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In advance of the one-year anniversary of his inauguration, President Joe Biden lamented the challenges of political polarization for advancing his agenda. In noting the near universal Republican opposition to the majority of his agenda and the lack of a Republican platform for governing that might allow room for compromise, Biden asked rhetorically, "I wonder what would be the Republican platform right now. What do you think?"

The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) said Wednesday that it has decided to conduct an investigation into a group assault by four middle school students of a girl originally from Mongolia. "We concluded that we need to look thoroughly into whether the school and the regional education office took proper initial measures in the case, whether the school's disciplinary process for student violence was appropriate, as well as into allegations that the police did not take proper measures during the investigation and failed to protect the victim," the commission said in...

As we approach the end of the second year of the pandemic, the world faces renewed uncertainty from the Omicron variant of COVID-19. However, now that South Korea has fully vaccinated 80 percent of its population against the coronavirus there is an opportunity for it to play a larger role in ending the pandemic.

The organizing principles for the 1443H academic year permit universities and the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) colleges and institutes to implement the 3-semester system and open a program for studies during the summer.