National Politics Social Affairs Foreign Affairs Defense North Korea Science Diplomatic Circuit Education Business Economy Finance Industry Technology Automode Life&Style Culture Travel Fashion Food & Beverage Books People Expat Living Arts & Design Health Entertainment Film Television Music Theater World World News World Business Asia News Network Sports Soccer Baseball Golf More Sports Opinion Editorial Viewpoints English Eye Podcast English Cafe Go to Desktop Version Weekender Subscribe Leader’s Club Korean Mobile App Twitter Facebook Youtube RSS OPINION Today Columnists [David Ignatius] Trump’s red line turning blue President Trump has been insisting for so long that any investigation of his personal finances would cross a “red line” that people may have overlooked the outrageousness of his claim. But this self-declared immunity is about to change. We’re entering a new phase of the Trump-Russia investigation, where the president’s efforts to contain the probe are failing. Information he tried to suppress about his business and political dealings is emerging -- with more to come. “There are no red lines exce Today Columnists [Noah Feldman] Democrats’ compromise strengthens case for wall ‘emergency’ In retrospect, it seems obvious that President Donald Trump would want to have his cake and eat it, too. That’s essentially what he was doing Friday by both signing a government funding bill that provides $1.375 billion for a barrier with Mexico while also declaring a national emergency to allocate other federal funds for the same purpose.Presumably, congressional Democrats knew this could happen when they entered the compromise to keep the government open in exchange for barrier funding conside Today Columnists [Justin Fendos] Government fails at public relations By Korea Herald Today Columnists [Sasha Fisher] Democracy beyond voting and protests By Korea Herald Today Editorial [Editorial] Kim in Vietnam By Korea Herald Today Columnists [Cass R. Sunstein] Case for curbing social media getting stronger By Bloomberg Feb 15, 2019 Editorial [Editorial] Worsening employment By Korea Herald Feb 15, 2019 Columnists [David Ignatius] Trump, Kim could make world safer The showy first summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un last June was draped in flags and bunting, but the decoration covered what turned out to be a mostly empty box that lacked a shared agreement on denuclearization. Given this disappointing record, what’s realistically possible when the two leaders meet again in two weeks in Vietnam? “Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way,” as the late Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson once observed. But tha Feb 15, 2019 Columnists [Joseph E. Stiglitz] How can we tax footloose multinationals? In the last few years, globalization has come under renewed attack. Some of the criticisms may be misplaced, but one is spot on: Globalization has enabled large multinationals, like Apple, Google, and Starbucks, to avoid paying tax.Apple has become the poster child for corporate tax avoidance, with its legal claim that a few hundred people working in Ireland were the real source of its profits, and then striking a deal with that country’s government that resulted in its paying a tax amounting to Feb 15, 2019 Columnists [Rachel Marsden] US should resist urge to use mercenaries By Korea Herald Feb 15, 2019 Columnists [Prue Clarke] How foreign aid fuels African media’s payola problem By Korea Herald Feb 15, 2019 Columnists [John Kass] Teaching moment from Virginia Democrats By Korea Herald Feb 14, 2019 Columnists [Kim Myong-sik] Park’s political gambit may upset conservative front For the first time in about two years, former President Park Geun-hye has taken a political gambit from inside a suburban Seoul prison. She did not directly challenge the holders of power or the law enforcement authorities who imposed a jail term of 33 years on the 67-year-old on charges of power abuse and corruption. Speaking through her lawyer, she assailed the top contender in the current leadership race at the Liberty Korea Party, her political home. Attorney Lee Young-ha picked at rather tr Feb 14, 2019 Columnists [Ana Palacio] What Venezuela tells Europe about Russia On Jan. 23, National Assembly President Juan Guaido swore himself in as Venezuela’s interim president before thousands of citizens, in an open challenge to the legitimacy of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s disastrous regime. The enduring political crisis -- with the international community split over whom to recognize as Venezuela’s legitimate leader -- has been revelatory.Arguing that the May 2018 election that handed Maduro another term was a sham, Guaido invoked a constitutional provisi Feb 14, 2019 Columnists [Nobuko Kobayashi] Japan’s women need more than jobs By Bloomberg MORE 15 / 36168
