SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial regulator said Tuesday it has decided to extend the duration of eased liquidity rules for banks by another six months to ensure financial institut...
12:00 Mar. 09
Time to rebuild
South Korea and the United States have reached an agreement on defense cost-sharing after the negotiations went adrift for more than one year after Donald Trump's administration de...
07:06 Mar. 09
Scaled-down combined exercise
Allies should ensure smooth wartime OPCON transfer
South Korea and the United States began a two-day springtime combined military exercise Monday. The Joint Chiefs of...
07:05 Mar. 09
Firm alliance
Top US officials' planned visit to highlight Seoul's position between Washington and Beijing
An upcoming visit to Seoul by top US diplomatic and defense officials may serve as an occ...
07:05 Mar. 09
The employment tragedy
An announcement Sunday by the Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI) shows the grim reality facing the Korean economy. In a survey of large companies' recruitment plans fo...
07:01 Mar. 08
No time for discord
It is too early to talk about sanctions relief
Unification Minister Lee In-young has come under international criticism for questioning whether U.S. and U.N. sanctions on North...
07:01 Mar. 08
Self-investigation
Land minister effectively prejudges case of alleged speculation by LH employees at ministry's development sites
In response to allegations that employees of the state-run Korea ...
07:00 Mar. 08
A bad day for justice
Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl resigned on Thursday four months before his two-year tenure ends in July. The Moon Jae-in administration cannot avoid criticism for pressuri...
06:54 Mar. 05
Deaths after inoculation
More efforts needed to ensure vaccine safety
Concerns are growing over the administration of COVID-19 vaccines here after two people died following inoculation. Yet people...
06:54 Mar. 05
Abrupt about-face
Moon's reconciliatory gesture toward Tokyo comes with illusory approach to Pyongyang
In a move to perplex his supporters and critics alike, President Moon Jae-in has recently mad...
06:54 Mar. 05
On a splurge for elections
The ruling Democratic Party (DP) and government have lost control over their extravagance with COVID-19 relief payments out of desperation to win the upcoming mayoral by...
07:20 Mar. 04
Suspicious land purchase
Speculation, if confirmed, could undermine housing policy
Allegations have arisen that some employees at the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), a state housing compa...
07:19 Mar. 04
Let prosecution probe
Yoon denounces Democratic Party's push to strip prosecution of investigative power
From this year, the range of investigation by the prosecution was reduced to six categories...
07:17 Mar. 04
Denouncing Myanmar's military
Myanmar sank in blood over the weekend after security forces opened fire against protesters to the military coup and its seizure of power on Sunday. The United Nation...
06:56 Mar. 03
Conciliatory gesture
Japan should compromise to mend ties with Korea
President Moon Jae-in has made a conciliatory gesture toward Japan to mend soured ties with Tokyo. In a nationally televised sp...
06:56 Mar. 03
Joint posture
Allies' combined drills should not be affected by Seoul's readiness to pander to Pyongyang
South Korea and the US have not yet announced exactly when and how they would be conducting...
06:56 Mar. 03
The buck stops somewhere
The Special Act on New Gadeok Airport was passed in a plenary session of the National Assembly last Friday. The passage took place just three months after the bill was pro...
08:52 Mar. 01
Pinnacle of populism
New airport project denounced as pork barrel
The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) has set a bad precedent for a pork barrel project by approving a bill at the National ...
08:52 Mar. 01
Tax populism
Korea's ballooning public spending cannot be sustained by increasing taxes on the rich, big firms
A senior lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea said during a parliamentary...
08:51 Mar. 01
A diplomatic mess
The Iranian government is playing fast and loose with the facts after its Revolutionary Guard illegitimately detained the South Korean oil tanker MT Hankuk Chemi in January. On T...
07:02 Feb. 26