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Thu, March 30, 2023 | 16:28

Urgent tasks for reform

Elated by the recent rebound in his approval rating, President Yoon Suk-yeol has geared up efforts to have brisker communications with the public. For starters, Yoon hosted a town hall meeting to discuss major national initiatives last Thursday. The meeting was designed to review the implementations of key policies since he took office in May and explore visions for the next ...

2022-12-19 17:00

Japan's resurgence as military power

About 80 years ago, Japan was Asia's strongest military power, fighting one-on-one against America globally. Since their defeat in 1945, Japanese right-wing groups have had one goal: regaining their country's former military and political influence, beginning with the Asia-Pacific region.

2022-12-18 17:00

Korea's loss of pediatricians

A local hospital made headlines on Monday, announcing that it will not offer hospitalization services for sick children temporarily.

2022-12-15 16:02

Labor reform plan

Since his campaign days, President Yoon Suk-yeol has been vowing to reform this country's “rigid, inefficient and outdated” labor market.

2022-12-14 16:50

Serving the people

Forty-six days ago, the world was astonished to hear about a horrific crowd crush in Itaewon that ended up taking the lives of 158 people. The tragedy was largely attributed to the state's incompetence and indifference in one of the world's self-proclaimed advanced countries.

2022-12-13 17:00

Importance of rule of law

In an unprecedented setback, unionized truckers voted to end their strike on Friday and returned to work. The decision came 15 days after they started their strike, calling for the permanent implementation of a safe trucking freight rate system, guaranteeing a minimum annual wage for truck drivers. The Cargo Truckers' Solidarity division, which is under the umbrella of the Ko...

2022-12-12 16:25

Pressuring North Korea on rights issues

U.S. President Joe Biden's North Korea policy is the same as that of his former boss Barack Obama and his “strategic patience.”

2022-12-11 17:00

Time to take off masks?

Koreans in the central provinces of Chungcheong are like Americans in the Midwest region in some ways. Chungcheong people speak the slowest among Koreans, and people from other provinces make fun of their dialects. They also respond slowest to external developments and do not readily show their feelings. As a result, the two provinces often determine vital election results li...

2022-12-08 17:00

Eleven more days are left before the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Qatar comes to a grand finale. The remaining eight matches, from the quarterfinals to the finals, will be of the highest quality and most thrilling. However, most Koreans are unlikely to lose sleep watching them. For these “patriotic” fans, the World Cup ended early on Tuesday morning (KST) when Brazil dumped Korea o...

2022-12-07 17:00

Ignoring ILO's advice

In recent days President Yoon Suk-yeol has shown his true colors yet again.

2022-12-06 17:00

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