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Defending against nukes

South Korea and the United States decided to draw up an aggressive military action plan to cope with nuclear threats from North Korea. In an annual Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) Thursday at the Ministry of National Defense...

2021-12-02

Belated legislative approval

The ruling Democratic Party (DP) and the government should be ashamed of sitting on their hands over the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). On Wednesday, the National Assembly’s Foreign and...

2021-12-02

It’s not over till it’s over

PARK SU-RYEONThe popularity of survival audition programs is nothing new, but I am interested in “Unicorn House” on YouTube channel EO. On the show, start-ups compete for 70 million won ($59,443). While “Street Women Fighters”...

2021-12-02

Isolation is the last word

U.S. President Joe Biden held a virtual summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Nov. 15. Xi argued that the United States should acknowledge bilateral leadership and regard their relations in a mutually beneficial light...

2021-12-02

Balance between old and new

When I visited Stanford University during a business trip to San Francisco two weeks ago, d.school was busy renovating all bathrooms into gender-inclusive communal ones. California passed a law that a renovation costing more than...

2021-12-02

2021.12.02 Cartoon

Since People Power Party head Lee Jun-seok was tracked down to Jeju Island after disappearing Tuesday over apparent disagreement with presidential candidate...

2021-12-02

2021.12.02 Cartoon

With Christmas around the corner, Korea faces an emergency...

2021-12-01

Emergency measures needed

Korea’s Covid-19 situation is deteriorating one month after the government started its “With Corona” policy from November 1, which was after the rate of full vaccinations went over 70 percent of the population. The number of...

2021-12-01

Begging for votes

Populism fever is simmering ahead of the presidential election in March. Taxation on virtual assets — mostly cryptocurrency — will be suspended for a year. The National Assembly’s Strategy and Finance Committee approved a bill on...

2021-12-01

A crisis is just a crisis

“We need to restore growth and lead the global economy by turning the transitional crisis into a chance to make another leap,” said Democratic Party (DP) presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung at his keynote speech at the JoongAng...

2021-12-01

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