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Wanted: IT engineering experts
The Korean economy is muddling along dangerously led entirely by external demand in semiconductors. In a monthly economic report released last week, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance said exports maintained “robust” growth although external uncert…
Oct 17,2018
Hanky panky at Seoul Metro
It is shocking to find an anachronistic practice in the corporate culture of Seoul Metro, a subsidiary of the Seoul Metropolitan government. The public corporation offers children of its employees unfair advantages in landing jobs at the company. Tha…
Oct 16,2018
Judicial sovereignty at risk
The judicial authority is being seriously challenged. The Blue House declined to respond to a petition calling for a fair trial for a man accused of sexually molesting a waitress in Daejon. The presidential office cited the impropriety of commenting …
Oct 16,2018
Double standards
Public corporations must seek profit as well as public benefits. Without making a profit, they are not companies. But the liberal Moon Jae-in administration simply dismisses their profits by underscoring their public role. Such attitudes may not caus…
Oct 15,2018
Haste can make waste
Are Seoul and Washington on the same page on North Korean issues? The U.S. Treasury Department called on South Korean banks to remind them of their obligation to comply with international sanctions on North Korea following President Moon Jae-in’s vis…
Oct 15,2018
Jobs aren’t getting any better
The job situation shows little sign of improving. According to the latest job data from Statistics Korea, the addition to jobs against a year-ago period was only 45,000 in September. Payroll growth has hovered below 100,000 since February after the m…
Oct 13,2018
Playtime is over, Moon
The Black Thursday rout across Asian markets following an overnight crash in Wall Street sent Korean stock prices and won to their lowest level in more than a year. A panicky selling spree dominated the market, and analysts predict the bear run could…
Oct 13,2018
Schisms on sanctions
South Korea-U.S. relations are getting shaky. After Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha hinted at the possibility of easing our sanctions on North Korea at the National Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, “South Korea will not lift s…
Oct 12,2018
Suspicious subsidies
The energy industry has always maintained cozy ties with the government. That has not changed under the liberal government despite its promises to be completely different from past conservative administrations. According to documents received by the …
Oct 12,2018
Kang flubs it
We are dumbfounded at what happened during the National Assembly’s annual auditing of the government. On Wednesday, the first day of the audit, the focus was on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha was asked by a ruling pa…
Oct 11,2018
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