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Between Optimism and Pessimism, American Economists’ Inflation Debate
In January of this year, the US inflation rate (compared to the same month last year) was 6.4% (announced on February 14). If the price was 100 in January 2022,…
“Putin’s logic of invading Ukraine is Nazism”
One year ahead of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I interviewed Jeong Jae-won, a professor at Kookmin University (Department of Eurasia, Photography). ⓒEPN Cho Nam-jin How will the Russia-Ukraine war…
Solving the problems faced by mankind with innovative technology
The entrance of the Las Vegas Convention Center, where CES, the world’s largest IT and home appliance exhibition, was held from January 5 to 8. ⓒXinhua If someone asks, “What…
“We need to find out how it happened and who is responsible.”
Takemune Sato, secretary-general of the Akashi City Pedestrian Overpass Accident Lawyer.ⓒEPN Shin Seon-yeong There are lawyers who have stood by the bereaved families of Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan in…
What Akashi did to prevent recurrence
On January 4, at the Akashi City Fire and Disaster Prevention Center, Yosuke Takada, the fire department chief, explains the accident. ⓒEPN Shin Seon-yeong On July 21, 2001, a stampede…
2001 Akashi Family to 2022 Itaewon Family
It has been more than two months since the Itaewon disaster occurred. Following the police, the prosecution also launched an investigation. The request made by the bereaved family council is…
Before sex with robots became the ‘new normal’
The first page of the sex doll purchase site of the American company Abyss Creations. ⓒRealdoll.com We asked ‘ChatGPT’, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that is a hot topic in…
Racist crime or political terror?
On December 24, last year, hundreds of Kurds protested at Republique Square in Paris, France to honor the victims of the shooting and demand an investigation. One person died and…
If I leave my phone number, will I not leave malicious comments?
A pop-up window on Yahoo! Japan News, informing you that you must register your mobile phone number to comment. I teach peace studies at a university in Tokyo, Japan. Every…
Predict and control the ‘second natural phenomenon’
One of the “Founding Fathers” of the United States, Alexander Hamilton (center), the first Treasury Secretary, promoted the establishment of a central bank after the Revolutionary War. ⓒUS Senate Collection…