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[Editorial] Cyber invasion

The world already knows that North Korea’s cyberattacks -- like its nuclear bombs and long-range missiles -- pose a serious threat to global security. Yet, the recent hacking of digital currency exch...

Dec 19, 2017
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[Editorial] Reform for conservatives

The largest conservative opposition Liberty Korea Party is stepping up its organizational reform in preparation for gubernatorial and mayoral elections on June 13. The party decided Sunday to strip ...

Dec 18, 2017
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[Editorial] Reality check

President Moon Jae-in’s visit to China last week has provided South Koreans with a reality check on the country regarding where it stands in the North Korea crisis and what kind of a neighbor it is. ...

Dec 17, 2017
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[Editorial] Backfiring policies

Recent statistics show that the job crunch is as severe as ever. A bigger problem is that the situation is unlikely to improve any time soon, because many of the government’s pro-labor policies disco...

Dec 15, 2017
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[Editorial] Perils of talks

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered Tuesday to begin direct talks with North Korea without preconditions. Whether his offer will open up a new possibility for the resolution of the North’s nu...

Dec 14, 2017
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[Editorial] Reduced expectations

President Moon Jae-in holds summit talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday. The talks, the third of their kind between the two, are most likely to end up being held the sake of ta...

Dec 13, 2017
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[Editorial] Bitcoin craze

The Chicago Board Options Exchange began trading in bitcoin futures on Sunday. The cryptocurrency has come into the mainstream of US finance eight years after it was invented. But the South Korean go...

Dec 12, 2017
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[Editorial] Get the job done

The ad-hoc parliamentary panel to revise the Constitution plans to work out its proposal by February. In all likelihood, it is going to be a tall order. The biggest hurdle is the partisan standoff o...

Dec 11, 2017
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[Editorial] View NK realistically

The White House said Thursday that “no official decision has been made” about whether the US is to participate in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics set to take place in South Korea in February. A day e...

Dec 10, 2017
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[Editorial] Bridge the gap

President Moon Jae-in will pay a four-day state visit to China next Wednesday at President Xi Jinping’s invitation. It will be his first trip to the country since taking office in May. The top item ...

Dec 8, 2017
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[Editorial] Do not lower guard

It is always risky to interpret a single development in North Korea to predict the real course of action to be taken by the leadership in Pyongyang. It is the same with the ongoing visit by a senior ...

Dec 7, 2017
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[Editorial] Dialogue a realistic solution

Bakery franchiser Paris Baguette missed the government-set deadline Tuesday to hire all 5,309 bakers who work in its franchised stores across the country. The company with 5,200 regular employees say...

Dec 6, 2017
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[Editorial] Out of touch

There are many laws that do not fit the reality. Education is no exception, with the controversial act on the normalization of public education and regulation of prior learning being a good example. ...

Dec 5, 2017
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[Editorial] Brazen pay raise

It was recently revealed that a budget subcommittee of the National Assembly had decided early last month to raise the annual pay of members of the assembly. The current monthly salary of an Assembl...

Dec 4, 2017
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[Editorial] Meticulous plans

The latest developments surrounding the North Korean crisis call for the international community and South Korea to prepare for anything that could happen. The North’s claim that it is capable of st...

Dec 3, 2017
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