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South Korea Proves Lockdowns Are Unnecessary to Fight Coronavirus

Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 2:22 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I took a lot of flak for arguing that, far from curing this pandemic, martial law-like restrictions and shutdowns (in business, education, sport, entertainment, etc.) were just causing pandemonium. Little did I know that South Korea was proving my point. (Incidentally, so too were Sweden and Singapore.) South Korea was in the vanguard of nations… Read more.

PyeongChang: Olympics and Politics Playing Out like Marriage and Divorce

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 6:33 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The 2018 PyeongChang Olympics get underway tomorrow. Yet the media are dedicating relatively little coverage to the Opening Ceremony or the athletes. Instead, they are focusing on the nuclear brinkmanship between North Korea and the United States, which will hover over South Korea (and these Games) like a Damoclean sword. But one can hardly blame… Read more.