Korea Times - Opinion
The Fair Trade Commission is facing fierce criticism for its decision to exempt Coupang Chairman Kim Beom-seok from being designated as the company's controlling party. This anno...
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In the heart of Seoul, amidst the bustling streets and towering skyscrapers, a different kind of battle is being waged - one that resonates far beyond the borders of Korea. This ...3 days ago
May truly reigns as the queen of seasons, adorned with the splendor of blooming flowers, lush grass and vibrant trees proudly displaying i...2 days ago
John Henry was generally acknowledged as the best 'steel-driving man,' a man tasked with hammering a steel drill into a rock to make holes...3 days ago
What you're doing right now doesn't feel like culture. It's just real life. Culture is what other people do. Culture is exotic, mysterious...8 hours ago
Two weeks ago, I briefly told the story of my birthday gift battle with North Korean refugee Sharon Jang. She started it by sending almost...6 days ago
Korean is said to be one of the fastest-growing languages in the world. Undoubtedly, Korean movies, dramas and K-pop have influenced the p...6 days ago
I will start by issuing a warning that there could be numerous heart attacks at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club as a result of this...7 days ago
Modern life says we are allowed to define ourselves. We become the masters of our own identity, narrative, and existence. Previous forms o...7 days ago
VIENNA - The first-ever debate between the candidates for the European Commission's presidency late last month failed to provide a compell...1 day ago
"The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born," wrote Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci in 1929. "Now is the time of monst...2 days ago
I was in Korea recently as a guest of the Sungkyunkwan - not the modern university, but the original Confucian academy that is over 1,000 ...2 days ago
While TV news was glued last week to Stormy Daniels' tell-all testimony and pro-Palestinian demonstrations, scant attention was paid to Vl...3 days ago
2019 is not so long ago by most historical standards, yet it must seem a different political epoch for China's President Xi Jinping who ha...4 days ago
NAIROBI - More than 600 million Africans lack access to electricity, and over 900 million lack access to clean forms of cooking. The conse...3 days ago
Each time a new president comes to power, the U.S. government conducts a major review of important policies. One of the policies which und...4 days ago
Five years ago, I lived in Gwangju for a month at the Asia Culture Center with researchers and artists from India, Bangladesh, Spain, Mala...5 days ago
Koreans have a unique language and alphabet central to their cultural identity. Geographically, the Korean Peninsula serves as a bridge be...5 days ago
Hello and welcome to today's ESL Empowerment lesson. Our theme today is: 'Stop hoping and start doing!' We will compare three similar word...5 days ago
When Dos Rios Ranch opens to visitors next month in the San Joaquin Valley, California will have 280 state parks - making it one of the nation's largest systems, as wel...2 days ago
If you're alone in the forest, who would you rather run across: a man you don't know or a bear? This question, posed to multiple women in a TikTok video last month, has...3 days ago
Last week, Apple released the worst advertisement in its long and previously illustrious history of brand creation, extension and promotion. Why? The ad stupidly and ar...3 days ago
1899-Victoria & Albert Museum foundation laid England - 1926-Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton - 1928-9th modern Olympic games open in Amsterdam - 1940-Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium & begins invasion of France - 1948-Soviet Union recognized Israel - 1971-Washingt...2 days ago