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Challenges Facing Korean Automakers Korea's auto industry plunged into deep recession following the outbreak of a global financial crisis triggered by the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. At that time, government officials and business executives held rounds of brainsto...

Role of National Leaders in Building High-Trust Society A Danish couple traveling in New York was arrested by police in 1997 for leaving their infant unattended outside a restaurant. According to the New York Times’ report, the couple was charged with endangering the welfare of their 14-month-old ba...

Success of Microcredit Business in Korea There is a group of people who have devoted their lives to helping the socially underprivileged in the face of the prevalence of neoliberal economics that started about 30 years ago and triggered a global financial crisis last year. They have also st...

Debate on Australia’s Proposal for New Asia-Pacific Community Human relationships are truly intriguing. This is what I feel more acutely as I grow older. When two strangers meet and open their hearts to each other, a certain providence that can hardly be explained logically seems to work. Usually, two persons s...