Slips of the tongue and a lack of discipline
The leadership of the People Power Party (PPP) packed with loyalists of President Yoon Suk Yeol is in hot water after a series of slips of the tongue b...
07:02 Apr. 06
Fixing rice crisis
Bastion of food security should be kept by all means
For thousands of years, Korea has been an agrarian country. "Farmers formed the basis of national existence" until at least ...
07:02 Apr. 06
Regulating ChatGPT
Korea has to start discussing issues emerging from the explosive growth of generative AI services
Tech buzzwords tend to come and go quickly. Remember the metaverse? Or the four...
07:02 Apr. 06
Where are the politics?
President Yoon Suk Yeol vetoed a controversial revision to the Grains Management Act railroaded by the majority Democratic Party (DP) holding 169 seats in the 300-member le...
07:04 Apr. 05
Muddled energy policy
: Utility price hikes should be considered positively
President Yoon Suk Yeol hates populism.
Yoon has accused his predecessor of avoiding the inevitable for fear of popul...
07:04 Apr. 05
Delaying the inevitable
: Government, ruling party hold off raising electric, gas fees for the second quarter
It is indisputable that raising electricity and gas fees is the only solution in the cu...
07:04 Apr. 05
Shame on politicians
In an alarming development, the number of people with no party affiliation increases in both the People Power Party (PPP) and the Democratic Party (DP). A recent Gallup Korea ...
07:00 Apr. 04
Preparing for Expo 2030
: Combined efforts needed to host global gala
The inspection team of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) arrived here Sunday. They will visit Busan from Tuesday ...
07:00 Apr. 04
Decline in tax revenue
: Government must tighten belt, push policies to revitalize economy
A drop in tax revenue is inevitable when the broader economy slows down and corporations suffer operating...
07:00 Apr. 04
Time to change Korea's industrial structure
Korea's exports have declined for six consecutive months. The trade deficit has continued for 13 months. According to the latest data from the Ministry o...
06:57 Apr. 03
Diplomatic mess
Share all facts and make fresh start
President Yoon Suk Yeol visited an outdoor market in Daegu, the "heart of conservatism," Saturday.
Yoon goes to his "political hometown" when...
06:57 Apr. 03
Spotlight NK rights abuses
Government makes public annual report on N. Korea human rights violations for first time
The government made public its report on North Korea's human rights violations on...
06:57 Apr. 03
Diplomatic vacuum is not allowed
President Yoon Suk Yeol's National Security Advisor Kim Sung-han resigned Wednesday. His abrupt departure less than a month before Yoon's state visit to the United...
07:08 Mar. 31
Blindsided by Tokyo
Japan hit for watering down past atrocities against Korea
Most South Koreans are still wincing following the "diplomatic disaster" in Tokyo two weeks ago. At a summit there, Pr...
07:08 Mar. 31
'Bold measures' needed
Korea's chronically low fertility rate calls for more effective policy measures
There is no question that South Korea has to address its low birthrate, a chronic problem tha...
07:08 Mar. 31
An umbrella union that went too far
The suspicion that former and current leaders of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) engaged in spying activities for North Korea is shocking. The S...
07:08 Mar. 30
Boosting birthrate
Old policies can't resolve knotty problems
There are "pink seats" reserved for pregnant women on Seoul subway trains. However, these seats mostly remain empty or are used by old...
07:08 Mar. 30
Wet blanket on relations
New Japanese textbooks distort history, putting damper on fence-mending efforts
Textbooks that Japan's elementary school students will use from next year contain distort...
07:08 Mar. 30
SEOUL, March 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has guided the country's nuclear weaponization project, calling for expanding the production of weapons-grade nuclear materials for an ex...
09:23 Mar. 28
A historic reconciliation
A serene scene unfolded on Sunday — the 148th birthday of Korea's founding president Syngman Rhee (1875-1965) — in the National Cemetery in southern Seoul, where he and h...
06:59 Mar. 28