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Fri, June 9, 2023 | 11:23

Dangerous escalation

South Koreans are known for being - or appearing - insensitive to the threat of war. People in other countries are often amazed that people here go about their business as usual despite bellicose rhetoric from North Korea.

2023-01-03 17:00

Stay permits extended

Amid steady rises in incomes and living standards since the 1980s, the nation has been struggling with a shortage of workers mainly in the manufacturing sector. This was because Koreans began to shun so-called 3D jobs (dirty, difficult and dangerous). Given this, the government took steps to bring in migrant workers through programs such as the industrial trainee system in 19...

2023-01-02 17:00

Wishes for 2023

People greet the New Year with hopes, expectations and resolutions, although they know all these aims will probably prove futile a year on.

2023-01-01 17:00

Resurgent COVID-19 fears

On the last day of 2019, China first reported to the World Health Organization that an unknown case of pneumonia had emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

2022-12-29 17:00

N. Korea's drone provocation

South Korea is the world's sixth-strongest military power, according to Global Firepower (GFP), a U.S. rater of defense capability. North Korea is ranked 30th. The two Koreas are still at war, since the 1950-53 Korean War ended with a ceasefire agreement and not a peace treaty.

2022-12-28 17:00

Presidential pardon in dispute

Back in August, the Washington Post carried an article that rebuked the Republican supporters of Donald Trump resisting the investigation of the former U.S. president.

2022-12-27 17:00

Health insurance reform

One of the things Korea can boast about to the world is its healthcare system, which is relatively cheap and easily accessible. And the state-run, nearly universal medical insurance system constitutes its backbone.

2022-12-26 17:00

Belated budget passage

The Korean and U.S. legislatures' approvals of their government's budget bills for 2023 last week were both similar and different. Both the National Assembly and the House of Representatives passed central government budget bills just before Christmas Eve, averting shutdowns at the 11th hour.

2022-12-25 17:00

South Korea needs to expand renewable energy

For the past seven months since President Yoon Suk-yeol took office, he has been running in only one direction - anything but Moon (ABM). Yoon's energy policy is no exception.

2022-12-22 16:40

Tectonic challenges in store

Clouding the prospects of the already-sagging economy, the nation will likely continue to face tectonic challenges next year such as declining exports coupled with sluggish employment and investment. Major businesses are becoming defensive, reminiscent of bears going into winter hibernation. No one can blame them as they are desperate to cope with the harsh situation.

2022-12-21 16:30

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