxury items omitted from personal assets disclosure, inviting a police officer involved in an ongoing investigation to an official event, allegations of plagiarism and calls for further investigations, falsification of credentials, suspicious developments in hiring at and construction contracts for government facilities. *manipulation: 조작 *omit: 빠뜨리다, 누락하다 *plagiarism: 표절 *falsification: 위조 *c
[Kevin Shird] Reparations would acknowledge injustice

ViewpointsSept 8, 2022

It’s widely understood that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. evolved significantly on the issue of reparations during his short lifetime. Toward the start of his career, he was a moralist in his thinking, rather than the radical economic thinker he later became. In 2018, I befriended Dr. King’s former barber, Nelson Malden, now in his late 80s, and wrote a book with him titled “The Colored Waiting Room” about Nelson’s life and the American civil rights movement