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Tue, May 30, 2023 | 13:02

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

It is hard to find a similar example around the world of a business association like the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI).

2023-05-25 16:00

Japan's resurgence

Korea-Japan relations have never been as good as now in the last quarter of a century.

2023-05-24 16:30

A diplomatic president

Yoon Suk Yeol deserves to be called a “diplomatic president.”

2023-05-23 16:30

Stern warning for Korea Inc.

Three major global credit ratings agencies have all come to the same appallingly dismal conclusion regarding the future of Korea Inc. They forecast that Korea will face its worst economic situation by 2050, as a result of its rapid demographic aging.

Shim Jae-yun2023-05-22 17:00

Lonely deaths on rise

“The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”

2023-05-21 16:40

Opposition at crossroads

President Yoon Suk Yeol's approval rating has hovered at around 30 percent since he took office a year ago, which is the lowest among recent presidents.

2023-05-18 16:40

Veto of Nursing Act

President Yoon Suk Yeol refused to sign the opposition-led Nursing Act bill into law Tuesday.

2023-05-17 16:40

Teens in crisis

Korea's suicide rate, still the highest among OECD member nations, has declined gradually over the past decade.

2023-05-16 16:40

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