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Sun, August 20, 2017 | 12:53

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Ban Ki-moon card

The nation is in diplomatic turmoil. The worst part of it is the so-called Korea passing _ Seoul being bypassed in international efforts to handle North Korea’s missile and nuclear provocations. Now, it is degenerating into the “Moon passing,” depicting President Moon Jae-in’s supposed isolation from its ally, the United States, and its partner, Japan. To get back into the game and play the role it deserves as main stakeholder in the ongoing crisis, the President should mobilize all that is available. One outstanding resource that is left untapped is Ban Ki-moon, former secretary general of ...

Editorial | 2017-08-18 16:19

Bannon's sobering voice

Steve Bannon, U.S. President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, has made the most reasonable assessment among U.S. officials about North Korea’s nuclear and missile threat. The gist of his statement is that war is not a viable option and that pulling out U.S. troops through a deal with China is a remote possibility to denuclearize the North.

Editorial | 2017-08-18 16:16

Moon's 100 days

President Moon Jae-in marked his 100th day in office Thursday with a press conference at Cheong Wa Dae. The conference was different from previous occasions in that he was not reading answers from a script, but took questions from domestic and foreign journalists on the spot. But he failed to assuage some of the most serious concerns people have about his job so far, such as his overly ambitious pledges and his questionable personnel decisions.

Editorial | 2017-08-17 15:56

POSCO, the nation’s top steelmaker, recently set an example for other conglomerates to consider adopting to modernize its all-work-no-play corporate culture. On the surface, POSCO’s plan was to hire 1,500 new recruits every year for the next four years. This represents 500 additional “new jobs,” or an annual 50 percent increase compared with the preceding years.

Editorial | 2017-08-17 15:50

Contaminated eggs

The scare about pesticide-tainted eggs is spreading as eggs from two more farms have been found to be contaminated with harmful chemicals.

Editorial | 2017-08-16 15:29

Fire two police leaders

Most police officers of the nation work faithfully combating crime and helping keep social order for the safety of citizens. Discouraging such policemen on duty and embarrassing citizens, leaders of the national police have been in a dirty tug of war through shamefully slinging mud at each other.

Editorial | 2017-08-16 15:28

Prevention of war

President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday that the government will do whatever it can to prevent a war on the Korean Peninsula.

Editorial | 2017-08-15 16:38

Quick THAAD deployment

The government has concluded that electromagnetic radiation and noise emanating from a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in Seongju is well below the permitted levels.

Editorial | 2017-08-15 16:35

Faltering diplomacy

There are two reasons President Moon Jae-in’s diplomacy appears to be faltering. The first is the optical illusion presented to the public. People, experts included, have unrealistically high expectations for the nation’s role in international relations. This is well-illustrated by criticism concentrating on the apparent lack of a role played by Seoul in the growing tension over the Washington-Pyongyang standoff.

Editorial | 2017-08-14 16:51

Faulty electricity plan

The government has announced a draft bill to cut the nation’s electricity reserve rate by up to 2 percentage points by 2030 from the current 22 percent. A decrease of 2 percentage points in the reserve rate would make it unnecessary for the nation to build two nuclear reactors.

Editorial | 2017-08-14 16:44

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