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[Michael R. Bloomberg, Carl Pope] Biden’s strongest climate allies are outside Washington
ViewpointsMar 2, 2021
President Joe Biden’s ability to bring together the two parties in Congress is already being tested. But the good news is that on at least one issue -- climate change -- the fate of the president’s ambitions does not rest primarily with his ability to unite Congress, but with his ability to support and expand ongoing work in the rest of the country. Consider this: The US is actually within striking distance of reaching the goal it set under the Paris climate agreement, a 26 percent
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![[Carl P. Leubsdorf] Biden takes first steps towards return to normalcy abroad](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=633&simg=/content/image/2021/03/01/20210301000170_0.jpg)
[Carl P. Leubsdorf] Biden takes first steps towards return to normalcy abroadViewpointsMar 2, 2021Two years ago, even before launching his presidential bid, Joe Biden told Western European leaders that Donald Trump’s America First foreign policy was a momentary blip in US global leadership. “I promise you; this too will pass,” the then former vice president told the Munich Security Conference, a forum he often attended as a senator. “We will be back.” Last week, President Biden redeemed that promise, telling the annual national security forum that “Ameri -
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[Jean Pisani-Ferry] Central bankers keen to take on new responsibilitiesViewpointsMar 1, 2021Twenty years ago, central bankers were proudly narrow-minded and conservative. They made a virtue of caring more about inflation than about the average citizen, and took great pains to be obsessively repetitive. As future Bank of England Gov. Mervyn King said in 2000, their ambition was to be boring. The 2008 financial crisis abruptly dashed that objective. Ever since, central bankers have been busy developing new policy instruments to fight fires and ward off emerging threats. Nonetheless, ma
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[Editorial] Bad precedentEditorialMar 2, 2021Parties pass special law to build airport on island once deemed unfit in order to win by-election
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![[Shang-Jin Wei] Can US escape stimulus trap?](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=633&simg=/content/image/2021/02/28/20210228000168_0.jpg)
[Shang-Jin Wei] Can US escape stimulus trap?ViewpointsMar 1, 2021As US President Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package works its way through Congress, former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers (a Democrat) and many Republicans argue that the plan is too big. But perhaps a more important question is whether the United States is falling into a “stimulus trap,” and, if so, how to get out of it. The Biden rescue plan is the federal government’s third attempt within a year to help the US economy recover from the pan -
[Editorial] Tax populismEditorialMar 1, 2021Korea’s ballooning public spending cannot be sustained by increasing taxes on the rich, big firms
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![[Digital Simplicity] Disclosure of odds of getting game items in dispute](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=633&simg=/content/image/2021/02/25/20210225000882_0.jpg)
[Digital Simplicity] Disclosure of odds of getting game items in disputeViewpointsFeb 27, 2021Playing a mobile game is supposed to be entertaining. But it’s no longer deemed a plaything. For instance, 0.00029 percent is the official chance that gamers, in theory, could get an extremely rare item in a popular Korean mobile game. Despite the slim chance, some hyper-rich gamers spend over $1 million in real money to get such items, translating into huge profit for developers and publishers. In recent months, game developers here are rushing to announce steep pay raises for their emp -
![[Robert J. Fouser] Going beyond US-China tensions](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=633&simg=/content/image/2021/02/25/20210225000884_0.jpg)
[Robert J. Fouser] Going beyond US-China tensionsViewpointsFeb 26, 2021In the first month of his presidency, Joe Biden has worked hard to reach out to longtime allies of the US that were slighted during the Trump years. The US counts South Korea and Japan as two of its most trusted allies and has signaled to them that it hopes to work with the two nations to develop a trilateral strategy to deal with North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. Biden also hopes for more trilateral cooperation in dealing the with growing power of China on the world stage. For -
[Editorial] Obvious statementEditorialFeb 26, 2021Top inspector: Legal procedures must be observed, even for election pledge
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![[Doyle McManus] How to end a very long war](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=633&simg=/content/image/2021/02/24/20210224000731_0.jpg)
[Doyle McManus] How to end a very long warViewpointsFeb 25, 2021On paper, the United States is committed to withdrawing its last 2,500 troops from Afghanistan less than 10 weeks from now, on May 1. That’s under a deal the Trump administration made last year with the Taliban, the Islamic guerrilla group fighting the Kabul government. But it’s far from certain that will happen. Neither the Taliban, the Afghan government nor the United States have kept all their commitments under the year-old agreement. The Taliban promised to reduce attacks on gov -
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[Kim Myong-sik] Pure motivation desired for academic researchViewpointsFeb 25, 2021Academic freedom is universally recognized and constitutionally protected here like the precious freedom of expression and the freedom of movement. Then what about an academic paper on the World War II “comfort women” written by a Harvard University professor, who defined them as “willing prostitutes who carefully negotiated the terms of their contracts.” Whenever there arises controversy over the past and present plights of those old Korean women who were sexually abuse -
[Editorial] Duty postureEditorialFeb 25, 2021Latest North Korean defector case again reveals lax discipline in South Korea’s military
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![[Kim Seong-kon] Hamlet and Don Quixote tactics in diplomacy](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=633&simg=/content/image/2021/02/23/20210223000698_0.jpg)
[Kim Seong-kon] Hamlet and Don Quixote tactics in diplomacyViewpointsFeb 24, 2021People say that there are two contrasting types of personalities in the world. One is the Hamlet personality type and the other resembles Don Quixote. The Hamlet type is the one who is lost in thought and discreet, and thus gives in to vacillation. The Don Quixote type is foolhardy and indiscreet, and thus brash and unbridled. Both have upsides and downsides, depending on the situation. Indeed, there are times when you should be discreet like Hamlet and there are times when you should act audaci -
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[Trudy Rubin] Biden’s foreign policy successViewpointsFeb 24, 2021Earlier this month President Joe Biden went to the State Department to pump up a demoralized foreign service corps, and to tell the world, “America is back. Diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy.” That pledge was echoed Tuesday by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who told NPR, “We’ve reengaged with allies and partners around the world. I think I’ve made myself maybe 50 calls already.” So there’s no doubt the Biden approach is diametri -
[Editorial] Remove distrustEditorialFeb 24, 2021Still many worry about safety of COVID-19 vaccines; accurate information essential
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