Stop provocative acts
North Korea under fire for hostile rhetoric
North Korea has come under criticism for repeating its outdated hostile rhetoric against South Korea and the United States. While ...
07:09 Mar. 18
Tax bomb
Government raises tax base for apartments sharply, citing price surge caused by policy failures
The Land Ministry raised this year's tax base for apartments by a nationwide average of 19 ...
07:09 Mar. 18
Tax hikes after real estate debacle
Property-related taxes are expected to further aggravate homeowners anguished by multiple woes due to real estate policy failures under the Moon Jae-in governme...
06:59 Mar. 17
'Tax bombshell'
: Soaring property prices boomerang homeowners
Government-assessed housing prices have surged this year, raising concerns about a far greater tax burden on homeowners, including t...
06:58 Mar. 17
Reversing retreat
:Korea should actively promote overseas resources development projects
Over the past decade, South Korean companies, public and private alike, have retreated from natural resourc...
06:58 Mar. 17
Wrong targets, wrong methods
In Monday's meeting with his senior secretaries, President Moon Jae-in made remarks that seemed to blame past administrations for a lot of real estate shenanigans that...
07:11 Mar. 16
Trilateral cooperation
: Allies should lure North Korea back to dialogue
The U.S. State Department emphasized the importance of cooperation with South Korea and Japan in dealing with North Korea a...
07:10 Mar. 16
Moon's fury
: President angry at suspicions over post-retirement residence
President Moon Jae-in posted a message on social media about controversy over his private residence Friday.
He wrote, ...
07:09 Mar. 16
See a bigger picture
Major diplomatic events that could have a huge impact on security on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia take place this week. Following the first virtual Quad summit a...
07:00 Mar. 15
Loss of public trust
: Replace land minister to prevent speculation
Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Byeon Chang-heum offered to resign over the mounting land speculation scandal invol...
07:00 Mar. 15
Time to decide
: Seoul would be wiser not to be late in joining an expanded format of Quad
US President Joe Biden held talks online Friday with his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan, ta...
07:00 Mar. 15
Time to consolidate our alliance
U.S. President Joe Biden is moving fast to build up an allied front against China. He will be holding a video summit conference on Friday with his counterparts ...
07:13 Mar. 12
Prevent conflicts of interest
: Lawmakers hit for negligence in legislation
Lawmakers of both the ruling and opposition parties have come under criticism for dragging their feet in legislating a l...
07:13 Mar. 12
Moral hazards
: Ethics of public enterprise employees worsen under pro-labor policy
A person presumed to be an employee of the Korea Land & Housing Corp. on Tuesday posted a message titled "Nobody...
07:13 Mar. 12
Investigate thoroughly
A joint investigation team will announce today the first results of its investigation into allegations of real estate purchases by Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) em...
07:35 Mar. 11
Snowballing national debt
: Pork barrel projects feared to hurt fiscal health
South Korea's national debt has continued to snowball, and according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Tuesday,...
07:35 Mar. 11
Misplaced focus
:Moon government's tie-up with big unions shuns woes faced by young job seekers
The government last week announced a plan to spend 5.9 trillion won ($5.17 billion) on creating 1.04...
07:34 Mar. 11
No rhyme or reason
Extremely heavy traffic jams are developing on Gwanghwamun Square after the Seoul Metropolitan Government pressed ahead with a renovation in the face of objections from all corn...
06:57 Mar. 10
Step toward better alliance
Korea, US agree on defense cost sharing
Seoul and Washington have reached an agreement on how to share the costs of the upkeep of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK). It is fo...
06:56 Mar. 10
Normalize combined training
Korea, US start computer-simulated training amid concerns about weak combat readiness
South Korea and the United States on Monday kicked off their springtime combined m...
06:56 Mar. 10