With 1 in 4 Seoulites defined as seriously overweight ...

With the government aiming for 200,000 by 2020...

With more than 100,000 pieces scattered around the globe ...

As the government moves to level the economic playing field ...

As the Internet shrinks the private sphere ...

From the right vantage point, it might be tempting to imagine there is a national love affair with the bicycle. Lycra-clad cyclists descend on the Hangang River in droves on any given weekend, while more adventurous riders pedal hundreds of kilometers on cross-country bike trails. Seven in 10 Koreans own a bicycle and more half of the population cycled at least once a month last year, according ...

As the 60-year-old law again faces a legal challenge ...

Korea’s education system, ranked second in the world in some assessments, has been feted far and wide. But its impressive ranking internationally obscures a less glorious reality at the country’s centers of learning: rampant plagiarism. Cases of academic fraud at the university level emerge with alarming frequency, often implicating those at the highest levels of power. In February, Presidential...

With Korea committing to legislation ...

With foreign media painting a doomsday scenario

The authority of the state emanates from the people ― so proclaims the Korean Constitution. A corollary, then, is that citizens have the right to know what their government does on their behalf. But as with state power everywhere, government transparency in Korea is tempered by numerous competing interests, from concerns over national security and privacy to public officials’ reluctance to open t...

With SMEs increasingly complaining of an unfair trade environment ...

With reckless spending a recurring problem ...

With the foreign population at 3 percent of the total ...

Crimes by U.S. soldiers stationed here have long been a sore spot in U.S.-Korea relations. The question of who maintains criminal jurisdiction over personnel accused of crimes in particular has often been the subject of controversy. The U.S.-South Korea Status of Forces Agreement, which deals with the investigation and punishment of United States Forces Korea personnel, has typically faced calls ...