Unjustifiable silence
Opposition leader holds his tongue during questioning after submitting a statement
Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung appeared at the prosecutor's office to be questioned as a s...
07:12 Jan. 31
Moving on from the mask mandate
The indoor mask mandate was lifted today. From now on, you don't have to wear a mask in most places except when you use public transport or medical facilities. The ...
06:58 Jan. 30
Heating bill bomb
Stop partisan bickering and seek long-term solutions
It was unusually cold and snowy this winter in Korea. Cold waves and heavy snow warnings were issued frequently, with tempera...
06:58 Jan. 30
Fix our military before it's too late
The laidback and irresponsible attitude of our military is being disclosed one after another in a legislative hearing after one of the five North Korean drone...
07:24 Jan. 27
Two-faced Japan
Tokyo slammed for dampening efforts to mend ties
Long-time watchers of Korean-Japanese relations are feeling deja vu over two things ― some that repeat every year and some that com...
07:24 Jan. 27
Price of populism
Opposition demands extra budget ridden with cash handouts
Soaring heating bills and high inflation are fanning worries over the cost of living.
The retail price of city gas ro...
07:24 Jan. 27
'Orderly lethargy' in the PPP
Na Kyung-won, a former floor leader of the People Power Party (PPP), has finally been cleared of all suspicions over her possible bid for the leadership of the govern...
07:11 Jan. 26
Growing China dilemma
: Long-term strategy needed to reshape bilateral ties
During the Lunar New Year holiday, an "incident" spoke much about the current relationship between Korea and China.
L...
07:11 Jan. 26
Broadening market access
: Korea has to minimize adverse impact of new rules to draw more foreign investors
South Korean financial authorities have announced a set of changes aimed at attracting m...
07:11 Jan. 26
Clear concerns about the nuclear threat
As North Korea's uninterrupted acceleration of nuclear weapons development fuels a sense of insecurity among South Koreans, security experts at home and abr...
07:04 Jan. 25
Lifting of mask mandate
Premature to let guard down fully
Korea reported 9,277 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total caseload to 30,008,756. The country broke the unwelcome record of 30...
07:04 Jan. 25
Strengthen spy probe
Union group execs suspected of spying for NK; NIS must keep on investigating
Four former and current executive officials of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions are under ...
07:04 Jan. 25
Practical ways and trust building are key
President Yoon Suk Yeol has wrapped up his four-day trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Yoon's biggest achievement in his state visit was drawing inve...
06:56 Jan. 18
Urgent pension reform
Proper approaches needed to extract consensus
It is much harder to give people something and take it back ― even in part ― than not to give it in the first place. That expla...
06:55 Jan. 18
Education reform
More time and preparation needed to launch a new graduate school system for teachers
Education is one of the three key areas that the Yoon Suk Yeol administration aims to reform ...
06:55 Jan. 18
Normalize Korea-Japan relations before it's too late
Korea and Japan are accelerating an effort to resolve the wartime forced labor compensation issue, one of the biggest obstacles in normalizing ...
07:04 Jan. 17
Toughening security front
President Yoon Suk Yeol, now on a state visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), appears elated by the UAE's pledge to invest $30 billion in Korea. The two countries also...
07:03 Jan. 17
Suspected deals on trial
Prosecutors are said to have secured a statement by Nam Wook, a suspect standing trial in the Daejang-dong land development scandal, to the effect that Kim Man-bae, anothe...
07:03 Jan. 17
Not your grandparents' households
According to the latest data on the population in Korea, single- or two-person households account for more than 65 percent of all households in the country. More ...
07:09 Jan. 16
Sparing top officials
Steps needed to prevent recurrences of disasters
The police wrapped up their investigation into the deadly crowd crush in Itaewon, referring over 20 low-level officials to th...
07:08 Jan. 16