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] Information war led to murder When Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, he didn’t know he was walking into a killing zone. He had become the prime target in a 21st century information war -- one that involved hacking, kidnapping and ultimately murder -- waged by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his courtiers against dissenters.How did a battle of ideas, triggered by Khashoggi’s outspoken journalism for the Washington Post, become so deadly? That’s the riddle at the center of the column Today Editorial [Editorial] Not all bright By Korea Herald Today Columnists [Dimitri Bruyas] Resolving Taiwan’s policy toward China long overdue No one likes dealing with a difficult situation. But now is the time to get things done for Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party, which will hold a by-election on Jan. 6 to replace its chairperson, President Tsai Ing-wen, following the party’s crushing defeat in the Nov. 24 local government elections. The date was decided on Wednesday at a meeting of the party’s Central Executive Committee, but the question of whether Taiwan should maintain its policy toward China before the next presidential e Today Columnists [Pankaj Mishra] Macron fans flames of illiberalism By Korea Herald Today Columnists [Alex Webb] If Europe can tax Google, so can everybody else By Korea Herald Today Columnists [Anjani Trivedi] Huawei effect threatens China’s spy-tech champion By Korea Herald Dec 10, 2018 Columnists [James Gibney] Pompeo leading foreign-policy farce If a diplomat truly is, as the old saying goes, “an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country,” then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has earned his pay. His speech in Brussels on “Restoring the Role of the Nation-State in the Liberal International Order” deserves a State Department Distinguished Honor Award for Intellectual Dishonesty.“Multilateralism has too often become viewed as an end unto itself,” said Pompeo. “The more treaties we sign, the safer we supposedly are. The more bureaucrats Dec 10, 2018 Columnists [Shang-Jin Wei] Reciprocal solution to trade dispute By Korea Herald Dec 10, 2018 Columnists [Tim Culpan] US nabbing Huawei is dog that caught the car By Bloomberg Dec 10, 2018 Columnists [Bernard-Henri Levy] Will Yellow Vests reject Brown Shirts? By Korea Herald Dec 10, 2018 Columnists [Signe Poulsen] Inter-Korean talks best way to commemorate 70th anniversary of UDHR By Korea Herald Dec 10, 2018 Editorial [Editorial] Do not rush arrest By Korea Herald Dec 7, 2018 Columnists [Joseph E. Stiglitz] Beyond GDP By Korea Herald Dec 7, 2018 Columnists [James Stavridis] 5 steps for America to retake global leadership As we approach the end of a long and complex year, and a turbulent election that saw a change of power in the House, it seems an appropriate time to hit pause and contemplate an approach toward a long-term global strategy for our country. We live in a highly tactical age, one that often seems categorized by the old saying, “the carnival moves on.” We seemingly have lost the collective ability to stop and consider where America needs to set its course.Strategy is actually simple: it is the ration Dec 7, 2018 Columnists [Leonid Bershidsky] How to annoy Europe: Cancel Brexit The top European court now is highly likely to rule that the UK can cancel Brexit unilaterally. For all the domestic political hurdles such a move would face, it’s intriguing to ponder how Europe would take it if the UK did cancel Brexit.Last year, a group of Scottish lawmakers asked a court in Scotland whether, having initiated an EU exit procedure under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, a country can revoke the decision without other member states’ consent. The court referred the question to th MORE 15 / 35790
