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[Editorial] Adjusting pace

A tripartite commission last week kicked off its deliberation to set the minimum wage for next year amid mounting calls to adjust the pace of increase to cushion the fallout from previous steep hikes...

June 6, 2019
Editorial
[Photo News] Families of veterans and patriots mark Memorial Day

Commemorating Memorial Day, the bereaved families of soldiers and patriots who died during the fight for liberation from Japanese colonial rule and the Korean War visit the National Cemetery in Daeje...

June 6, 2019
Social affairs
[팟캐스트] (303) 넷마블, “BTS 월드” 모바일게임 출시 / 외국인들이 보는 한국의 이미지는?

진행자: 김지현, Kevin Selzer 1. Release date out for Netmarble's 'BTS World' mobile game 기사요약: 넷마블이 BTS와 손잡고 BTS 월드라고 하는 신종 모바일 게임을 출시했다. 넷마블은 국내 1위 모바일 게임업체로, 회장 방준혁과 BTS 소속사 빅히트 엔터테인먼트의 방시혁과 사촌사이로 알려져있...

June 5, 2019
Podcast
[Editorial] Excessive sanctions

The government of South Chungcheong Province decided last week to suspend a blast furnace at a Hyundai Steel plant in Dangjin for 10 days. It cited that the plant has emitted pollutants by opening a...

June 5, 2019
Editorial
Korean pain treatment goes to Middle East

Known best for the pain treatment FIMS -- fluoroscopy-guided interventional microadhesiolysis and nerve stimulation -- Ahnkang Hospital became the first Korean hospital to open in Kuwait in July 2017...

June 5, 2019
Social affairs
[Kundhavi Kadiresan] Go fish! -- But, please, do so legally

The people of South Korea love fish and both demand and consumption of fish are on the rise. On the one hand that’s good, because fish is high in protein and low in fat and that helps to feed a hung...

June 4, 2019
Columnists
[Kim Seong-kon] Captain Ahab and the white whale

In my class in the English Department at the University of California, Irvine, I had my American students discuss Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” with reference to multicultural issues. Some students r...

June 4, 2019
Columnists
[Editorial] It’s inevitable

It seems evident that the government wants to extend the legal retirement age. In many respects, it is a step in the right direction. The most convincing indication has come from Hong Nam-ki, deputy...

June 4, 2019
Editorial
[Justin Fendos] Trump trashes Pax-Americana

The recent failure of trade talks between the US and China put world markets through quite a jolt. A more careful reading, however, reveals an amicable end was probably impossible from the start....

June 4, 2019
Columnists
[Jean Pisani-Ferry] Europe’s citizens say they want a more political EU

The most significant result of the recent European Parliament election is neither that conservatives and social democrats lost seats to Liberals and Greens, nor that far-right nationalists gained les...

June 3, 2019
Columnists
[Editorial] Negative reversal

South Korea seems set to record a current account deficit in April for the first time since May 2012 in yet another warning sign about the sluggish performance of Asia’s fourth-largest economy. With...

June 3, 2019
Editorial
[Editorial] Don’t look away

Shareholders of Hyundai Heavy Industries approved the company’s plan to split up at their extraordinary meeting in a gymnasium at the University of Ulsan on Friday. It marked the first step in the p...

June 2, 2019
Editorial
LS Cable & System donates W500m in scholarships to Donghae City

LS Cable & System donated 500 million won ($420,877) in scholarship funds to Donghae City as part of the company’s efforts to help foster local talent. LS C&S President and CEO Myung Roe-hyun delive...

June 2, 2019
Industry
[Journalism Essay Contest] Winners in environment category

Following are the winners of the 2019 Herald Journalism Essay Contest organized by Herald Edu in May. -- Ed. [Part 1] First Step to Clearer Air: A Common Scientific Language By Shin Jae-im Hankuk...

May 31, 2019
Education
[Rachel Laser] Abortion bans result of crumbling church-state separation

The terrifying rash of state abortion bans spreading throughout the United States has captured the nation’s attention, but in order to stop this trend, those who are fighting back must also focus on ...

May 30, 2019
Columnists

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