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[Editorial] Take long view

Lee Jae-woong, chief executive of car-sharing service SoCar, resigned as co-head of a government organization formed by the Ministry of Economy and Finance for the growth of the national economy thro...

December 24, 2018
Editorial
[Monitor] No. of ‘real-estate rich’ declines

The number of wealthy individuals who own at least 51 homes in South Korea marked 1,988 last year, down from 2,680 in 2016, data by Statistics Korea showed. The number of those owning at least 51 ho...

December 24, 2018
Economy
[Ben Boychuk] Missing Dad and taking stock this Christmas

This will be the second Christmas holiday without my father. Although I miss him every day -- we used to talk on the phone, like clockwork, at 9:30 every morning -- I think I miss the cantankerous ol...

December 23, 2018
Columnists
[Editorial] Mattis’ resignation

The resignation of US Defense Secretary James Mattis, announced by US President Donald Trump last week, has increased concerns about growing uncertainty over the future of the South Korea-US alliance...

December 23, 2018
Columnists
[Monitor] Household debt rises 6.1 percent in 2018

The average debt of Korean households rose 6.1 percent to 75.31 million won ($66,700) as of March from a year ago, data showed Sunday. According to Statistics Korea, South Korean household assets on...

December 23, 2018
Economy
[Editorial] Credibility gap

President Moon Jae-in has vowed to take complementary measures related to minimum wage hikes. However, the Ministry of Employment and Labor appears to be moving to make the minimum wage more burdenso...

December 20, 2018
Editorial
[Monitor] Majority support wider use of solar energy: survey

A majority of South Koreans were in support of expanding the generation and use of Solar photovoltaic power, according to a survey recently released by an association that promotes the wider use of s...

December 20, 2018
Economy
[팟캐스트] (278) 조던 피터슨, 샤이니 종현 추모식

진행자: 임현수, Kevin Lee Selzer 1. Jordan Peterson’s book becomes a best-seller in Korea 기사요약: 캐나다 출신 심리학자이자 토론토 대 심리학 교수인 조던 피터슨의 책 '12가지 인생의 법칙'이 한국에서 10만 부 이상 팔리며 인기를 끌고 있다. 한국 출판사 메이븐의 편집장은 그의 인기는 많...

December 19, 2018
Podcast
[Advertorial] Hyundai Capital’s car-sharing platform Delivery Car launches

Hyundai Capital said Wednesday it has officially launched its car sharing platform Delivery Car on Dec. 7 after running a beta service since September last year. The platform allows customers to hav...

December 19, 2018
Automode
Daewoo E&C continues to expand CSR activities

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., a major South Korean builder, has been expanding its corporate social responsibility programs for people with disabilities and other disadvantages ever since 20...

December 19, 2018
Industry
[Editorial] Get the truth

The scandal involving a former member of the special investigation unit of the presidential office is snowballing. Independent investigation, either by the National Assembly or a special prosecutor, ...

December 19, 2018
Editorial
[Editorial] Pension reform

None of the four proposals announced by the government last week goes far enough to ensure the long-term sustainability of the national pension plan, which is under increasing strain. In August, the ...

December 18, 2018
Editorial
[Mary Sanchez] Time for Republicans to make peace with LGBTQ rights

Perhaps it was all those holiday wishes for “peace on earth” and “goodwill to mankind” that crept into the mind of retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch. In his farewell address to Congress last week, the Utah ...

December 18, 2018
Columnists
[Naresh Koirala] ‘Gold is waste that’s adorning us’

Recently, I walked through New Road after nearly a decade. Much of what I saw was no different from what it was like 10 years ago -- unruly traffic, pedestrians jostling to navigate crowded sidewalks...

December 18, 2018
Columnists
[Jeff Kosseff] How the US Congress might still break the internet

Civil liberties activists in the United States long warned that the federal government must adopt “net neutrality” requirements that prevent broadband companies from charging websites for prioritized...

December 18, 2018
Columnists

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