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Stop the game of chicken (kor)
GM Korea is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. After the National Labor Relations Commission on Tuesday gave up the right to mediate between management and labor, its union obtained a legitimate right to strike. The possibility of the militant uni…
Apr 18,2018
Nimby vs. Yimby (kor)
SHIM JAE-WOO *The author is a New York correspondent of the JoongAng Ilbo. Recently, there was a protest opposing affordable housing in certain areas of Seoul. It is the typical Nimby — Not in my backyard — sentiment amon…
Apr 18,2018
Opinion manipulation linked to DP lawmaker
Police are looking into whether expelled members of the ruling Democratic Party ran a systematic online opinion manipulation campaign to tilt the race in favor of Moon Jae-in’s candidacy in last year’s presidential election, a probe that could prove …
Apr 17,2018
Unemployment shocks (kor)
The number of people who received unemployment allowances from their employment insurance policy after losing their jobs reached a record level in the first quarter of the year. According to data provided by the Korea Employment Information Service, …
Apr 17,2018
Put out the fire (kor)
LEE HYUN-SANG *The author is an editorial writer of the JoongAng Ilbo. Anger is fire. It is hard to control. Aristotle wrote in “Nicomachean Ethics,” “The man who is angry at the right things and with the right people, and, furthe…
Apr 17,2018
For first time, gov’t holds Sewol memorial
President Moon Jae-in pledged to prioritize safety in a statement on Sunday commemorating four years since a ferry sinking killed 304 in the country’s worst maritime disaster. Most of the victims aboard the fated Sewol ferry, which capsized on Apr…
Apr 16,2018
A warning for Pyongyang (kor)
Over the weekend, the United States, Britain and France fired over 100 missiles on three chemical weapons facilities in Syria. The attack was much stronger than a similar one last April but avoided military bases. The bombardment appears to be aimed …
Apr 16,2018
Too many saunas, not enough soul (kor)
KIM NAM-JOONG *The author is an editorial writer of the JoongAng Ilbo. “Put learning and ideas back to where they should always have been — right in the middle of our lives.” This is the motto of the School of Life founde…
Apr 16,2018
Moon continues to back Kim
President Moon Jae-in on Friday said he will dismiss Kim Ki-sik, the new head of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), if any of Kim’s controversial actions as a lawmaker were found to have violated laws, rejecting mounting political pressure to f…
Apr 14,2018
Korea’s online trolls (kor)
Three individuals under police investigation for an online campaign to defame the Moon Jae-in government turned out to be registered members of the ruling Democratic Party (DP). The three came under investigation after the DP filed charges early …
Apr 14,2018
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