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[Anne Stevenson-Yang] Trump’s China strategy isn’t working

The Trump administration’s willingness to push the Chinese harder on trade has struck a bilateral chord. Beijing is listening. So far, so good. Now the question is what the US wants to achieve. Answe...

January 1, 2019
Columnists
[Albert R. Hunt] No, Mr. Trump, the press is only the enemy of lies

President Donald Trump doesn’t read or study history, so he’s probably unfamiliar with the Alien and Sedition Acts. He’d love them. They were the infamous series of discredited measures promulgated b...

January 1, 2019
Columnists
[Editorial] First task

In the first weeks of each year, political parties are busy mapping out plans and schedules for the New Year. This year, one of their major concerns will be preparing for the general elections in Apr...

January 1, 2019
Editorial
Lotte Card kicks off consumer financing business in Vietnam

Lotte Card said Tuesday that it has become the first South Korean credit card operator to offer consumer financing services in Vietnam as part of its mid- and long-term plans to expand its business o...

January 1, 2019
Finance
Patient stabs psychiatrist to death

A 30-year-old man has been arrested for stabbing his psychiatrist to death in a hospital in Seoul on Monday. The unidentified man used a sharp object to attack a psychiatrist at 5:44 p.m. after an i...

December 31, 2018
Social affairs
[Gordon Brown] The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70

Seven decades after its adoption, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights remains a beacon of hope for the world, sending out an unequivocal message that an injustice anywhere is a threat to justic...

December 31, 2018
Columnists
[Walter Shapiro] My dream 2020 candidate -- someone to heal America’s wounds

As an alumnus of Newsweek and Time in their glory days, I sometimes can’t resist thinking like a news-magazine editor. Any news event -- the government shutdown, the withdrawal from Syria, the Brexit...

December 31, 2018
Columnists
[Editorial] Let practicality prevail

The nation ushers in 2019 amid deepening concerns over the sagging economy and the stalled process of North Korea’s denuclearization. The economy is suffering from a simultaneous decline in output a...

December 31, 2018
Editorial
[Editorial] Suspected blacklisting

The Ministry of Environment admitted Thursday that it had prepared a document disclosed by the main opposition Liberty Korea Party with notes on which executives of public institutions under its supe...

December 28, 2018
Editorial
[Anjani Trivedi] Barra eyes China for GM’s rebirth

In April 2014, Mary Barra sat on Capitol Hill listening to accounts of families who’d lost a member while driving in a General Motors Chevrolet Cobalt that malfunctioned. Months earlier, she’d been h...

December 28, 2018
Columnists
SsangYong offers safe passage with 4WD SUVs

SsangYong Motor’s four-wheel-drive G4 Rexton is perfect for winter sports and travel, the company said Sunday, citing its electronic stability program and the body-on-frame structure designed to ensu...

December 28, 2018
Automode
[Weekender] Top 10 news stories

From rapid changes in inter-Korean relations and the unprecedented US-North Korea summit to a Korean boy band becoming a global sensation, 2018 was a year full of unexpected developments.These are th...

December 27, 2018
Social affairs
[Editorial] Benefit or liability?

It is not fresh news that US President Donald Trump puts priority on “America First” -- a mere euphemism for the pursuit of the selfish interests of his country -- at the expense of others, including...

December 27, 2018
Editorial
[Monitor] House prices in Seoul, Busan to drop in 2019: BOK

House prices next year are anticipated to drop in most regions except for Gyeonggi Province, Daejeon and Sejong, according to a survey of real estate experts conducted by the Bank of Korea. In its r...

December 27, 2018
Economy
[Best Brand] Le Meridien Seoul leads luxury staycation market

Riding the staycation holiday wave, Le Meridien Seoul leads the luxury hospitality market here. For some 20 years the property housed the historic Ritz Carlton Seoul. After extensive renovations, th...

December 26, 2018
Travel

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