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Stop blaming others for air pollution
Did you know that South Korea joined the ranks of the world’s most populated countries? Korea used to be one of the cleanest countries in the world, but now it’s one of the most polluted. The reasons are clear. South Korea is filled with coal plan…
Aug 30,2017
Don’t ignore medical service industry
With increased incomes and aging of the population, demand for high-quality medical care is increasing, and the medical industry is considered one of the key high-added-value industries. The fundamental reason for the developed world to consider the …
Aug 28,2017
Ways for banks to survive
The explosive response to the second online-only bank Kakao Bank underscores the potential value in online platforms in the age of digitalization and automation as the result of the fourth industrial revolution. Kakao Bank exits only in cyberspace wi…
Aug 25,2017
The only country that raises corporate tax
The government announced a plan to increase the corporate tax rate from up to 22 percent to up to 25 percent. The 3 percent increase is the most significant in any administration. Civil group People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy argues tha…
Aug 23,2017
Korean start-ups stuck in regulations
Only ten years ago, companies that led the global economy were in the finance or manufacturing sectors. But it has changed completely, and now, top companies are in mostly digital IT businesses. Traditionally strong American companies and emergin…
Aug 21,2017
Energy for the 4th industrial revolution
The energy market in the 1970s had a series of turbulences. Two oil shocks hit the global economy. As the “peak oil” theory that proposed a decrease in global oil production spread, fear over exhaustion of oil reserves grew. However, while everyone d…
Aug 15,2017
Working together for renewable energy
The world is shifting from fossil fuel energy to renewable energy in great energy migration. The price of solar energy module has fallen from $3.82 per watt in 2008 to $0.33 earlier this year, one tenth in eight years. Meanwhile, the efficiency of so…
Aug 08,2017
Why something normal becomes special
After reading the article “Ottogi’s good deeds earn a Blue House invitation” in the July 28 edition of the Korea JoongAng Daily, I had mixed feelings. The article showed why Ottogi — despite its small size in the food manufacturing business …
Aug 04,2017
Finance and the 4th industrial revolution
Recently, I met with Mr. N at Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Mr. Y, director of research at Japan’s International Finance Center. I could see how actively the Japanese government was preparing for the fourth industrial revolutio…
Aug 02,2017
The importance of ‘patience capital’
The fourth industrial revolution is an important subject. It is proposed as an economic growth engine while spreading fear of mass unemployment. Some say that people are making too much of a fuss about technological advancement that has been in progr…
July 31,2017
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