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[Reporter's Notebook] BBQ's sincerity questioned

Does Genesis BBQ covet the severance pay of dismissed industrial workers in Gunsan? Such doubts have been raised, since the nation's third-largest fried chicken franchise announced earlier this week it will give a certain amount of money to those who open BBQ stores in North Jeolla Province, where people suffer financial difficulties amid shutdowns of GM Korea's factory and H...

Reporter's Notebook | 2018-03-08 12:50

US fiscal deficit feared to weigh on Korea

The federal deficit in the United States will probably increase this year (fiscal 2018) and economists say that amount will likely exceed $1 trillion in fiscal 2020 and beyond. The US fiscal year ends in Sept.

Reporter's Notebook | 2018-02-18 19:13

Bad politics stands in way of sports

If there is conflict, there is drama. And there is a whole lot of drama going on here in sports related to the PyeongChang Olympics. But it has become a political drama rather than one of sports - not a rivalry among athletes but one among the politics of the liberals, conservatives plus the two Koreas. To a lot of people, sports is entertainment and business. Companies will ...

Reporter's Notebook | 2018-01-29 10:30

[Reporter's Notebook] Is LG really dumping washers in US?

Questions are rising over the legitimacy of the U.S. safeguard action on washing machines from Korean firms as prices of those washers at popular U.S. distributors are at a similar level as products from U.S. appliance makers. The U.S. announced a safeguard measure on washing machines from Korean firms LG and Samsung, Tuesday. Displaying his protectionist stance, U.S. President Donald Trump recently said Korean firms were “dumping washers into the United States” and Korea was destroying what was once a good job-producing business for his country.

Reporter's Notebook | 2018-01-23 12:23

Korea to take US safeguard tariffs to WTO

[Reporter's Notebook] Should Korea be hostile to foreign businesses?

The European Union's latest publication of the list of 17 non-cooperative tax jurisdictions must come as a surprise to foreign enterprises that have complained about difficulties doing business in Korea. According to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Wednesday, the EU regarded Korea's tax benefits to foreign businesses investing in free economic zones and foreign investment zones as a kind of preferential tax regime, which means it is wrong to offer more benefits to foreign companies than Korean ones. The EU's claim is utterly opposed to what foreign businesspeople have long complained o...

Reporter's Notebook | 2017-12-06 16:01

Seoul protests EU tax haven blacklist

[Reporter's Notebook] A baseball player and son of tycoon

A hitter strikes out with three strikes in baseball. So, they usually become more careful and focused as the strike count goes up. The lesson of “three strikes and you're out” isn't, however, likely to apply to Kim Dong-seon, the third son of Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn.

Reporter's Notebook | 2017-11-22 15:37

[Reporter's Notebook] E-sports changing face of global game show

BUSAN - For those who prepare for an international game show, decreasing presence of computer online games in Korea in recent years came as a major concern. It coincides with the explosive growth of smartphones as a popular gaming platform, Mobile games are easy to access regardless of time and space. But on the other hand, small screens of mobile devices were considered out ...

Reporter's Notebook | 2017-11-19 16:53

[Reporter's Notebook] Why Naver keeps bashing Google?

The heated dispute between Naver and Google, triggered by a remark by the former’s founder Lee Hae-jin during the parliamentary audit last month, seems to have reached a plateau. For the past five days, Google Korea has not responded to Naver’s urge to open its gains in the Korean market and to jointly receive external verification on the fairness of their respective search e...

Reporter's Notebook | 2017-11-14 17:42

[Reporter's Notebook] Name change won't fix spy agency

The internal reform task force of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) Monday announced a set of measures that will restrict the spy agency to collecting intelligence for national security, not politically motivated surveillance. The measures are in line with President Moon Jae-in’s pledge to ban the spy agency from collecting information about domestic affairs - a functio...

Reporter's Notebook | 2017-11-14 15:49

North Korea - usual suspect in cyberattacks

North Korea’s cyber warfare capability has become a worldwide concern. The North has been accused of being behind numerous cyberattacks on the websites of government agencies and financial institutions. We tend to regard the North as the prime suspect whenever the systems of banks and public organizations are hacked here. In many cases, however, it is difficult to find eviden...

Reporter's Notebook | 2017-11-03 17:03

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