The human race is facing the biggest threat of an unprecedented self-destructive force created by people. Since last year, a group of world-renowned scientists called the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has set the doomsday clock at only 100 seconds to midnight, which denotes the biblical moment of self-destruction. This is the worst level seen over the last seven decades since the scientists started the clock in 1947.

‘벚꽃 피는 순서로 문 닫는다’ 초유의 대학 정원 미달 사태 학령인구 감소 대학 경쟁력 악화 ‘강소대학’ 발전만이 생존의 길 혁신적 대학교육 고민할 시기다

미래 경쟁력 높은 젊은 도시 서울 정당이나 이념보다 삶의 정치로 100만 대학생을 위한 정책도 필요 기숙사교통비 지원 공약도 나와야 [출처: 중앙일보] [염재호 칼럼] 생활의 정치와 젊은 도시 서울

Among all sets of bilateral relationships between the countries in Northeast Asia, the Republic of Korea (ROK)-Japan relationship is by any account the most grossly underperforming. The gap between its potential and the reality is huge. Unfortunately, the gap is growing due to the failure of the political leadership to look forward and lead the public toward the future. This failure has done the peoples of the two countries a great disservice, as the rationale is abundant for a robust ROK-Japan relationship. But the reality is far afield, often afflicted with serious bumps caused by the latent ghosts resurrected from past history by revisionist fervor.