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Into the abyss
Our economy is facing a crisis as companies cut investment and production. The prospects for next year are also gloomy. According to data released by Statistics Korea on Tuesday, Korea’s facilities investment for the month of June dropped by 5.9 perc…
Aug 01,2018
A policy of confusion
An advisory board at the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) came up with an outline to make the antitrust act tougher on large companies. The outline proposes banning inter-affiliate trading at businesses that chaebol families have stakes of more than 20 pe…
Aug 01,2018
Stewardship questions
The steering committee of the National Pension Service (NPS) has determined when and how to exercise its voting rights on a number of stocks it invested in. In a Monday meeting, the largest institutional investor in Korea decided to adopt the so-call…
July 31,2018
Time to change course
The U.S. economy is on a roll. The world’s largest economy expanded by 4.1 percent in the second quarter against last year, nearly doubling the 2.2 percent pace from the first quarter. For the early six-month period, its gross domestic product grew 3…
July 31,2018
Cooler heads must prevail
North Korea last Friday handed over 55 caskets carrying the remains of American soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, helping to revive the dwindled reciprocity between Pyongyang and Washington due to inactivity following the June 12 summit in S…
July 30,2018
Restoring military might
South Korea’s military is in a grave crisis. With the growing reconciliatory mood between the two Koreas, its readiness for emergencies has weakened. The chain of command has been shaken to the point that the defense minister and leaders of the De…
July 30,2018
A big Blue House
In a move to revamp the Blue House, President Moon Jae-in increased the number of his secretaries and strengthened his control over public relations and the policy function of his aides, while increasing their budgets as well. We understand his decis…
July 28,2018
Now is the time to decide
President Moon Jae-in had a conversation with citizens after work at a pub in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul on Thursday. He listened to various opinions on a variety of topics, including the government’s drastic minimum wage increase. During the one-and…
July 28,2018
An economy in a tailspin
On Thursday, the Bank of Korea announced that our economy grew by a mere 0.7 percent in the second quarter compared to the same period last year. Facilities investment fell by a whopping 6.6 percent and investments in construction contracted by 1.3 p…
July 27,2018
Feeling the heat
The unprecedented streak of high temperatures has sent daily power use to record levels. The government has upped its peak power demand projection from the 88.3 million kilowatts estimated earlier this month to 90.4 million kilowatts. Demand has long…
July 27,2018
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