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[Peter Singer] Climate activist Greta Thunberg’s moment

“This is all wrong!” These words begin the most powerful four-minute speech I have ever heard. They were spoken by Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenage climate activist, at the United Nations Climate ...

October 9, 2019
Viewpoints
[Editorial] Corporate tax cut

Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki said last week that the government had no plan to lower the country’s corporate tax rates. In a parliamentary audit of his ministry, Hong argued that corporate tax cuts w...

October 9, 2019
Editorial
Consumers overseas lust after Korean beauty products most: survey

Online consumers outside of South Korea are mostly interested in buying Korean brand beauty products like cosmetics and perfumes, a survey from the Korea International Trade Association showed Wednes...

October 9, 2019
Economy
2.78 pieces of sushi sold a second at E-mart: data

Riding on word-of-mouth through social media, E-mart is seeing a whopping increase in its sales of sushi products, the retail chain said Wednesday. With 65 million pieces of sushi having been sold w...

October 9, 2019
Economy
[팟캐스트] (321) 조국 법무부 장관 검찰개혁 추진계획 발표 / CU, GS25 등 편의점 50%가 적자 겪어

진행자: 김다솔, Paul Kerry 1. Cho Kuk lays out prosecution reform plan 기사 요약: 조국 법무부 장관이 취임 한달을 맞아 ‘검찰개혁 추진계획’을 발표했다. 특수부(특별수사부) 폐지와 형사·공판부 강화 등 검찰 권한 조정 방안과 별건 수사 금지, 수사 장기화 제한 등 인권 보호 방안이 두루 담겼다. 아이튠즈...

October 9, 2019
Podcast
[Editorial] Crumbling exports

South Korea logged the sharpest drop in exports among the world’s 10 largest economies in terms of outbound shipments, according to data compiled by the World Trade Organization. The countries inclu...

October 8, 2019
Editorial
[Photo News] Wolmi Sea Train kicks off

The Wolmi Sea Train service’s two-car monorail leaves Wolmi Park Entrance Station in Jung-gu, Incheon, Tuesday. The longest tourist monorail service in South Korea, which went into service Tuesday, ...

October 8, 2019
Social affairs
[Elizabeth Drew] Logic of impeachment does not favor Trump

US President Donald Trump’s presidency is in peril. He’s likely to be impeached -- the equivalent of an indictment -- by the House of Representatives, and it cannot be ruled out entirely that the Sen...

October 7, 2019
Viewpoints
[Contribution] Chilean Navy’s training ship Esmeralda visits Busan

The Chilean Navy’s training ship Esmeralda visited the Republic of Korea from Friday to Tuesday. This occasion constituted a source of personal satisfaction for me, because it brought back memories t...

October 7, 2019
Diplomatic Circuit
[Editorial] No progress

When North Korea declared the breakdown of last week’s working-level denuclearization talks with the US, the move appeared to be premeditated. In a statement issued shortly after the talks ended, th...

October 7, 2019
Editorial
[Monitor] Rosy prospects for Samsung Electronics’ Q3 earnings

South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics is expected to see its third quarter earnings come in well over market consensus, according to forecast by Korea Investment & Securities. Next year’s oper...

October 6, 2019
Economy
[Photo News] BTS Lens sold at Lotte World Tower

An employee promotes contact lenses featuring Korean boy band BTS that is being sold at Avenuel World Tower branch of Lotte World Tower in Jamsil, Seoul, until this Wednesday. The event that offers ...

October 6, 2019
Industry
[Ivan Eland] How did we come to have a rogue presidency?

The media has given us blanket coverage of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement of an official House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s apparent attempt to use congressionally app...

October 6, 2019
Viewpoints
[Jonathan Woetzel, Jeongmin Seong] The Asianized world has arrived

In the 19th century, the world was Europeanized. In the 20th century, it was Americanized. Now, it is being Asianized -- and much faster than you may think. Asia’s rise has been swift. Home to more ...

October 6, 2019
Viewpoints
[Editorial] Decide on Cho

President Moon Jae-in’s self-righteousness and obstinacy and Justice Minister Cho Kuk’s hypocrisy and injustice are intensifying popular rage and conflicts. A large rally was held in central Seoul o...

October 6, 2019
Editorial

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