Opinion

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  [COLUMN] More than the ability to fight their opponents, we need competence from lawmakers SEOUL -- When the President’s chief of staff was questioned last week at a National Assembly meeting about the Itaewon tragedy, lawmakers wanted to know why President Yoon Seok-yeol hadn’t fired anyone yet. Why hadn’t he kicked out any Cabinet ministers, they asked. And what about police? You can’t have police chiefs investigating themselv 2022-11-18
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  [COLUMN] What is sacred about Korean national identity? PROFILE Michael Breen is the CEO of Insight Communications which advises companies on managing PR crises and on local and international PR issues. A former foreign correspondent, he is the author of four books on Korea, most recently The New Koreans. SEOUL -- When the news came last month that Queen Elizabeth had died, like many British people, I cried. Being res 2022-10-14
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  [COLUMN] What can we learn from the Lone Star case? PROFILE Michael Breen is the CEO of Insight Communications which advises companies on managing PR crises and on local and international PR issues. A former foreign correspondent, he is the author of four books on Korea, most recently The New Koreans. SEOUL -- After a 10-year international arbitration case, the Korean government has been found guilty of unlawf 2022-09-05
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  [Column] Things that make Olympics beautiful [This column was originally written by Aju Business Daily reporter Yoon Eun-sook SEOUL -- Jesse Owens, dubbed one of the greatest track and field athletes in history, set an amazing record of the first four short-distance gold medals ever at the 1936 Olympics. He won gold medals in men's 100 meters, long jump, 200 meters, and 4 × 100-meter relay. Owens' achievement shone even brighter as the successful African American sportsman came from a poor slave family backgr 2022-02-11
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  [OPINION] Obituary for 'Daseok' Ryu Young-mo, spiritual leader of Bukhansan SEOUL -- 40 years have passed since "Daseok" (to only eat dinner instead of having three meals a day) Ryu Young-mo (1980~1981) passed away on February 3, 1981. The philosopher had lived an honest and noble life based on the idea of "Eolna" (Spiritual Self) in Korea during the 20th Century that was full of pain and dynamic historical event 2021-02-03