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Food for thought (KOR)

CHUNG HYO-SIK The author is a Washington correspondent of the JoongAng Ilbo. Last week, South Korean President Moon Jae-in was rebuked by both U.S. President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as he tried to facilitate a third North…

Apr 17,2019
BTS keeps climbing, prepares to conquer two music charts

Fans of the K-pop sensation BTS, known as ARMY, call it the “BTS hangover.” Ever since the boys released their latest EP “Map of the Soul: Persona” on April 12, they have been continuing to break records and make headlines – making it diffi…

Apr 17,2019
Kumho Asiana will sell airline

Kumho Asiana Group will sell its crown jewel Asiana Airlines in an attempt to keep itself afloat and the cash-strapped airline from crashing into oblivion. The board of Kumho Industrial said Monday it would sell the airline in return for financial…

Apr 16,2019
A suspicious trade (KOR)

JOO JUNG-WAN The author is the financial team head of the JoongAng Ilbo. The stock investments of public officials have never been quite so controversial. This is the story about Constitutional Court Justice-nominee Lee Mi-sun and her hus…

Apr 16,2019
New priorities (KOR)

LEE SO-A The author is a reporter at Innovation Lab. As the fourth industrial revolution era is coming for sure, major countries will soon begin commercial use of 5G mobile communications. Korea has already declared the world’s first comme…

Apr 15,2019
Kim scorns Moon as ‘mediator’

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un demanded South Korea stop acting as an “officious mediator” in the peace process on the peninsula, reported Pyongyang’s state media Saturday. Kim’s call, delivered in a speech to newly-elected members of the North’…

Apr 15,2019
WTO ruling backs Korea’s ban on fish from Japan

SEJONG - The World Trade Organization (WTO) has cleared Korea’s ban on Japanese seafood imports following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, reversing its panel’s decision last year that recommended a lifting of the ban. According to a WTO Appel…

Apr 13,2019
Critical double standards (KOR)

SOHN HAE-YONG The author is the head of the economic policy team of the JoongAng Ilbo. On March 25, a petition titled “Do people know how the construction market is dragged down by construction unions?” was posted on the Blue House online…

Apr 12,2019
1919 provisional gov’t is celebrated

Korea celebrated the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Korean provisional government in Shanghai on April 11, 1919, a major part of the movement for independence from Japanese colonial rule. Thousands of people including Prime Minister Le…

Apr 12,2019
Kumho Asiana asks KDB for 438.8 million dollars

Kumho Asiana Group asked Korea Development Bank (KDB), its main creditor, for 500 billion won ($438.8 million) to help Asiana Airlines survive a financial crisis. The group even promised to sell the airline if it fails to reach targets set by cred…

Apr 11,2019

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