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[Editorial] Draw the line

EditorialOctober 20, 2019

Members of a group that identifies itself as a coalition of progressive university students broke into the residence of US Ambassador Harry Harris in Seoul on Friday. They climbed over the wall using...
[Min Gab-ryong] Korean police lead in world peace, security through ‘K-Cop Wave’

ViewpointsOctober 17, 2019

The Korean National Police Agency hosts the International Police Summit Seoul, 2019 with police chiefs from 30 countries around the world on the margins of the 74th celebration of Police Day. The sum...
[Editorial] Insufficient tool

EditorialOctober 17, 2019

In line with market expectations, the Bank of Korea on Wednesday cut its policy rate by a quarter percentage point to 1.25 percent, which matches the lowest level seen from June 2016 to November 2017...
[Editorial] Sterile business climate

EditorialOctober 16, 2019

According to a recent survey by the Export-Import Bank of Korea, 78.9 percent of 216 domestic companies which took loans from it to expand their businesses abroad said they did not intend to bring th...
[팟캐스트] (322) 조국 이슈로 묻힌 국정감사, 빌보드 정상에 오른 슈퍼엠

PodcastOctober 16, 2019

진행자: 윤민식, Paul Kerry 1. Cho Kuk’s resignation dominates parliamentary audit of Justice Ministry 기사요약: 조국 법무부 장관의 사퇴에도 불구하고 그를 둘러싼 여야간의 정쟁은 계속되고 있다. 장관이 빠진 국정감사 기간에 야권은 그를 향한 비난 공세를 이어갔으며, 여당은 이를 "정...
[Editorial] Cho Kuk’s resignation

EditorialOctober 15, 2019

The Cabinet approved measures aimed at reforming the prosecution at a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Tuesday. The move came a day after the measures were announced by Justice...
Sulli confirmed dead on the scene: police

Social affairsOctober 14, 2019

Sulli was already dead when authorities arrived at the scene, according to police. Police said a report was filed by a staff member at her agency at around 3:20 p.m. The agency staffer, who visited...
[Editorial] Take stock

EditorialOctober 14, 2019

The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission discussed closing Unit 1 of the Wolsong nuclear power plant permanently in its meeting Friday, but failed to reach a conclusion. It is unclear if it will d...
[Bennet Ramberg] Whither nuclear-arms control?

ViewpointsOctober 13, 2019

Is nuclear-arms control unraveling? The 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty has collapsed, the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is teetering, and North Korea has continued to expand its nuclear and b...
[Editorial] Pro-business turn

EditorialOctober 13, 2019

President Moon Jae-in has recently tried to craft a pro-business approach. Earlier this month, he met heads of major Korean business organizations to listen to their suggestions on how to boost corpo...
International conference for teaching English held in Seoul

EducationOctober 13, 2019

A Korea-based association of teachers of English as a foreign language held an international conference over the weekend at Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul. KOTESOL -- the Korean chapter of th...
[Editorial] Reform with clean hands

EditorialOctober 10, 2019

Justice Minister Cho Kuk has unveiled prosecution reform plans, but it is questionable if it was appropriate for him to announce such plans in the middle of investigations into corruption suspicions ...
[Peter Singer] Climate activist Greta Thunberg’s moment

ViewpointsOctober 9, 2019

“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 ...
[Editorial] Corporate tax cut

EditorialOctober 9, 2019

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...
Consumers overseas lust after Korean beauty products most: survey

EconomyOctober 9, 2019

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...