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BTS nominated for Grammy Award

MusicNov 25, 2020

South Korea's K-pop megastar BTS was nominated for the Grammy Award in best pop duo/group performance, becoming the first South Korean pop artist to be nominated for the US music award, according to...
[Editorial] Widening gap

EditorialNov 25, 2020

Official data released last week showed that income inequality in the country is worsening, suggesting that less privileged households have suffered more from the Moon Jae-in administration’s ill-con...
[팟캐스트] (380) 전문가들, 올 겨울 ‘가장 힘든’ 펜데믹 예고 / 오늘의집, 770억 투자 유치

PodcastNov 24, 2020

진행자: 임현수, Paul Kerry 1. Winter phase of pandemic may be ‘toughest yet,’ experts say [1] Experts dread that the latest surge in novel coronavirus infections in South Korea is likely to grow into the...
[Monitor] Eco-friendly cars make up 3% of all vehicles

IndustryNov 24, 2020

A total of 766,464 eco-friendly vehicles were registered as of October this year in South Korea, according to data released by the Transport Ministry on Sunday. They make up 3.16 percent of all vehic...
[Arvind Subramanian] America should rewrite the China trade contract

ViewpointsNov 24, 2020

Once US President-elect Joe Biden’s administration has made the relatively easy decisions to rejoin the Paris climate agreement, remain in the World Health Organization, and attempt to reboot the Wor...
[Richard A. Clarke] Terrorist threat to US still lurks

ViewpointsNov 24, 2020

A twisty, narrow way in the cramped heart of Vienna’s oldest quarter, a busy street in an upscale neighborhood of Tehran and remote woods in Nigeria seem unlikely to share a theme or have relevance f...
[Editorial] Don’t beat around the bush

EditorialNov 24, 2020

As jeonse prices in Seoul kept rising 72 weeks in a row, the government on Thursday unveiled a package of measures with a focus on increasing the supply of public rental housing units. Jeonse is a Ko...
[Monitor] Fair market value of studio apartments in Seoul to rise by 5.8% in 2021

IndustryNov 23, 2020

The fair market value of multipurpose studio apartments in Seoul is expected to rise by 5.86 percent next year, according to a report by the National Tax Service. The value of commercial buildings in...
[Ana Palacio] America, heal thyself and look forward

ViewpointsNov 23, 2020

In 1998, then-US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright famously defined the United States as “the indispensable nation,” declaring that, “We stand tall and we see further than other countries into th...
[J. Bradford DeLong] The siren song of austerity

ViewpointsNov 23, 2020

Ten years and ten months ago, US President Barack Obama announced in his 2010 State of the Union address that it was time for austerity. “Families across the country are tightening their belts and ma...
[Editorial] Prolonged silence

EditorialNov 23, 2020

North Korea has kept silent on the outcome of the US presidential election on Nov. 3 in an apparent indication that it is at a loss how to deal with the incoming Joe Biden administration. In previou...
[Diana’s Table] Shrimp wrap with spicy mustard dressing

Food&BeverageNov 21, 2020

Ingredients for shrimp wrap with spicy mustard dressing 20 pieces of frozen cocktail shrimp, medium size 1/2 Asian pear, peeled and julienned 1/2 cucumber, julienne the outer skin only 1 package,...
[Monitor] Price gap widens for planned towns around Seoul

IndustryNov 20, 2020

Despite the two towns having been planned and built around the same time in the early 1990s, the price gap between apartments in Bundang and Ilsan is getting wider each year, showed a report by KB Ko...
[Editorial] Airport politics

EditorialNov 20, 2020

A government panel’s decision on a state project to expand Gimhae International Airport into an air travel hub in the country’s southeast is unconvincing and contradictory. The panel said Tuesday t...
[Monitor] Huawei losing out in global smartphone market

TechnologyNov 19, 2020

Due to the US sanctions on Huawei, which have cut off the Chinese smartphone maker from chip supplies, the company has decided to sell its mid-range phone brand Honor, according to reports Tuesday. ...