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Moon administration allegedly manipulated housing data

The previous Moon administration in South Korea allegedly manipulated government statistics, particularly for housing and economic data, according to the Board of Audit and Inspection.

2023-09-17

Moon's blacklist lands former ministers, secretaries in court

Prosecutors indicted five former Moon Jae-in administration officials on charges of abusing their authority to force governmental figures to resign.

2023-01-19

Rush to carbon neutrality

The global push for carbon neutrality by 2050 has failed. The G20 summit in Rome ended Sunday without being able to specify a deadline for zero emissions. Major developed nations, including host Italy, proposed 2050, but Russia,...

2021-11-02

A retreat of democracy

In his speech at the National Assembly on Sept. 8, Rep. Yun Ho-jung, floor leader of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), praised the Moon Jae-in administration’s accomplishments such as the K-style disease control and prevention...

2021-09-13

Learning from the Tories

Britain’s Conservative Party suffered a historic defeat in the May election in 1997. A month later, the party made a dramatic move in the party leadership primary, as 36-year-old William Hague was elected new party head. It was a...

2021-08-17

Moon vs. Macron

The number of job aspirants has hit a record high. Over 1.5 million young Koreans are without decent jobs upon graduating from school, or one out of every three or four. The sighs of the young must have reached across the...

2021-07-27

Defector and former diplomat work together to protect human rights in North

Human rights violations in North Korea have worsened during the Moon Jae-in administration, says former South Korean diplomat Kim Suk-woo and Lee Ae-ran, a defector from the North, who are also leading major civic groups on North Korean human...

2021-06-09

For a successful summit

The Moon Jae-in administration has one year left. It has not earned very good scores for diplomacy. Despite its many endeavors, practically no progress has been made on peace on the Korean Peninsula primarily because of two...

2021-05-05

A doomed reinvention

On April 6, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un launched a crusade to “reform” his people at the 6th Conference of Cell Secretaries of the ruling Workers’ Party in Pyongyang. In a speech to the grassroots units of the party — the...

2021-04-28

BAI reports Seoul's education superintendent for corrupt practices

The Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea (BAI) announced Friday that it had reported Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon to police over allegations of power abuse and corrupt practices in hiring teachers in Seoul...

2021-04-25