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A shift from terrorism to China

The U.S. War in Afghanistan — the longest war in U.S. history — will come to an end next month after two decades of America dragging its feet in the rugged hills of the outlandish country since the September 11 attacks in 2001....

2021-07-25

Stop the experiment

The government-proposed 34.9-trillion-won ($30.3 billion) supplementary budget bill passed in the National Assembly Saturday to give 250,000 won to each individual of the lower 88 percent income brackets after a heated debate...

2021-07-25

A suspicious resignation

Cho Hai-ju, standing commissioner of the National Election Commission (NEC), has offered to resign with six months left in his term. Upon appointment in early 2018, he was questioned over his neutrality because of his career as...

2021-07-25

The pandemic Olympics has begun

For athletes who need to gather all their strength before a match, eating is a kind of a sacred ritual. Before the short track event in Beijing in December 1996, the Korean team received a peculiar order from its coach. They were...

2021-07-25

2021.07.26 Cartoon

As the coronavirus and sizzling summer heatwave torment the Korean government...

2021-07-25

2021.07.23 Cartoon

Totally out of sync with public opinion, the military is praising the commander in chief for coming up with the idea of bringing back a crew infected with Covid-19 aboard a warship, and Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Hong Nam-ki is...

2021-07-22

Whither the Unification Ministry?

The Ministry of Unification is the center of unification process. We want to reunite the divided Korea Peninsula to enjoy humane life in an integrated country which is stronger in political, economic and military terms. The...

2021-07-22

China dream challenges

When he was inaugurated in 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to achieve the Chinese dream of restoring the “Great Chinese Race.” He vowed to realize the first centenary goal of building a “xiaokang (moderately well-off)...

2021-07-22

The return of drive-thru testing

In the 1930s, Grand National Bank in St. Louis introduced the drive-thru teller window. Customers could stay in the car and make deposits by handing over the money to the teller behind the protective glass. This is...

2021-07-22

Watch your words, Yoon

Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl who leads in polls as a presidential candidate from the opposition front has caused a string of controversies. His top rating took a hit over scandals related to his wife and...

2021-07-22

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