Category: Column/Editorial
Won vs. yen
Will ‘Geunhyenomics’ be able to get over ‘Abenomics’? “Japan Inc. is coming back at the expense of Korea Inc.” So went the headline of a Bloomberg news story Monday, which […]
Allergies
My sister was born with a variety of severe allergies. As a baby, she was allergic to all dairy, eggs, oranges, nuts, and chicken. In one of my earliest memories, […]
Restoring Seoul City Wall
Over the past several years, the city government of Seoul has taken a new interest in the Seoul City Wall that surrounded the old city. Built in 1396 four years […]
Open letter to Park’s advisers
As soon as Park Geun-hye won the 2012 presidential election, she became like the main character in “The Marriage of Figaro” (“The Day of Madness”). She was getting so much […]
Is China enough?
BUENOS AIRES ― For many countries in Latin America, demand from China has been essential to maintaining high GDP growth rates over the last decade. But will Chinese demand for […]
Trip to Bulgar following the footsteps of Ahmad bin Fadhlan who first taught Islam in the land
In front of the White Mosque in the village of Bulgar on the River Volga, Tatar girls dressed in sky-blue clothes were waiting for us, making traditional eurhythmic movements. Historical […]
Small firms need to overcome Peter Pan Syndrome
Small Korean firms are trapped in what resembles the Peter Pan Syndrome or Dwarf Syndrome, where adults do not want or feel unprepared to grow up. In the Korean economy, […]
The new old year
NEW YORK ― Any look back at 2012 would necessarily focus on three parts of the world: the eurozone, with its seemingly endless financial uncertainties; the Middle East, with its […]
Master plan for Lumbini Peace City appears to complete in six months
KATHMANDU – The new master plan of the Lumbini Peace City is likely to complete in six months. According to Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), 80 percent works of the master […]
Are extraterrestrials here?
We sometimes encounter people who behave extraordinarily. When we do, we refer to them as “sachawon” which means four-dimensional. My daughter, now turning 19, is one of these and is […]