The Korea Herald

[Editorial] Lame duck

Jan 12, 2011

Undoubtedly, one of the last things an incumbent president would like to hear of is his lapse, be it ongoing or imminent, into lame-duck status. Who would? Actually, President Lee Myung-bak was previ...
[Editorial] Rental crisis

Jan 12, 2011

The cost of renting a home is going through the roof. But top economic policymakers do not appear to be much concerned about the rise in rent. They are either ignoring what has developed into a crisi...
[Editorial] Police humiliated

Jan 11, 2011

Kang Hee-rak was the chief of the National Police until half a year ago. He is known for strong emphasis on clean service of the entire 150,000 members of the force. Kang now faces arrest in connecti...
[Editorial] To be chief auditor

Jan 10, 2011

The current controversy over the nomination of Chung Dong-kee as the next head of the Board of Audit and Inspection raised two serious questions. One concerns the still prevalent practice of senior j...
[Editorial] Don’t bend principle

Jan 10, 2011

North Korea is desperate in its call for dialogue with South Korea. But Seoul is hesitant on deciding what to do about Pyongyang’s sudden peace offensive that comes after one of the worst years of mi...
[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...

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