The Korea Herald

[Editorial] Growing debt

Jan 9, 2011

The nation is set to make a change in its accounting method from cash to accrual this year. One of its consequences is a rise in the measurement of national debt. The government has yet to announce ...
[Editorial] Economy for security

Jan 9, 2011

Last week, a South Korean government agency provided statistical data regarding North Korea, some of which have great security implications. Among them were figures indicating North Korea’s rapidly e...
[Editorial] Cleaning up mess

Jan 7, 2011

Kim Seok-dong, the newly appointed chairman of the Financial Services Commission, has established a reputation as a troubleshooter. Since the mid-1990s, he has led many task forces formed to resolve ...
[Editorial] War against inflation

Jan 7, 2011

Prices of daily necessities are going through the roof. According to the Korea Consumer Agency, during the last week of 2010, the prices of some 90 everyday goods rose sharply from a week ago. They i...
[Editorial] Still premature

Jan 6, 2011

Military cooperation in such rudimentary areas as sharing of information and mutual logistics supporting in emergencies may sound harmless with any friendly countries, but we have reasons to be cauti...
[Editorial] Clumsy peace offensive

Jan 6, 2011

North Korea again said many words in the latest verbal peace offensive, launched from the beginning of the year. This time, a joint statement by the government, political parties and civic groups cal...
[Editorial] KCC’s flawed decision

Jan 5, 2011

The Korea Communications Commission has recently selected a consortium formed by Yonhap News Agency as the sole successful applicant for a news-only cable TV channel license. The panel announced on D...
[Editorial] Six-party talks again

Jan 4, 2011

Few by now remember what the Sept. 19, 2005 and Feb. 13, 2007 agreements were in the six-party talks, while there are signs that the multilateral process will be resumed more than two years after it ...
[Editorial] Corruption virus

Jan 4, 2011

Kim Young-ran, chairwoman of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, cautioned everyone of the nation to guard against “the virus of corruption.” Upon her inauguration this week, the former ...
[Editorial] Dragon wars

Jan 3, 2011

About 10 presidential hopefuls made their entries in the opinion polls conducted by major dailies and broadcasters at the beginning of the year. Park Geun-hye of the governing Grand National Party co...
[Editorial] New cable broadcasters

Jan 3, 2011

From sometime in the latter part of this year, Koreans will have four new cable TV broadcasters of general programs and a news cable channel, all of which will be owned by newspapers and a news agenc...
[Editorial] Show sincerity

Jan 2, 2011

North Korea has called for an end to confrontation with the South, urging inter-Korean dialogue and cooperation. In a joint New Year editorial issued on Saturday, the North Korean press said, “Confro...
[Editorial] Free lunch war

Jan 2, 2011

The Seoul Metropolitan Council has committed a serious violation of law in passing the capital city’s 2011 budget bill. No matter what the reason may have been, the council cannot avoid criticism for...

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