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Thavma thrives on patriotic marketing

Amid the ongoing boycott of Japanese products in the midst of the South Korea-Japan trade row, a Korean brand is gaining recognition for its “Yes. We are a Korean brand” campaign. Thavma, a luxury b...

August 18, 2019
Economy
First hearing in Holt lawsuit by Korean adoptee deported from US highlights fight for transparency, adoptee rights

The presiding judge in the Seoul Central District Court opened session Tuesday by noting the unusual audience as the small courtroom overflowed with over 60 South Korean-born international adoptees a...

August 18, 2019
Social affairs
[Elizabeth Drew] What’s behind America’s mass shootings?

After every mass shooting in the United States, Americans and others around the world are confronted with the question of what lies behind this distinctly American horror. Though total gun deaths in ...

August 15, 2019
Viewpoints
[Kadir Jun Ayhan and Nancy Snow] S. Korea, Japan should not let politics override personal ties

South Korea and Japan are having the tensest moment in their history since the end of Japanese occupation of the peninsula. The problem has a lot to do with economic self-interests and uncertainty in...

August 15, 2019
Viewpoints
[David Ignatius] America’s new Sputnik moment

One of the weirdest aspects of this year’s Democratic presidential campaign is that foreign policy, potentially one of President Trump’s most vulnerable issues, has been nearly absent from the debate...

August 15, 2019
Viewpoints
[Editorial] Big loophole

The recent tragic death of a North Korean woman defector and her son raises two big questions -- one about the nation’s overall social safety net and the other about the way the government takes care...

August 15, 2019
Editorial
[Editorial] True task

The country marks the 74th anniversary of its liberation from Japan’s colonial rule Thursday amid Tokyo’s increasingly hostile stance against Seoul over rekindled historical disputes between the two ...

August 14, 2019
Editorial
[J. Bradford DeLong ] America’s superpower panic

Global superpowers have always found it painful to acknowledge their relative decline and deal with fast-rising challengers. Today, the United States finds itself in this situation with regard to Chi...

August 14, 2019
Viewpoints
[Kim Myong-sik] Moon’s illusory ‘peace economy’ with North Korea

The physical world we live in is governed by constructive power and destructive power. Constructive power can be measured by the value of things that individuals or groups create over a period of tim...

August 14, 2019
Viewpoints
[Monitor] New jobs hit 18-month high in July in Korea

The number of jobs added reached the highest level in 18 months in July, attributable to a rise in employment in the health care, food and leisure-related industries, data from Statistics Korea showe...

August 14, 2019
Economy
[Editorial] Increase supply

The Land Ministry will adopt a scheme to cap presale prices of apartments to be built on private land. The upcoming step is regarded as the strongest measure ever taken by the government to clamp d...

August 13, 2019
Editorial
‘Superstar’ Jon Burgerman brings back joy of doodling

The so-called “doodle art genius” who made a splash with his street paintings in Busan and Seoul subways, Jon Burgerman’s works are currently on exhibition at M Contemporary gallery in southern Seoul...

August 13, 2019
Arts&Design
Cha University provides resource analysis service for SMEs in Gyeonggi Province

Cha University’s resources research center in northeastern Gyeonggi Province aims to help small and medium-sized companies use the region’s resources more efficiently to produce high-value goods. Th...

August 13, 2019
People
[Editorial] Alliance in trouble

South Korea and the US are now holding a joint military exercise. The computer-based “Combined Command Post Training” does not involve massive numbers of troops and weapons, but the latest developmen...

August 12, 2019
Editorial
[Peter Singer] Can ethics be taught?

Can taking a philosophy class -- more specifically, a class in practical ethics -- lead students to act more ethically? Teachers of practical ethics have an obvious interest in the answer to that qu...

August 12, 2019
Viewpoints

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