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Beware of outbreak
Two more people have been diagnosed with measles in Korea, bringing the total to 40 as of Sunday. One had caught the virus from Southeast Asia and another from sharing the same hospital room as a patient with the virus. The illness has affected 17 pe…
Jan 29,2019
Where are the local ‘lighthouses’?
McKinsey and the World Economic Forum have jointly picked the world’s 16 “lighthouse factories” leading innovations of the manufacturing sector. They used the term “lighthouse” to signify the technological edge of those companies to brighten the futu…
Jan 28,2019
Capital’s policies sow confusion
The Seoul metropolitan government has been causing controversies through its ambitious pork-barrel projects, which it has undertaken without first consulting citizens and the central government. Last week, it announced it was reconstructing Gwanghwam…
Jan 28,2019
A flawed appointment
Political strife worsened after the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) announced a boycott of further parliamentary proceedings to protest to the president’s appointment of Cho Hae-ju, a Kookmin University political science professor, as a mem…
Jan 26,2019
Yang must be treated carefully
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae became the first leader of Korea’s judiciary to be put behind bars. Yang’s fall from grace shocks the public because he was brought down not just by personal wrongdoing but due to allegations that he u…
Jan 26,2019
Friction with Japan
A Japanese patrol plane once again made a dangerous flight over one of our warships in the sea off the Ieo islet Wednesday. The airplane ignored 20 warnings from the Korean ship. Japanese aircrafts have made such provocative moves three times over th…
Jan 25,2019
Science chose nuclear reactors
The magazine Science published an editorial entitled “A Fresh Look at Nuclear Energy” in its January issue. It touted nuclear energy as a feasible option for decarbonization as time runs out due to global warming and with governments lagging behind t…
Jan 25,2019
Great power, great responsibility
President Moon Jae-in announced his administration will aggressively exercise so-called stewardship codes — a tool for enhancing investor engagement and transparency to improve corporate governance — from now on. In a Blue House meeting W…
Jan 24,2019
Government-pushed growth
The Korean economy grew by 2.7 percent last year, the slowest pace in six years. It falls in line with the government’s estimation and the Bank of Korea’s forecast of around 2.8 percent to 2.9 percent. But it nevertheless raises worries. The econ…
Jan 24,2019
Let’s make a deal
It is unfortunate that South Korea and the United States failed to strike a deal on their defense cost-sharing before a second U.S.-North Korea summit. The two sides determine their share of the cost of stationing U.S. troops in South Korea (USFK) ev…
Jan 23,2019
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