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Garlic Dispute Creating a Big Stink
If you asked me to pinpoint the stance the government is taking on the trade war threatening to start between Korea and China, I would be very hard-pressed to give you a definitive answer. What started, according to China, as unfair taxation by the South Korean government on cheaper Chinese garlic, has resulted in retaliatory restrictions on Korean products like mobile phones. With each agreeing that further ‘friction’ in trade must be avoid…
June 20,2000
Veterans Change Tune toward North Korea
The Korean Veterans Association held a rally yesterday at the Chamshil Olympic Stadium in Seoul to voice their support for the just-completed summit and to promote further efforts to reunify the divided peninsula. Veterans gathered at the rally under the slogan, “Rally for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula.” A statement released by the Korean Veterans Association summed up the purpose of the rally, “We have made one giant st…
June 19,2000
Trouble in the Economy
Is the party over? The emotional aftershock from the historic inter-Korea summit talks hasn‘t yet completely faded, but the cold reality is slowly starting to sink in. In the capital market in particular, conditions don’t look too good. Except for companies like Samsung, LG, SK, Lotte and a few of the strong small- and middle-sized companies, most firms are having trouble gathering enough cash for company maintenance. Regardless of the size …
June 18,2000
Looking at North Korea As It Is
During the past two months we have received so many telephone calls related to the series of 18 articles entitled, ＇Changes in the Winds Blowing to North Korea,＇ published in JoongAng Ilbo beginning April 25. Many readers, including elementary school students doing their homework, housewives, people separated from their hometowns in North Korea, officials at the Ministry of Unification, researchers at universities and research institutes, and off…
June 16,2000
Kim Jong-il Unveiled
The summit now underway in Pyongyang, North Korea is the center of attention for most of the world. In particular, seperated families in Korea are desperately hoping for the reunification of the two Koreas. South and North Korea have been technically at war since the Korean War. Each stage of the summit has been broadcast on television. Kim Jong-il attracted a great deal of atttention when he unveiled himself to the world. A great deal of cur…
June 15,2000
Cheju Authorities Flip-Flopping on Mt.Songak Development
Even though its has been dormant for millennia, the activity surrounding Mt.Songak on Cheju Island could rival any of its ancient eruptions. In December, 1997, Cheju Islands provincial office has been funding extensive geological research which has recently been published under the title ‘Cheju Erupting’. An in-depth survey of the geology unique to the island with its volcanoes surpassing 300 in number, the publication is a bid to halt the d…
June 14,2000
Consumers Will Bear Nonsensical Increase in Banking Fees
Managing executives of local banks are protesting the government’s decision to raise the security deposit insurance fee next month by 100 percent across the board - with no discrimination between insolvent banks and top-ranking ones. The security deposit insurance system refers to the practice of charging a certain amount from each bank account according to the bank balance, as insurance against bank insolvency. In the past, banking agencies…
June 13,2000
Two Tunes of Education Policy Never Harmonize
The homepage of the Ministry of Education (MOE) has an average of 10 visits a day from students wishing to report their schools for illegal activity. Their two paramount concerns are their schools’ violation of the laws regulating the number of practice examinations they can take for the all-important university entrance exams (twice a year in the case of the third grade of high school), and schools forcing them to stay behind for ‘after-school s…
June 12,2000
Trial Run of Pharmaceutical Sector Reform Falls Short
Before the separation in the role of doctors and pharmacists in Korea, the National Medical Center is conducting a month-long trial run at its center and in nearby pharmacies in Seoul. The evaluating group from the center was focusing on guiding patients from hospital to prescription booth to pharmacy, rather than in correcting possible inconveniences and the fallout from the separation of the professional roles in domestic medical circles. …
June 11,2000
Koreans Should Look at Big Picture in Garlic Conflict
China’s countermeasures to the imposition of tariffs by Korean authorities on imported Chinese garlic, which rose to 315 percent from 30 percent, were predictable. Only the Korean government is surprised with China’s retaliation. Refusing to accept the results of an investigation by a Korean trade committee on the extent damage to local farmers due to Chinese garlic imports, the Chinese warned that they would take action if the Korean author…
June 09,2000
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