Minimize damage

Quick, resolute measures are also needed for firms While the government is making all-out efforts to prevent the spread of a new strain of...

Editorial

10 yesterday

Mounting economic complaints

Political leaders should listen to public outcries about financial struggle The Lunar New Year holiday is over. If one were to sum up the public...

Editorial

10 yesterday

China putting US to shame in fight against plastic trash

Two years ago, China stopped accepting imports of most recyclable plastic and paper. Up until that point, the country had been the world's biggest...

Tribune Service

10 yesterday

Hassle over Ambassador Harris

By Choi Sung-jin American ambassadors to South Korea have often played a role far bigger than just head of the country's diplomatic mission here....

Choi Sung-Jin

10 yesterday

Placing risky bets on Muslim acquiescence to anti-Muslim policies

By James M. Dorsey Last month's Islamic summit in Malaysia failed to challenge with a bang Saudi influence in the Islamic world and Muslim silence...

James M. Dorsey

10 yesterday

Coa Rock and Bangudae

By Choe Chong-dae The exhibition "The Coa Story" is currently being held at the Museum of Ulsan, opening Oct. 17 last year and running until Feb....

Choe Chong-Dae

10 yesterday

China's influence on S. Korea

By Bernard Rowan It's hardly an easy matter. South Korea's position as a middle power between China and the United States I mean. It's not easy to...

Bernard Rowan

10 yesterday

No more hiring fraud

Bank managers deserve stern punishment for unfair practices Hiring fraud is one of the most serious crimes undermining the country's efforts to...

Editorial

10 previous day

Stem further spread

Tighter quarantine system crucial to fighting new virus Health authorities across the world are on high alert as a viral epidemic originating in...

Editorial

10 previous day

Year of saying yes

By Hyon O'Brien I recently discovered "Grey's Anatomy," a long-running (now in its 16th season!) American medical drama that started in 2005 while...

Hyon Obrien

10 previous day

Auschwitz in Jerusalem

By Mark Leonard BERLIN ― Looming over this year's commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in...

Mark Leonard

10 previous day

Healthy fear of Wuhan coronavirus

O'Hare International Airport is now part of the global medical response to a mystery virus that has infected hundreds of people in China. Anyone...

Tribune Service

10 previous day

Wars and humans

By Yi Woo-won The alarm by my ear went off harshly, hastening me to get up. I was in a bit of a hurry to take the 8:04 a.m. train to go to Daegu. I...

Yi Woo-Won

10 previous day

Can income-led growth succeed?

By Troy Stangarone It's a seemingly straightforward question, does raising the pay of low wage workers help to boost workers' income or hinder...

Troy Stangarone

10 previous day

Lowest growth in a decade

Sluggish expansion should not become new normal The economy barely managed to grow 2 percent last year, maintaining its psychologically important "...

Editorial

2 23.01.2020

Terrorism paradox

By Robert Skidelsky LONDON ― There was, all too predictably, no shortage of political profiteering in the wake of November's London Bridge terror...

Robert Skidelsky

2 23.01.2020

Transgender soldier

Sexual minorities deserve to serve in military The Army's decision, Wednesday, to discharge the country's first transgender soldier against her...

Editorial

2 23.01.2020

Undiplomatic diplomacy

By Donald Kirk A young ensign is reputed to have told Admiral Bill "Bull" Halsey, commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific in World War II, "Your...

Donald Kirk

2 23.01.2020

History repeats itself

By Park Moo-jong A news item out of Seoul became an interesting topic in a foreign media outlet. The Economist based in London introduced Jeju as...

Park Moo-Jong

2 23.01.2020

Politics

By Robin Rhee It is often said that politics is a topic which should never be discussed in social gatherings. Some people may define politics as...

Robin Rhee

1 23.01.2020

[VIEW] What matters more than Harris' mustache

By Hwang Jae-ho Hwang Jae-ho U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper jointly contributed to the Wall Street Journal...

Hwang Jae-Ho

1 23.01.2020

Harry and Meghan are out

By Carla Hall The message from Buckingham Palace to Queen Elizabeth's grandson, Prince Harry, and his wife, Meghan Markle, was clear: You're in or...

Carla Hall

2 23.01.2020

Contain new virus early

Health authorities should stay vigilant for prevention Health authorities have confirmed the country's first case of a new coronavirus strain...

Editorial

2 22.01.2020

Inevitable, but realistic move

Dispatch plan aimed at protecting national interests South Korea's decision to dispatch a naval unit to the Strait of Hormuz is inevitable but...

Editorial

1 22.01.2020

I can no longer hear God

By Jason Lim In one of the pivotal scenes in the Netflix movie, "The Two Popes," Pope Benedict XVI cries out, "I can no longer hear God!" to his...

Jason Lim

1 22.01.2020

I can't endorse NYT's approach

By Peter Funt The New York Times provided lessons in both journalism and television Sunday night, by way of bad examples. First: If a newspaper...

Peter Funt

1 22.01.2020

Martians and Venusians

By Grace Oh "Ow, let go of my hair!" I pushed my sister away and ran crying to my mom, hoping to get my sister in big trouble. For the first eleven...