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Wake up to reality (KOR)
The Moon Jae-in administration has set its economic direction for the second half of the year. As expected, the government lowered its goals for economic growth and employment for 2018. It lowered the expected growth rate to 2.9 percent from 3.0 perc…
July 19,2018
Would Bird crash in Korea? (KOR)
CHOI JI-YOUNG The author is an industrial news reporter of the JoongAng llbo. A start-up company named Bird is making waves across the United States. Bird was founded in April 2017 and started services in September that year. Curre…
July 19,2018
Heat wave kills 6, sickens 547
Six people died and more than 500 people got sick from the heat in the past two months - more than half of them over the past few days. From May 20 to Sunday, 551 people suffered problems due to lengthened exposure to the sun, including headaches,…
July 18,2018
Shifting the blame (KOR)
The Moon Jae-in administration has found a breakthrough in dealing with the shocks from its relentless push for a higher minimum wage. In a press conference Monday, Fair Trade Commission Chairman Kim Sang-jo said he will reinforce investigations of m…
July 18,2018
How Germany handles China (KOR)
SHIN KYUNG-JIN The author is the Beijing correspondent for the JoongAng Ilbo. On July 10, the briefing room of the Chinese Foreign Ministry was more crowded than usual. Reporters wanted to know the whereabouts of Liu Xia, wife of t…
July 18,2018
Moon abandons minimum wage pledge
President Moon Jae-in admitted Monday he won’t fulfill his campaign pledge to raise the minimum wage to 10,000 won ($8.86) by 2020, after anguished protests about rising labor costs from small business owners and concerns voiced by at least one top m…
July 17,2018
Facts and legality are key (KOR)
On Sunday, shortly after returning from official visits to India and Singapore, President Moon Jae-in ordered the military to present to him personally all documents related to the drafting of martial law plans last year, allegedly aimed at suppressi…
July 17,2018
Keep your shirt on (KOR)
LEE TAE-YUN The author is a national news reporter of the JoongAng Ilbo. It was hot and humid with temperatures going up to 33 degrees Celsius (91 degrees Fahrenheit), but Seoul Plaza was crowded. On July 14, the 19th Seoul Queer C…
July 17,2018
The stunt in Singapore (KOR)
More than a month has passed since the historic summit between the leaders of the United States and North Korea. Despite all the hype and fanfare about Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un paving the way toward a new future through speedy denuclearization, t…
July 16,2018
The politics of retreating (KOR)
KANG MIN-SEOK The author is an editorial writer of the JoongAng Ilbo. It is said that one rich man can bring down three villages. As the ruling party enjoyed a landslide victory in the local election, three opposition leaders were…
July 16,2018
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