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‘7 in 10 Koreans oppose death penalty’

The majority of South Koreans agree that the death penalty should be abolished and replaced with alternative forms of punishment, the state-run human rights body announced Wednesday. According to da...

October 11, 2018
Social affairs
380 day care centers received subsidies via irregular means: lawmaker

A total of 380 day care centers nationwide received state subsidies worth a combined 3.3 billion won ($2.8 million) through irregular means over 1 1/2 years, a lawmaker said Wednesday. Rep. Jang Jun...

October 11, 2018
Social affairs
Botanic park in Magok opens for test operation

A massive botanic park will open in Magok, western Seoul, on Thursday, with entrance fees waivered for citizens until April 2019. The Seoul Botanic Park will be test-operated for six months, before ...

October 10, 2018
Social affairs
Petition demanding BTS’ disbandment filed to Blue House

Over 3,000 Koreans have signed a petition calling for the disbandment of boy band BTS on Cheong Wa Dae’s official online petition platform. The petition posted on Sept. 25 calls for the band’s disba...

October 10, 2018
Music
[Matthew F. Ferraro] ‘America First’ will likely fizzle fast

The “America First” policy President Donald Trump extolls “has won,” scholar Robert Kagan wrote in a recent op-ed, surmising that the administration’s preference for unilateralism, trade protectionis...

October 10, 2018
Columnists
[Editorial] Dubious probe

It came out recently that 16 ministries, provincial governments and police departments had been asked to investigate the activities of all 61 member trade associations of the Korea Federation of Micr...

October 10, 2018
Editorial
Man gets suspended sentence for selling fake luxury goods worth W8.5b

A man in his 50s received a suspended jail term for selling 8.5 billion won ($7.5 million) worth of counterfeit clothes bearing the name of the luxury outwear brand Moncler. The Incheon District Cou...

October 10, 2018
Social affairs
Sam Smith stages first concert in Korea

English pop star Sam Smith wowed audiences here as he staged his first concert in Korea on Tuesday. Sam Smith performs at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on Tuesday. (Yonhap) Held in Seoul, Smith perform...

October 9, 2018
Music
Incheon to pour W3b into Sorae Wetland Ecological Park

The Sorae Wetland Ecological Park, a group of former salt ponds in Incheon, is expanding its provision of wetland areas to support biodiversity. This project will cost around 3 billion won ($2.6 mil...

October 9, 2018
Social affairs
[David Cay Johnston] Allegations of years of tax dodges add to an awful truth -- the president as ‘financial vampire’

Americans were confronted Tuesday with a profound problem, one that challenges our commitment to accountable democratic government and justice. It is an awful truth that we must face now that the New...

October 9, 2018
Columnists
[Editorial] Northern alliance

The dynamics of diplomacy in Northeast Asia are fast evolving in relation to the North Korean nuclear problem. The past week alone witnessed a flurry of visits and meetings focused on denuclearizatio...

October 9, 2018
Editorial
[Photo News] Jinro Plum in US

(Hite Jinro) South Korean liquor maker Hite Jinro’s low-alcohol fruit-flavored soju Jinro Plum is being advertised during a Korean Parade held at an annual K-town Festival in Manhattan, New York, Sa...

October 9, 2018
Industry
[Editorial] Inventory still unknown

The fourth meeting between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang on Sunday kick-started the process toward a new US-North Korea summit, but it is unknown ...

October 8, 2018
Editorial
[Jayati Ghosh] Asia’s strongmen and their weak economies

US President Donald Trump grabs the most headlines, but the cult of the strongman leader is most developed in Asia. The continent abounds with rulers -- including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...

October 7, 2018
Columnists
[Editorial] Another shameful mark

The court ruling that found former President Lee Myung-bak guilty of seven charges manifests the assortment of problems ingrained in Korean politics. Most of all, the lower court’s ruling that sente...

October 7, 2018
Editorial

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