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[Jon Healey] No, Mr. President, China is still not paying tariffs

ViewpointsOct 29, 2020

President Donald Trump seems perpetually confused about who pays the tariffs of 10 percent to 25 percent that he’s imposed on imported goods. Either that, or he just won’t admit the truth: Trump’s ta...
[Editorial] Keep veto intact

EditorialOct 29, 2020

An agency to investigate corruption cases involving high-ranking officials exclusively instead of the prosecution is likely in breach of the Constitution. Related legislative procedures last year we...
[팟캐스트] (376) 코로나 시대, 패션쇼는 계속된다/ 한국 이주노동자들의 근로환경 실태 고발

PodcastOct 28, 2020

진행자: 김혜연, Kevin Lee Selzer 1. The fashion show must go on 요약: 코로나 시대에 발맞춰 패션 업계에서도 관행을 깨고 “뉴노말”에 도전한다. [1] Models strutting and posing on the runway in a hall packed with celebrities and fashion i...
[Editorial] Inequitable taxation

EditorialOct 28, 2020

Late Samsung Group chief Lee Kun-hee’s heirs, including his only son Jae-yong, the vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, are set to shoulder a record amount of inheritance tax, as he left behind abou...
[Contribution] Sustaining New Southern Policy amid COVID-19: An ASEAN perspective

Foreign affairsOct 27, 2020

President Moon Jae-in initiated the New Southern Policy (NSP) in order to upgrade relations between the Republic of Korea (Korea) and ASEAN. Since the NSP has come about primarily due to President Mo...
[Kevin Pham] What we’ve learned about COVID-19

ViewpointsOct 27, 2020

As the pandemic wears on, month after month, it’s easy to assume nothing much has changed. But it has. We’re making more progress than many people may realize. Take Regeneron. President Donald Trump...
[Editorial] Big shoes to fill

EditorialOct 27, 2020

Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who died Sunday at the age of 78, was an innovative businessman who led Samsung to the top of the world. In the second half of the 20th century, South Korea belatedly ...
[Trudy Rubin] Biden would rescue foreign policy from ego and tweets

ViewpointsOct 26, 2020

There has been little focus on foreign policy in the election campaign, and the debates didn’t much help. Maybe that’s because Donald Trump’s most intense foreign policy concern has been with Hunter...
[Ana Palacio] A hope for Post-Trump world order

ViewpointsOct 26, 2020

With the US presidential election nearing its apotheosis, predictions about what will come after are dominating discussions well beyond the United States. When it comes to international relations, fo...
[Editorial] Sobering reminder

EditorialOct 26, 2020

China has made much of the 70th anniversary of its troops entering the 1950-53 Korean War to send a warning to the US with tensions between the two superpowers at their highest in decades. South Kor...
[Monitor] More 30-somethings buying apartments in Seoul

IndustryOct 23, 2020

According to the Korea Appraisal Board this week, the number of people in their 30s buying apartments in Seoul continued to rise last month. A total of 1,790 transactions involved buyers in their 30...
[Editorial] Flu vaccine fear

EditorialOct 23, 2020

With more deaths reported to be possibly connected to flu vaccinations, health authorities said that a direct connection between the deaths and the flu vaccines has not been confirmed. The Korea Dise...
[Monitor] Samsung, Hyundai see global brand value soar

IndustryOct 22, 2020

Samsung Electronics ranked fifth in the world in brand value this year with a record value of $62.3 billion, up 2 percent from last year, according to Interbrand’s latest top 100 global brands list o...
[Editorial] Undue shutdown

EditorialOct 22, 2020

In its long-overdue audit report made public Tuesday, the Board of Audit and Inspection said the economic viability of the country’s second-oldest nuclear reactor was unreasonably undervalued in dete...
[팟캐스트] (375) '할인' 소비 쿠폰 다시 푸는 정부 / 태양광 시설 폐기물 처리 이슈

PodcastOct 21, 2020

진행자: 간형우, Brolley Genster 1. S. Korea to resume discount coupon scheme to boost domestic consumption 요약: 정부는 지난 8월 선보였다가 코로나19 재확산으로 중단한 소비쿠폰 발행을 오는 22일부터 전시와 공연, 영화, 체육 분야 위주로 재개한다. [1] South Kor...