The Korea Herald

[Editorial] Translation errors

Apr 5, 2011

In a press briefing Monday, Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon apologized to the public for translation errors in the Korean language version of the Korea-European Union Free Trade Agreement. With the Cabi...
[Editorial] Desperate lawmakers

Apr 5, 2011

If a first-term National Assemblyman is banned from running for reelection because of his wife’s illegal campaigning for him, what should he do? He may try to complete his tenure honorably with exemp...
[Editorial] ‘Science-business belt’

Apr 4, 2011

Regarding the new “science-business belt” project, President Lee Myung-bak may believe that his administration is free to select any location for it, whether in Sejong City or anywhere. We cannot dis...
[Editorial] Religious bigotry

Apr 4, 2011

At a small church in Florida, a 12-man “jury” picked from its members handed down a “guilty” verdict on the Quran. The Islamic holy book was then soaked in kerosene for an hour before it was set on f...
[Editorial] Parts supply

Apr 3, 2011

A disruption in the supply of one key part or component of a product may halt operations at assembly lines. A case in point involves the microcontrollers Korean companies import from Japan. Microcon...
[Editorial] Strong won

Apr 3, 2011

The Korean currency is strengthening fast, pushing the exchange rate to below the level of 1,100 won per U.S. dollar. In the past, such a rapid gain would have invited intervention immediately. A str...
[Editorial] Income distribution

Apr 1, 2011

Korea’s per capita income recovered to the $20,000 level last year on the back of robust economic growth and the Korean currency’s gain against the U.S. dollar. According to the Bank of Korea, the n...
[Editorial] Unwarranted backlash

Apr 1, 2011

As expected, flames of anger have flared up in Busan and Daegu following the government’s decision on Wednesday to scrap President Lee Myung-bak’s election pledge to build an international airport in...
[Editorial] Again Dokdo

Mar 31, 2011

Koreans are rightly angered each time Japan renews an unwarranted claim to Korea’s easternmost rocky islets of Dokdo. This time, however, many of them voiced as much disappointment as anger on hearin...
[Editorial] Radiation scare

Mar 30, 2011

Traces of radioactive iodine, cesium and xenon believed to be from Japan’s quake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant have been detected in Korea. But don’t panic. According to the Korea Institute o...
[Editorial] Lining lawyers’ pockets

Mar 30, 2011

Lawmakers of the National Assembly’s Legislation and Judiciary Committee have drawn ire from listed companies by requiring them to hire at least one “compliance support officer” starting April next y...
[Editorial] Manual for judges

Mar 29, 2011

Rumors have it that it was the product of a recent series of unsavory episodes in courts involving male and female judges, but a “service manual” prepared by a senior judge in Seoul and now circulati...
[Editorial] Politics of leaflet

Mar 29, 2011

The Defense Ministry has put off flying leaflets into the North Korean territory in consideration of political and legal factors. Yet, the campaign to send leaflets and consumer supplies by flying ba...
[Editorial] Return to the North

Mar 28, 2011

Twenty-seven of the 31 North Koreans who had drifted into South Korean waters in the West Sea in a boat early last month have returned to the North. Four chose to live in the South, according to the ...
[Editorial] R&D administration

Mar 28, 2011

Three years after President Lee Myung-bak abolished the Ministry of Science and Technology to slim down the government, an administrative commission was launched Monday to perform much the same task ...

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