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Mon, August 21, 2017 | 13:33

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Healthcare revision to benefit low-income earners

A revised healthcare plan announced by President Moon Jae-in is expected to help low-income earners, the elderly and children. The President said the revision will prevent household bankruptcy caused by heavy medical costs. Under the plan, the government will spend 30.6 trillion won ($27.2 billion) by 2022 to reduce out-of-pocket household medical spending to less than 30 per...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-08-20 16:23

Moon's job policies

I really think President Moon Jae-in cares deeply about the Korean people and is trying to help them, especially those who are struggling to make ends meet. Unfortunately, the economy has its own mind. Economists have studied how the economy works for over 250 years, but still have not figured out how it works enough to make it behave the way we want it to. In fact, the econo...

Semoon Chang | 2017-08-20 16:48

Park's impeachment