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Fri, June 9, 2023 | 09:16

Release of wastewater

Japan has begun the countdown to release into the Pacific Ocean wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant.

2023-06-08 16:40

Emerging bloc dynamics

Emerging bloc dynamics

Geopolitical dynamics among the world's three emerging blocs are turning out to be similar to, yet distinct from, those of the Cold War era.

2023-06-07 16:40

Labor reform adrift

The Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU), the more moderate of Korea's two largest umbrella unions, will decide today whether to leave a trilateral council established to promote dialogue between labor, management and the government.

2023-06-07 13:54

Time for paradigm shift

The national economy has been mired in a slump amid bleak economic indicators including exports, domestic consumption and production. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy unveiled data Thursday, showing Korea's exports stood at only $52.24 billion in May, down 15.2 percent from a year earlier.

Shim Jae-yun2023-06-05 16:40

'K-care' dilemma

Korea's healthcare system was exemplary until a few years ago. It was easy to access, had skilled physicians and was cheap to use.

2023-06-04 16:55

North's spy satellite

For half an hour early Wednesday morning, Seoulites got a sense of what life is like for their counterparts in Kyiv, Ukraine.

2023-06-01 16:48

Increasingly difficult life

A double whammy of the economic slowdown and inflation is having an impact on low- and middle-income households.

2023-05-31 16:30

Office of Immigration

“The long-term risk to South Korea's economic growth is intensifying demographic pressure,” Moody's Investors Service said in its sovereign credit rating report last Thursday.

2023-05-30 16:40

Bid for UNSC seat

South Korea has thrown its hat into the ring to become a nonpermanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The UN General Assembly will hold a vote, June 6, to choose the new 2024-2025 council members. Seoul is the single candidate representing the Asia-Pacific region. It previously sat on the council in 1996-1997 and 2013-2014.

2023-05-29 16:40

Escalating chip war

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers' meeting in Detroit, Mich., last week was quite noteworthy.

2023-05-28 16:30

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