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Tue, January 25, 2022 | 05:18

Undiplomatic move

The Japanese Embassy in Seoul has touched off controversy over its refusal to accept a New Year's gift sent by President Moon Jae-in because it was wrapped in paper showing an image of Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo. The presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae sent gifts of traditional liquor and other farm items to some 15,000 people in diverse sectors of society, includin...

Shim Jae-yun2022-01-24 17:00

Potential of digital assets

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are expected to be included in the government's household wealth statistics beginning this year. The inclusion will be made through the addition of virtual assets to the household finance and welfare survey by creating a new item. This marks the first time that digital assets, which have become a hotbed of speculation, will be recognized as ...

2022-01-24 17:00

Ensure neutrality, fairness

President Moon Jae-in cannot avoid criticism that he has been trying to control the country's election commission to create conditions favorable to ruling party candidates in major elections. Such criticisms have arisen since he appointed Cho Hai-ju, a special adviser to his 2017 presidential campaign headquarters, as a member of the National Election Commission (NEC) in Janu...

Park Yoon-bae2022-01-23 17:05

Collective action from within forces chief election commissioner to quit

Internet security loophole

Significant security issues arose on the website for the simplified year-end tax settlement service opened by the National Tax Service on Jan. 15. Aside from the existing public key and financial certificates, the NTS introduced simple authentication methods already in use by private companies as of last year.

2022-01-23 17:00

Repeat of old tactics

North Korea has said it would consider resuming “all temporarily-suspended activities,” in an apparent threat to restart the testing of nuclear weapons and inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). At a politburo meeting of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party, the reclusive country's leader Kim Jong-un decided to “review all trust-building measures and consider restarting...

Shim Jae-yun2022-01-21 16:42

Fear of Omicron variant

Korea reported 6,603 COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, marking an increase of 798 cases from a day earlier, mostly prompted by the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. This means the daily number of infections surpassed 6,000 for the first time since Dec. 24 when it stood at 6,233. It is a sharp increase of 2,439 cases from the 4,164 reported on Jan. 13.

Shim Jae-yun2022-01-20 17:00

Fines on shippers

The Korea Fair Trade Commission has imposed a combined fine of 96.2 billion won ($80.7 million) on 23 shipping companies providing cargo services between Korea and Southeast Asia. The KFTC said Tuesday that the shippers - 12 of which are Korean - colluded to fix freight rates 120 times since December 2003.

2022-01-20 16:57

Growing China risk

South Korea is likely to bear the brunt of China's expected economic slowdown this year, raising the need to reduce its undue dependence on the world's second-largest economy. The question now is how to minimize the fallout from the growing China risk.

Park Yoon-bae2022-01-19 16:41

No more 'parachute appointments'

With less than four months remaining before the end of its term, the Moon Jae-in administration is going too far when it comes to “parachute appointments.” True, no other previous administration dared to put a stop to the practice of “parachuting” pro-government and pro-ruling party figures into high-level positions, but most of them pretended at least to restrain themselves ...

2022-01-19 16:40

Lame apology under fire

Civic organizations are raising their voices demanding the due punishment of HDC Hyundai Development and its chairman, Chung Mong-gyu, and for them to take full responsibility for the collapse of an apartment building in Gwangju, about 330 kilometers southwest of Seoul. In a press conference in front of the company's headquarters in Yongsan, central Seoul, Monday afternoon, t...

Shim Jae-yun2022-01-18 17:24

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