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Thu, December 1, 2022 | 11:50

Stop partisan feuding

Lawmakers of the ruling and opposition parties have come under severe criticism for turning the National Assembly's audit and inspection of the government and related agencies into a venue for political wrangling. It is wrong for them to put narrow-minded partisanship before national interests in the face of looming economic woes and rising military threats from North Korea.

Park Yoon-bae2022-10-17 17:15

Heavy reliance on foreign software

The proportion of foreign-made software has hit an all-time high in Korea's public sector, including government agencies and offices. According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the localization ratio of public-sector software stood at 40.7 percent last year, the lowest since relevant statistics began to be compiled in 2017. The ratio rose to 44.69 percent in 2018 b...

2022-10-17 17:04

Setback to Kakao

The country's tech giant, Kakao Corp., suffered service disruptions due to a fire at a data center Saturday. The incident shows how vulnerable our wired digital society is to such a malfunction.

Park Yoon-bae2022-10-16 17:08

Unfit labor council chief

Kim Moon-soo, chair of the presidential Economic, Social and Labor Council, was forced out of the conference room during a National Assembly audit of government agencies Wednesday, due to his controversial remarks that come close to ideological branding. Above all, Kim called former President Moon Jae-in a “Kim Il-sung-ist,” a follower of the North Korean founder.

2022-10-16 17:07

Humiliating defeat in UN

It is humiliating that South Korea has failed to retain its seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). It is the first time the nation has been denied council membership since it was founded in 2006. South Korea got 123 votes in a U.N. General Assembly in New York, Wednesday, coming in fifth among eight Asian countries competing to attain a slot for the council'...

Shim Jae-yun2022-10-14 17:18

Viable deterrence options

The Yoon Suk-yeol administration is weighing various measures to strengthen deterrence against ever-mounting nuclear threats from North Korea. Yet it is tricky to sort out viable options as there are risk factors to consider. What's certain is that South Korea needs a new strategy as the Kim Jong-un regime is going all out to develop and deploy tactical nuclear warheads that ...

Park Yoon-bae2022-10-13 17:05

Another big-step rate hike

The Bank of Korea (BOK) delivered another big-step rate hike on Wednesday by raising its benchmark interest rate from 2.5 percent to 3 percent. It is the first time in 10 years that the rate has climbed up to the 3 percent range. In addition, the central bank raised the policy rate for the fifth consecutive time, marking another first in its history. The successive rate incre...

2022-10-13 17:00

'Worst is yet to come'

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday the global economy will slow further to register 2.7 percent growth next year, 0.2 point lower than a previous forecast made in July. This is 0.5 point lower than a 3.2-percent estimate for this year. The IMF also expected Korea's growth to slide to 2 percent next year from 2.6 percent this year.

Shim Jae-yun2022-10-12 17:53

Law enforcement agencies have declared war on drugs, as the use of narcotics has become more widespread in Korea, which was once touted as being “drug-free.” In a weekly meeting last Friday, Prosecutor General Lee Won-seok vowed to crack down on drug crimes, saying, “We have passed the critical point.” In August, Yoon Hee-keun, the new commissioner general of the Korean Natio...

2022-10-12 17:27

Boost chip industry

Lawmakers of the ruling and opposition parties have taken flak for causing a special bill promoting the domestic semiconductor industry to languish at the National Assembly amid rising partisan conflicts. Despite rapid changes in global semiconductor industry conditions, they have yet to deliberate on the bill which was submitted in August. The Yoon Suk-yeol administration ea...

Shim Jae-yun2022-10-11 17:24

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