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Korea should try to keep close ties with China President Yoon Suk-yeol made a successful diplomatic debut at the NATO summit last week by opening...
Nation should diversify export markets, cut energy consumption Korea's trade deficit in the first half of the year exceeded $10 billion, hitting a...
Labor, business sides should accept agreement for sake of sharing pain The nation's minimum hourly wage has been set at 9,620 won ($7.41) for...
Troubled automaker should enter EV business A local bankruptcy court approved SsangYong Motor's decision to select a consortium led by KG Group...
Allies need combined efforts to tackle North Korean threats Leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan got together in Madrid, Spain, on...
Allies need combined efforts to tackle North Korean threats Leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan got together in Madrid, Spain, on...
Troubled automaker should enter EV business A local bankruptcy court approved SsangYong Motor's decision to select a consortium led by KG Group...
Negotiated compromise essential to normalizing Assembly The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) is taking flak for seeking to convene...
It's imperative to revamp lax verification system An artificial intelligence (AI) research team at Seoul National University is facing...
Neutrality of police should not be compromised The Ministry of the Interior and Safety is drawing a strong backlash from police officers over its...
State utility's deficit snowballs due to excessively low power rates The government raised the adjusted unit fuel cost ― a key element of the...
Time to strengthen cooperation with other countries The Supreme Prosecutors' Office (SPO) announced last week that it will launch a joint...
Be careful not to take anti-China stance President Yoon Suk-yeol will make his multilateral diplomatic debut when he attends a NATO summit in...
Tax cuts plus spending increase is shortcut to fiscal deficit One of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration's key economic policies is bold tax cuts....
Labor reform should be based on social consensus President Yoon Suk-yeol cannot avoid criticism for causing controversy over his government's...
Steps needed to dig out truth and punish responsible people President Yoon Suk-yeol vented anger at the Korean National Police Agency (NPA)...
Yoon vows to revive atomic energy industry President Yoon Suk-yeol has promised to rebuild the nuclear energy industry which has been devastated...
Government must also examine property policy's side effects The Yoon Suk-yeol administration announced its first real estate policy package...
State-of-the-art technology holds key to success Korea successfully launched a homegrown rocket Tuesday, opening a new space era. The Nuri...
New administration should stop 'parachute appointments' President Yoon Suk-yeol called for strong measures Tuesday to reform public companies and...
People taking the brunt of triple shocks The deteriorating economic and financial situation can be compared to an approaching perfect storm....
Korean businesses worry about survival, not growth "To survive, technology comes first, second, and third," Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee...
Yoon needs to use doorstepping more properly President Yoon Suk-yeol has been taking questions from reporters and answering them on his way to...
It's time to rethink 'exhausting' K-pop model K-pop superstar group BTS sent shock waves through fans and news media last week by announcing they...
Government, businesses and parliament need overhaul Korea ranked 27th in global competitiveness this year among 63 countries surveyed by the...
DPK should stop blocking corruption probes Prosecutors and police are stepping up their investigations into corruption and power abuse scandals...
Previous Moon government hit for covering up death of fisheries official The bereaved family members of a fisheries official who was killed by the...
Time to focus on boosting growth potential South Korea finds it ever more difficult to maintain financial and economic stability amid growing...
Yoon must not name key officials without confirmation hearing again? President Yoon Suk-yeol appointed Kim Chang-ki as the commissioner of the...
Seoul, Tokyo need to step up security cooperation Foreign Minister Park Jin has underlined the need to strengthen security cooperation with Japan...
Interior ministry should abandon plan to create 'police bureau' The Ministry of the Interior and Safety is seeking to establish a new bureau to...
Regulatory reform pivotal to corporate growth, investment The government has decided to ease or lift 30 regulations to remove stumbling blocks...
Minimizing price shock fallout critical Local financial markets have tumbled, hit hard by growing concerns about a global economic recession amid...
Kim should stop arms buildup, return to dialogue North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to adopt a "power-for-power" stance against external...
Viable measures needed to protect lawyers from attack A fire caused by suspected arson broke out at a building housing law firms in Daegu last...
Korea suffers first current account deficit in two years Korea's current account returned to a deficit in April for the first time in two years....
NATO summit offers both opportunities and challenges President Yoon Suk-yeol's plan to attend a NATO summit will mark a turning point in South...
Ruling party should stop dispute to tackle challenges A dispute within the ruling People Power Party (PPP) is escalating, with PPP Chairman Lee...
Time to boost competitiveness of Korean firms President Yoon Suk-yeol has instructed his Cabinet members to map out special measures to boost the...
Income tax base should go up in line with inflation Consumer prices have risen by 2 percent a year on average over the past decade. The upward...
Min's defection and move to return is an affront to democracy Min Hyung-bae, an independent lawmaker who left the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK)...
Time to resume dialogue with striking truckers Unionized truck drivers staged the second day of their strike Wednesday, demanding wage hikes....
President hit for naming ex-prosecutors to key posts President Yoon Suk-yeol has come under criticism for appointing former prosecutors to major...
Government cannot cure deepening diseases with lax posture With Korea recording a fiscal deficit for four years in a row, concerns are growing...
Long-term steps needed to galvanize economy Korea is waging an uphill battle to tame soaring inflation and ensure solid economic growth. Yet the...
Parties should hasten negotiations to normalize legislature The first half of the 21st session of the National Assembly ended May 29. But the...
North Korea condemned for weapons program North Korea has continued to escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula by conducting another missile...
Major surgery on 'Mooncare' appears inevitable Since the previous government implemented a policy to expand the National Health Insurance...