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Korean industries gauge impact of Biden's steep tariffs on China
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Do Korean doctors make too much money?
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Is FTC's conglomerate listing a boon or bane for Hybe?
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NewJeans to headline palace show
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Coupang's Kim Bom escapes chaebol chief designation again
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Why Korean crime stories typically feature nameless, faceless perpetrators
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Rare mid-May heavy snow warning issued over mountainous areas of Gangwon
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CIO chief nominee to explain allegations at confirmation hearing
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Yoon vows to run country 'rightly' on Buddha's birthday
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Debate on 'no-seniors zones' heats up
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Readers’ VOICE
On the Apple class-action suitWhen I read about the 27,000 South Koreans who’ve filed a joint lawsuit against Apple, contending that their right to privacy was infringed upon, I took it as a joke. iPhones have GPS built into them; many of their apps work on the assumption of a constant connection to
Aug. 29, 2011
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[David Ignatius] Another al-Qaida leader falls
WASHINGTON ― The death of Atiyah Abd al-Rahman in an Aug. 22 drone attack in Pakistan may appear to be just another in the revolving-door fatalities among al-Qaida’s operations chiefs. But it was a crucial blow to the core group that once surrounded Osama bin Laden. Atiyah, as he was known to a
ViewpointsAug. 29, 2011
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[Susan Crawford] U.S. falls behind in race toward open government
When Brazil’s government buys anything from fighter jets to a fancy villa, details are available online within 24 hours. Such disclosures are a powerful way to combat corruption, and are a model for official openness that could inspire other nations. Brazil’s online portal started in 2004. Among its
ViewpointsAug. 29, 2011
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[Editorial] Hyundai donations
It is refreshing that the children of the late Hyundai Group founder, Chung Ju-yung, now operating top-level enterprises have made large donations amounting to 1 trillion won ($950 million) from their personal assets for social service programs. The charity moves by Chung Mong-joon of the Hyundai He
EditorialAug. 29, 2011
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[Editorial] Crucial investigation
With Seoul Education Superintendent Kwak No-hyun’s admission that he gave 200 million won to his former rival candidate Park Myung-gi in last year’s election, the prosecution will have no other choice but press charges of election law violation on Kwak, the champion of free school meals and an icon
EditorialAug. 29, 2011
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[Virginia Postrel] How Jobs made business cool
To understand the cultural significance of Steve Jobs, you have to go back in time: to before the iPad or iPhone or iTunes, before Apple Inc.’s comeback products made candy-colored plastics and iAnything cool, before Jobs got kicked out of Apple, even before the Macintosh hurled a sledgehammer at Bi
ViewpointsAug. 29, 2011
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[Jack Goldstone and Charles Cadwell] Planning for new Libya in post-Gadhafi era
Post-Gadhafi Libya brims with promise, but also with pitfalls. Blessed with low-sulfur oil, proximity to Europe, and recent strong economic growth, the country should be poised to move forward. But that’s only if the risks of tribal conflicts and the challenges of a very young population and regiona
ViewpointsAug. 29, 2011
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[Simon Johnson] Behind euro, a crisis unfolds in slow motion
Is the economic and financial situation in Western Europe largely under control, as many prominent Europeans contend? Or is it poised to move into a new and more difficult phase? The crisis feels unreal to some people in the same way that war felt phony to some Britons from September 1939 through sp
ViewpointsAug. 29, 2011
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[David Ignatius] A rare look inside al-Qaida
WASHINGTON ― Government officials refer to it blandly as the “SSE,” or Sensitive Site Exploitation. That’s their oblique term for the extraordinary cache of evidence that was carried away from Osama bin Laden’s compound the night the al-Qaida leader was killed. With the anniversary of the Sept.
ViewpointsAug. 28, 2011
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[Ramin Jahanbegloo] Syria, Iran will only change if people unite as in Libya
TORONTO ― When future generations look back, they will remember 2011 as the year of end of dictators in the Middle East and the Maghreb. Libya’s Muammar Gadhafi has now joined the Middle East parade of fallen despots. Practically nine months after Tunisia’s President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was oust
ViewpointsAug. 28, 2011
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[Editorial] Mayoral by-election
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon resigned Friday, taking responsibility for Wednesday’s invalidated free lunch referendum. With his prompt resignation, a by-election will be held on Oct. 26, setting the stage for another battle on welfare between the ruling Grand National Party and the main opposition Democra
EditorialAug. 28, 2011
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[Editorial] External debt growth
When the Bank of Korea released the latest data on Korea’s external debt last week, it had both good news and bad news. First the bad news. The nation’s foreign debt continued to increase in the second quarter, with the outstanding balance reaching $398 billion as of the end of June, a new record hi
EditorialAug. 28, 2011
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[Gordon Brown] The eurozone’s cure should start with Germany
LONDON ― I can well understand the defiant mood in Germany today as it grapples with the crisis engulfing the eurozone. German anger is obvious and well founded.Over the last 10 years, while Spain, Ireland, Portugal and others partied on low interest rates, the German people cut their wages, endured
ViewpointsAug. 28, 2011
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[Noah Charney] Art theft, from the ‘Mona Lisa’ to today
One hundred years ago, an Italian handyman named Vincenzo Peruggia stole the world’s most famous painting from the world’s most famous museum. Peruggia slipped out of a closet inside the Louvre in which he had hidden overnight, removed the “Mona Lisa” from the wall and retreated to a service stairca
ViewpointsAug. 28, 2011
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[Malcolm Sparrow] An e-ripoff of the U.S.
A Los Angeles jury recently convicted a local pastor and his wife of fraudulently claiming $14.2 million from Medicare. The culprits recruited parishioners to help run fake durable medical equipment companies, and spent the proceeds on expensive cars and other luxuries. Assistant U.S. Attorney Gener
ViewpointsAug. 28, 2011
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[Michael Broning] U.N.: Which Palestinian state?
JERUSALEM ― Israelis and Palestinians are preparing for a showdown at the United Nations in September, when the Palestinian leadership will ask for recognition of a Palestinian state within the borders that existed before the Six Day War in 1967 (when Israel seized control of Jordanian-occupied terr
ViewpointsAug. 26, 2011
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[William Pesek] Banker suicides offer clues in a bellwether
If our world has any place that acts like a financial early warning system, it’s South Korea. With high short-term debt levels and little to cushion it from destabilizing global events, Korea is often the first of the top 15 economies to zig, zag or hit an economic wall. At the moment, events on the
ViewpointsAug. 26, 2011
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[Editorial] North Korea’s spy ring
The prosecutors’ office has recently arrested five core members of a North Korean espionage network that has allegedly been operating for more than a decade in South Korea. It has also indicted another five without detention, charging them with espionage.What should come as a surprise is not that No
EditorialAug. 26, 2011
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[Editorial] Kim’s Russia visit
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is on his train journey back home after talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Siberia on Wednesday. As expected, their talks focused on Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program and Moscow’s aid to the North. But no fresh ground was broken.At the talks, Kim propos
EditorialAug. 26, 2011
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[Martin Khor] Still in pursuit of full independence
The Merdeka (Independence) season is a good time to ponder over what independence means to Malaysia and the other developing countries that are still battling to overcome the disadvantages that the colonial era brought.The problems of governance in a developing country, 54 years after independence,
ViewpointsAug. 26, 2011