Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Turning the tariff deal with the U.S. into an economic gain

The 350 billion dollars represents the labor and sacrifice of the Korean people. At home, such funding could have solved a wide range of national challenges. Korea chose instead to weather the immediate storm.

2025-11-19

Korea weighs dual-build option for nuclear-propelled submarines, following Australia’s model

The trilateral Aukus agreement between the United States, Britain and Australia, announced in 2023, offers a useful reference point as Korea debates how to move forward.

2025-11-19

Does this administration encourage anonymous accusations?

Whether clothed in the language of “respecting the Constitution” or “eradication of deep-rooted evils,” once public officials are asked, “Whose side are you on?” the institutions to which they belong begin to break down.

2025-11-19

Inequality facing the children of Korea’s second baby boomers

These realities clarify where policy attention must focus. The priority should be young adults who cannot rely on parental support.

2025-11-19

Time to end the wasteful disputes over early voting fraud

The task now is not to question the legitimacy of early voting but to improve its administration so that convenience does not come at the expense of public trust.

2025-11-18

A public service on edge as political cycles repeat

Breaking ties with those who orchestrated or enabled the martial-law scheme is necessary. But there is a risk of burning down the entire house to catch a single pest.

2025-11-18

Protecting Jongmyo while abandoning Jongno?

The past cannot be used to hold the present hostage. Heritage must be respected, but so must the life of the city that surrounds it.

2025-11-18

A government that recedes the closer one gets to it

It is time to reembrace humility and a politics of coexistence. The administration should avoid acting in ways that push away even those who are trying to come closer.

2025-11-18

Korea needs faster and smarter defense AI systems

Only through swift but balanced progress can Korea position its defense AI capabilities as a defining pillar of K-defense and prepare for a battlefield where algorithms, not arms alone, determine who prevails.

2025-11-17

Will targeting retail investors slow the won’s slide?

Without addressing these fundamentals—monetary settings that erode the currency and fiscal choices that expand liquidity—it will be difficult to counter the won’s decline merely by cracking down on retail investors.

2025-11-17