A 17-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, said that we should not neglect the planet and must act on global warming, outside of the Swedish parliament in August last year. She denounced the indifference of developed countries toward climate change. Her voice was like a big wave caused by a small pebble thrown into a lake. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change at the 48th General Assembly in October last year adopted the special rep

Some 30 students of Shindong Middle School participated in the ASEAN school tour program at the ASEAN-Korea Center in Seoul, Tuesday. The ASEAN-Korea Center, a certificated education partner of the Education Ministry, offers an education program on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, international cooperation and jobs at international organizations.  (Photo: ASEAN-Korea Centre)

In 1990, 12 advanced economies had a tax on household wealth. Now only four do, after French President Emmanuel Macron scrapped his country’s version in 2017. Yet, a fierce debate has erupted in the United States over the proposal by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a leading Democratic presidential candidate, to introduce a tax of 2 percent on the wealth of “ultramillionaires” (and 3 percent on that of billionaires).In a new book, economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman of the Unive

Across the world, from Hong Kong to Ecuador, Sudan to Iraq, angry protesters are filling urban streets and squares, clashing with police, smashing shops and burning tires. They do not have a clear leadership. Yet, even in hopelessly sectarian Lebanon, demonstrators seem defiantly united against their rulers. And they have claimed three major scalps already: the leaders of Sudan, Algeria and Lebanon. Their immediate motivations differ. Public rage was stirred in Lebanon by a proposed tax on Whats

President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Monday to resolve a trade fight and other issues between the two sides through dialogue, Cheong Wa Dae said, as the leaders had their first official one-on-one “conversation” in more than a year.They sat down together for 11 minutes right before the ASEAN Plus Three summit at the IMPACT Forum in Bangkok.They agreed that Seoul-Tokyo relations are of importance and reaffirmed the principle of resolving pending bilatera

My father fought in the Korean War. Six decades later, it was the last foreign country he visited before he died. His love for the country, something he passed on to me, was so strong that he planned the visit knowing it was his last. It is with this heavy heart that I write my points below -- not as a criticism but as a warning. Change is coming. After the Korean War, the concept of chaebol -- a family-run business conglomerate structure -- was born. They are so successful that today, five chae

In 1950, the newly independent India officially abolished its caste system and outlawed discrimination against the Dalits, known as “untouchables,” who had been relegated to the bottom of that rigid social hierarchy. This attempt to right historical wrongs was underpinned by a virtuous capitalist vision of thriving Dalit businesses that lifted their owners to a level of social and economic respectability that eroded prejudice against them.But India’s caste system, buttressed by

 All over Latin America, public patience is wearing thin, with violence in Chile and the return to power of Peronists in Argentina. For almost 40 years, leaders and voters have struggled to realign economies with global markets, leavening the adjustment with social policies to protect the worst-off. Center-right and center-left coalitions agreed on broad strokes. While they argued over taxes and other issues, Latin Americans accepted the need for foreign markets and foreign investment.For t

A South Korean lawmaker has proposed a revised bill aimed at promoting positive online messages and countering cyberbullying through education programs in schools and workplaces. Rep. Kim Su-min of the minor opposition Bareunmirae Party said she has drafted a proposal to amend the Framework Act on National Informatization in a way that would introduce “sunfull” (referring to positive comments) education programs at a press conference held at the National Assembly on Tuesday. “T

It’s only a little over a month since an intelligence community whistleblower turned the Trump administration on its side; it may seem like more. At first, the story seemed straightforward: The informant charged that President Trump had pressured Ukraine’s new president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden’s son and blocked US military aid to force the Ukrainian leader to do his bidding.　But the story has become more complicated along the way. Trump wasn’t askin