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[Monitor] Asset values of Samsung Electronics’ shareholders soar

IndustryJanuary 13, 2020

Samsung Electronics’ share price has skyrocketed on the back of a rosy outlook for this year’s semiconductor business and revitalized smartphone market, giving a boost to the asset value of major sha...
[Trudy Rubin] Phase 2 of US-Iran conflict will take place in Iraq

ViewpointsJanuary 12, 2020

This is a moment -- in the wake of the Soleimani killing and the mild Iranian response -- when everyone needs to take a deep breath. Iranian officials are clearly shocked and debating their options....
[Editorial] Frame of disobedience

EditorialJanuary 12, 2020

The ruling camp is putting pressure on Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, criticizing his “disobedience” to the justice minister, who replaced his key aides leading investigations targeting the presi...
[Monitor] Long labor strikes in South Korea on decline

IndustryJanuary 12, 2020

The number of working days lost due to labor strikes dropped to the lowest point last year since 2000, data from the Employment and Labor Ministry showed last week. A total of 402,000 days were lost...
[Editorial] Declining investment

EditorialJanuary 9, 2020

In his New Year’s address earlier this week, President Moon Jae-in pledged to strengthen efforts to increase investment in a bid to help revitalize the slumping economy. For 2020, the government pla...
[Monitor] Ups and downs in chaebol leaders’ stock assets

IndustryJanuary 9, 2020

Incumbent as well as titular leaders of South Korea’s major conglomerates saw changes in their stock assets over the past several years, according to data released by corporate tracker Korea CXO Inst...
[Photo News] Doosan debuts at CES

IndustryJanuary 9, 2020

Doosan Group Chairman Park Jeong-won looks at a cooperative robot being showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show 2020 in Las Vegas on Wednesday. It is the first time the infrastructure giant has t...
[Monitor] Young chaebol scions promoted faster

IndustryJanuary 8, 2020

According to local corporate tracker CEOScore, members of the owner families of the nation’s conglomerates joined their groups at the age of 29 and became executives at 33.6 on average. The survey w...
[Doyle Mcmanus] Trump’s Orwellian doublespeak on Iran

ViewpointsJanuary 8, 2020

The US missile strike that killed Iranian Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani was a stunning escalation of the conflict between the United States and Iran -- an act of open war in a struggle that has ...
[Editorial] Carrying on regardless

EditorialJanuary 8, 2020

President Moon Jae-in is set to enter the fourth year of his five-year presidency in May. For him, now is the time to look back with a cool head at what he has done so far and decide what to focus on...
[Editorial] Pyongyang’s option

EditorialJanuary 7, 2020

The escalating tensions in the Middle East in the wake of a fatal US drone attack on a top Iranian military commander last week have heightened uncertainties over the stalled nuclear talks between Wa...
[Editorial] Act responsibly, KCTU

EditorialJanuary 6, 2020

The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, which pursues obviously leftist ideologies and frequently uses violence at rallies, is exerting its greater influence after becoming the nation’s largest uni...
[Kay C. James] Pivotal issues America faces in 2020

ViewpointsJanuary 6, 2020

As we head into the new year and the kickoff to the Roaring ‘20s 2.0 (and they will roar), policymakers will be faced with some incredibly important decisions. Several issues will take center stage, ...
[Monitor] South Koreans use 3.3b plastic cups per year

IndustryJanuary 6, 2020

According to a report by Greenpeace last week, South Koreans used in total 23.5 billion plastic bags, 4.9 billion plastic bottles and 3.3 billion plastic cups in 2017. The amount of used plastic bag...
[Editorial] Rosy vision

EditorialJanuary 5, 2020

On Friday, President Moon Jae-in chose the country’s largest vehicle export port as the venue for his first field visit of the year. The move was seen as showing his government’s resolve to boost exp...