Living in a ‘Big Data’ era
Can you guess how much raw information floats around in digital space? Of course not. During the last year alone, for example, it is presumed that the total amount poured into info-communication digital space reached as much as 1.9 zettabytes worldwide. Not only multimedia content, including broadcast services, online news and the Internet, but also […]
New female justice
Top court’s formation must reflect social composition It is always good to see responsible officials act to correct wrongs in society when such moves are positive reflections of public opinion. Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae did that Wednesday when he recommended a prominent female judge as a new justice of the Supreme Court upon confirmation by […]
A new debate game plan for a new comeback kid
The morning after the night of the first presidential debate, loyal Democrats awoke (if indeed they slept at all) to find in their inboxes an email with a subject line that had the too-familiar look of spam. “Subject: Hey.” But then they saw the sender: “From: Barack Obama.” And that gave most the courage to […]
Why Asia is off Romney’s radar
Sometimes you have to wonder what the Asian half of the world means to Americans. How could a serious candidate for president make a whole “foreign policy” address and leave out America’s allies from Northeast to Southeast Asia? Is there any chance that Mitt Romney will cast a wayward eye in this direction before Americans […]
Controversy over NLL
Roh’s remarks during 2007 summit must be clarified It’s shocking to hear an allegation that the late former President Roh Moo-hyun surrendered the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the de facto maritime border in the West Sea, during his landmark inter-Korean summit in 2007. The allegation was made unilaterally by a ruling party lawmaker but those […]
Northeast Asia’s wrong turn
In May, Korea, Japan and China signed a trilateral investment agreement, marking the first major step toward achieving the long-term vision of institutionalizing regional economic integration. What a difference five months makes. Now all three countries have become involved in bitter and potentially dangerous disputes with conflicting claims over tiny offshore rocks, threatening to block […]
Psy comes to America
“A week ago, no one ever heard of the guy. Three million You Tube hits later and he’s everywhere,” marveled comedian Seth MacFarlane on Saturday Night Live. The subject of his astonishment was, of course, the now ubiquitous Psy, who with his international mega-hit “Gangnam Style” did what neither Rain, nor the Wonder Girls, and […]
Honoring Kono statement
Retraction would mean Japan’s diplomatic gaffe Yohei Kono, the former Japanese chief Cabinet secretary who admitted in a formal statement in 1993 his country’s coerced sexual slavery during World War II, said Monday that his statement was based on a careful study of extensive records and testimonies. In an interview with the Yomiuri Shimbun, one […]
New ROK-US security partnership
New leaders of the Republic of Korea and the United States may begin strategic discussions on shaping a new role for their security partnership by examining two critical issues: reunification of the Korean Peninsula and revision of the Mutual Defense Treaty signed in 1953. These two issues might look separate, but they need to be […]
Asia’s energy trilemma
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon recently said that energy was the “golden thread” connecting all of the U.N.’s Millennium Development Goals. The solutions to energy challenges would help alleviate other global problems, from poverty and the rights of women to the protection of children. But the development of a stable, affordable and environmentally sound global […]
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