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[Editorial] Hasty courtship

EditorialJanuary 19, 2020

South Korea and the US are showing signs of friction over a possible mismatch in the progress of inter-Korean cooperation and the North Korean denuclearization. The issue has drawn renewed attention...
[Monitor] Eco-friendly cars on rise in Korea

IndustryJanuary 19, 2020

Amid growing interest in environmental issues in Korea, the number of eco-friendly cars registered here exceeded 600,000 vehicles for the first time, data from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, a...
[Contribution] What the Korean War Wall of Remembrance means to me

PeopleJanuary 19, 2020

With the world anxiously waiting to see if North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will resume intercontinental ballistic missile testing, to include potentially testing a missile capable of reaching the eas...
Hongcheon Ice Fishing Festival faces cold shoulder

TravelJanuary 17, 2020

HONGCHEON, Gangwon Province -- The opening day of the Hongcheon Ice Fishing Festival on Jan. 10 was marked by tourists pouring out of shuttle buses, clad in thick down jackets and gloves, to find the...
[Editorial] Unconstitutional idea

EditorialJanuary 16, 2020

Kang Gi-jung, senior presidential secretary for political affairs, said Wednesday a “real estate (housing) transaction permission system” must be considered. “Some people say the government should h...
[Weekender] Spending Seollal alone may be unorthodox, but there is still plenty to do in Seoul

CultureJanuary 16, 2020

As Koreans halt operations and leave on an exodus for their hometowns for the Lunar New Year holiday, travelers and expats alike may find themselves scratching their heads as to how to spend their we...
[Monitor] Asset ranks of conglomerates change in decade

IndustryJanuary 16, 2020

The ranking of fair assets held by large conglomerates in South Korea has changed over the past decade, with only seven out of 59 surveyed firms having maintained the same rank, data from corporate t...
[Editorial] Aging population

EditorialJanuary 15, 2020

The number of people aged 65 or older in South Korea surpassed 8 million for the first time last year, with the overall population growing at the slowest pace ever. The country is one of the world’s...
[Kim Myong-sik] Sadly reading Moon’s inaugural address again

ViewpointsJanuary 15, 2020

The bumpy political path of our republic in the 21st century has had two major upheavals involving former presidents: the suicide of Roh Moo-hyun and the impeachment of Park Geun-hye. They resulted ...
[Elizabeth Drew ] Trump’s near miss with Iran

ViewpointsJanuary 15, 2020

The recent tense, dangerous exchanges between the United States and Iran have revealed a great deal about US President Donald Trump’s management of his foreign policy. The main conclusion is that he ...
[Monitor] Food takes up less in household spending

IndustryJanuary 15, 2020

Household expenditure in South Korea logged 656.85 trillion won ($570 billion) in the first three quarters of last year, of which 11.42 percent was spent on buying food and nonalcoholic beverages. Th...
[Editorial] Divided, the right fall

EditorialJanuary 14, 2020

Ha Tae-keung, co-chairman of the recently launched New Conservative Party, said Monday his party would discuss integrating with the main right-wing opposition Liberty Korea Party. Ha said Liberty K...
[J. Bradford DeLong] Isn’t a wealth tax common sense?

ViewpointsJanuary 13, 2020

I was not surprised when leading Democratic primary contenders began endorsing a “wealth tax” along the lines of what has been proposed by my University of California, Berkeley colleagues Gabriel Zuc...
[Editorial] No more mockery

EditorialJanuary 13, 2020

South Korea’s presidential office has kept mum on North Korea’s latest mockery of its efforts to facilitate nuclear talks between Washington and Pyongyang. On Saturday, Kim Kye-gwan, Pyongyang’s for...
Mundipharma partners with Samsung Bioepis for Hong Kong, Taiwan

TechnologyJanuary 13, 2020

UK-based Mundipharma said Monday it has secured a partnership with Korea’s Samsung Bioepis to commercialize its first-wave biosimilar candidates in Taiwan and Hong Kong. The partnership covers Samsu...