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[Monitor] Asiana Airlines turns into surplus in Q3

IndustryNov 18, 2020

Asiana Airlines said Monday that its operating profit for the third quarter of this year was estimated at 5.8 billion won ($5.24 million), based on separate financial statements. Asiana Airlines, wh...
[Editorial] Excessive measures

EditorialNov 18, 2020

Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae is facing criticism for ordering ministry officials to seek to enact a law to force suspects to disclose the passwords for their mobile phones. The order appears to targe...
[Contribution] NTS strives to broaden access to tax statistics

EconomyNov 17, 2020

On Sept. 24, the National Tax Service held an opening ceremony at its Seoul Regional Office for the Seoul branch of NTS Data Lab. This is the first offshoot of the NTS Data Lab, which has been in ope...
[Monitor] Bus fare jumps 120-fold in 50 years

IndustryNov 17, 2020

Korea Price Information Corp. on Monday released data that showed how the basic prices for major items used in the daily lives of Seoul residents has changed over the past five decades. According to...
[Slawomir Sierakowski] Trump’s departure puts mini-Trumps in the wilderness

ViewpointsNov 17, 2020

Joe Biden’s election as president of the United States has seriously weakened authoritarian and populist governments around the world. For independent global powers like Russia, Brazil and Turkey, Do...
[Editorial] Worsening unemployment

EditorialNov 17, 2020

South Korea extended the streak of job losses to eight months in October, amid the prolonged coronavirus pandemic crisis, according to government data released last week. The number of employed peopl...
[Monitor] Korea to have world’s 10th-largest airline

TransportNov 16, 2020

According to global aviation industry statistics released by the International Air Transport Association, Korean Air stood at No. 18 among airlines worldwide in terms of revenue-passenger kilometer, ...
[Kent Harrington] America’s alliances after Trump

ViewpointsNov 16, 2020

America’s allies should be forgiven if they are confused about where American foreign policy is headed. Who isn’t, given the go-it-alone recklessness of Donald Trump’s presidency? Over the past three...
[Editorial] Lack of reciprocity

EditorialNov 16, 2020

China unilaterally canceled two flights chartered by Samsung Electronics to send its employees to the country. The flights were arranged under an agreement reached by Korea and China in May to fast-...
[Monitor] Alibaba posts record-breaking Singles Day sales of $56.26 billion

RetailNov 13, 2020

China’s largest e-commerce platform, Alibaba, posted an increase in its annual Singles Day sales this year. While Alibaba had revealed daily sales figures for every Nov. 11 each year, this year its d...
[Editorial] Rising won

EditorialNov 13, 2020

Customs data released this week showed South Korea’s exports increased 20.1 percent on-year in the first 10 days of November, raising hopes that outbound shipments from Asia’s fourth-largest economy ...
[Lee Kyong-hee] A brief tribute to Korea’s precious friends

ViewpointsNov 12, 2020

The first time I met Kevin L. O’Rourke the Columban priest had just won a prize for his translation of “The Poetry of John” by Chang Yong-hak, a short story depicting postwar existentialism in South ...
[Editorial] Real estate police state

EditorialNov 12, 2020

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea proposed a bill to punish real estate service providers and houseowners for rigging market prices. The bill also calls for the establishment of a new agency to s...
[팟캐스트] (378) 바이든 당선 / 블랙핑크 팬더 영상 논란

PodcastNov 11, 2020

진행자: 손지형, Brolley Genster 1. Seoul eyes bolstering ties with new Biden administration 요약: 조 바이든 민주당 대선후보의 대통령 당선 소식에 한국 정부가 취한 반응 [1] With Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential race,...
[Monitor] New employment insurance subscriptions bounce back to pre-pandemic levels

IndustryNov 11, 2020

The number of individuals covered by state employment insurance increased 2.6 percent, or 364,000 people, on-year in October, according to the Ministry of Employment and Labor’s data. The increase f...