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It is ill-timed and ill-conceived that former opposition presidential candidate Moon Jae-in is trying to move to the fore of politics, signaling his intention to make a second bid for the presidency in 2017. A string of recent moves by him, which have put him in the media spotlight, will d...
Updated : 2013.12.04 19:45
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The presumed downfall of Jang Song-thaek, a key guardian and uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, illustrates again the precariousness of the reclusive regime and may have a significant impact on inter-Korean relations ― probably in a negative direction.In a report to members of the ...
Updated : 2013.12.04 19:44
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The Seoul government is set to finalize a plan to expand its air defense identification zone in response to China’s proclamation on Nov. 23 of a new zone that overlaps those of Korea and Japan.China’s new ADIZ is seen as primarily aimed at bolstering its claim to a group of islands in th...
Updated : 2013.12.03 19:37
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Why is there no mechanism in the Korean Constitution for dissolving the National Assembly? So wondered former Prime Minister Kim Whang-sik recently, asserting that such a mechanism would be useful to resolve the current political stalemate.Opposition lawmakers denounced Kim, who also serve...
Updated : 2013.12.03 19:36
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The secretariat of the Green Climate Fund, a U.N. fund set up in 2011 to help fight global warming by funneling money from developed to developing countries, is to be launched Wednesday in Songdo, a newly developed international town in Incheon. World Bank head Jim Yong Kim, International ...
Updated : 2013.12.02 19:41
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It is worrisome that the proportion of secondary school students falling short of basic learning skills increased this year for the first time in five years since a nationwide assessment test was introduced in 2008.The results of the 2013 exam, which were released by the Ministry of Educat...
Updated : 2013.12.02 19:40
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Korea’s per capita income broke through the $20,000 mark for the first time in 2007. Buoyed by the nation’s outstanding economic performance, many Koreans believed it was a matter of time before per capita income, posted at $21,632 that year, reached $30,000.They believed Korea could pul...
Updated : 2013.12.01 19:12
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Korea, ending a protracted deliberation process, is near to joining negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multilateral agreement to liberalize trade in the Asia-Pacific. It said last Friday it would make a final decision after talks with the United States, Japan, Canada, Austral...
Updated : 2013.12.01 19:11
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The Financial Services Commission has unveiled a vision to foster the financial industry as a growth engine of the Korean economy. Dubbed the “10-10 Value-Up Plan,” it is aimed at increasing the financial sector’s share of Korea’s gross domestic product to 10 percent over the next 10 y...
Updated : 2013.11.29 19:58
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Returning home after a six-month stay in Germany, former Prime Minister Kim Hwang-shik recently admitted his envy of the European country’s political culture. He was deeply impressed by the negotiations on forming a coalition government between Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democr...
Updated : 2013.11.29 19:58
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A 3-year-old Siberian tiger at a zoo on the southern outskirts of Seoul can have no way of knowing that his fate has been hanging in the balance since he attacked a zookeeper Sunday. The ill-fated worker, 52, who was bitten in the neck by the tiger while preparing to feed him, remains in s...
Updated : 2013.11.28 19:38
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The National Assembly has failed to pass the annual budget bill within the legal deadline of Dec. 2 for the past 11 years. It seems certain that this year will be no exception.Lawmakers belatedly began deliberations on the government budget proposal for 2014 on Tuesday, with the aim of app...
Updated : 2013.11.28 19:38
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The protracted standoff between political parties over the state spy agency’s alleged meddling in the parliamentary and presidential elections last year is threatening to boil over into a conflict between the government and progressive religious groups.Today, a group of some 1,000 Buddhis...
Updated : 2013.11.27 19:37
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The government is rushing to put in place its part-time job scheme to attain President Park Geun-hye’s promise to boost the nation’s employment rate to 70 percent from the present 64.2 percent.The government’s plan calls for the creation of a total of 930,000 part-time jobs by 2017, 40 ...
Updated : 2013.11.27 19:37
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A string of recent figures on income and trade show that the condition of the Korean economy is improving. What should be taken more seriously, however, may be the need highlighted by these figures to boost consumer confidence and change the industry structure, which is heavily tilted towa...
Updated : 2013.11.26 19:38
