In 2006 the Chinese government allowed Google to establish Google.cn for Chinese internet users. In return, Google agreed to scrub results of content that the government found objectionable. The deal held until 2010, when Google decided it could no longer agree to such terms. Within hours, the site was blocked and Google’s search business on the mainland was dead.　The Alphabet unit never completely gave up on China, however, and last week it launched its most recent effort to capture a piece of

In 2018, nearly 2 out of every 3 Latin Americans will head to the polls to elect new leaders, and the fight against corruption will be high on their agenda. The surge to throw the bums out could be a harbinger of cleaner politics. But a revival of the region’s tradition of populism could also threaten the nascent institutions and mechanisms that are Latin America’s best hope for a more honest tomorrow.Voters are rightly enraged about corruption. In Mexico, governors have allegedly stolen land, p

연일 계속되는 혹한에 한반도가 떨고 있다. 한낮에도 영하권에 머무는 날씨가 계속해서 이어져, 시민들은 ‘겨울나기’에 주력하고 있다. 업계의 설명에 따르면, 이는 고위도 지역인 러시아 모스크바, 일본 삿포로, 중국 베이징보다도 추운 날씨다. 왜 올겨울엔 이런 ‘이상 추위’가 지속하는 것일까? 학계는 원인을 ‘북극 진동’과 ‘지구 온난화’라고 지목했다. 북극 진동이란 북극의 찬 대기를 묶는 진동을 일컫는 용어인데, 이 덕분에 찬 공기가 저위도 지역으로 남하하지 않고 북극 지역에만 머무른다. 그렇지만, 올겨울 북극 진동이 풀려, 찬 공기가 한반도 지역으로 남하하고 있다는 것이다. 이는 전반적인 북반구 기온 하강으로 이어진다. 한반도의 유난한 강추위에는 지구 온난화도 일조했다. 온난화 때문에 러시아 우랄 산맥 주변에 상층 고기압이 형성됐는데, 이 고기압은 바람을 북서풍으로 몰아내 한반도로 몰아치게 했다. 기상청은 20일을 기점으로 추위가 한층 누그러질 것으로 전망했다. (khnews@her

Where is J. William Fulbright when we need him? Or if not Fulbright, perhaps Robert M. La Follette or George W. Norris. Personally, I’d even settle for William Borah or Burton K. Wheeler.　During the 20th century, each of these now largely forgotten barons of the US Senate served the nation with distinction. Their chief contribution? On matters related to war and peace, they declined to kowtow to whoever happened to occupy the office of commander in chief. On issues involving the safety and secur

It remains unclear whether Moon Jae-in’s recent visit to China from Wednesday to Saturday has brought Sino-South Korean relations back on track. However, the visit has given a much-required boost to the two countries’ low-spirited bilateral ties.If anything, Moon’s visit has certainly encouraged both sides to return to their core economic-oriented engagement without neglecting the need to have a “peaceful” northeast Asian security environment that has always been their backbone in the post-Cold

The world already knows that North Korea’s cyberattacks -- like its nuclear bombs and long-range missiles -- pose a serious threat to global security. Yet, the recent hacking of digital currency exchanges show how ill-prepared we are to fight the North’s state-trained hackers. The National Intelligence Service said last week that it secured evidence that North Korean hackers broke into four cryptocurrency exchanges this year. It said emails sent by the hackers were traced to North Korean hacking

PyeongChang peace statement released with Nobel laureates in attendance The ”PyeongChang Joint Statement of Peace” was announced at the Goseong observatory tower near the heavily armed inter-Korean border on Tuesday.The statement was jointly made by Byoung-chul Min, chairman of the Sunfull Foundation, along with Song Suk-doo, deputy governor of Gangwon Province and Nobel Peace laureates Tim Wright, who represented 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient ICAN, and Tilman Ruff, co-president of 1985 Nobel