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Sun, January 29, 2023 | 17:33

Heating bill price bomb

It was unusually cold and snowy this winter in Korea. Cold waves and heavy snow warnings were issued frequently, with temperatures in some cities falling to record lows.

2023-01-29 16:50

Two-faced Japan

Long-time watchers of Korean-Japanese relations are feeling deja vu over two things - some that repeat every year and some that come back every five years.

2023-01-26 16:20

Growing China dilemma

During the Lunar New Year holiday, an “incident” spoke much about the current relationship between Korea and China.

2023-01-25 16:20

Lifting of mask mandate

Korea reported 9,277 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total caseload to 30,008,756. The country broke the unwelcome record of 30 million three years and three days after it reported its first confirmed case on Jan. 20, 2020.

2023-01-24 17:00

Presidential gaffes

Teheran-ro in southern Seoul's Gangnam is the only street in Korea named after a foreign city. Likewise, the Iranian capital named one of its boulevards Seoul Street in 1977.

2023-01-19 16:50

Silencing media critical of government

Political commentators often compare President Yoon Suk Yeol to Donald Trump.

2023-01-18 16:00

Urgent pension reform

It is much harder to give people something and take it back - even in part - than not to give it in the first place. That explains why pension reform is so difficult, and all past governments have tried but failed.

2023-01-17 16:50

Toughening security front

President Yoon Suk Yeol, now on a state visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), appears elated by the UAE's pledge to invest $30 billion in Korea. The two countries also agreed to boost bilateral ties in the areas of energy, construction and health. Yoon also plans to focus on economic issues during his planned visit to Switzerland for the annual World Economic Forum (WTF), ...

2023-01-16 16:50

Sparing top officials

The police wrapped up their investigation into the deadly crowd crush in Itaewon, referring over 20 low-level officials to the prosecution.

2023-01-15 16:40

Undeterred giant

China is putting the whole world on edge for the second time in three years. Faced with Beijing's abrupt end to its zero-COVID policy and the reopening of its borders, many countries are tightening quarantine rules on Chinese arrivals.

2023-01-12 17:00

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