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Sun, July 5, 2020 | 04:30

Ensure political neutrality

No one can overemphasize the importance of the prosecution's neutrality and independence from political power. This explains why the government and the ruling party should refrain from interfering with investigations conducted by the law enforcement agency. Yet, the Moon Jae-in administration is doing the opposite to undermine the agency's neutrality.

Park Yoon-bae2020-07-03 17:13

Refrain from excessive demands

Negotiations on next year's minimum wage have already missed the legal deadline, and the chances of a breakdown are increasing. At the second meeting of the Minimum Wage Commission last week, Chairman Park Jun-shik asked representatives of employers and employees to submit their demands in the next session. But both labor and management have failed to come up with unified pro...

2020-07-03 17:00

Setback to tripartite dialogue

A lack of compromise has dealt a setback to the dialogue between unions, management and government. It is regrettable that one of the country's two umbrella unions boycotted a tripartite agreement on how to cooperate in riding out the socioeconomic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Park Yoon-bae2020-07-02 17:17

No more mis-sold funds

The Financial Dispute Settlements Committee has told banks and brokerages to fully return the principal of investments to customers of mis-sold funds run by Lime Asset Management.

2020-07-02 16:57

China stifling democracy

With a new national security law in effect as of the 23rd anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China, we have to ask whether the semiautonomous city will remain the same as the world knows it.

Kim Ji-soo2020-07-01 17:14

Failed real estate policy

Despite the government's 21st set of real estate measures unveiled June 17, apartment prices in Seoul and the surrounding metropolitan area are rising yet again. Upward momentum has been conspicuous in some regulated areas as well as such unregulated areas as Gimpo and Paju in Gyeonggi Province over the past week due largely to the so-called balloon effect caused by the June ...

2020-07-01 17:14

'Tyranny of majority'

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) has come under attack for its winner-take-all mantra after it took all but one of the chairman's posts at the National Assembly's 18 standing committees. The monopoly of the posts is the direct result of a failure to strike a deal with the opposition United Future Party (UFP) over which party should chair the Legislation and Judiciar...

Park Yoon-bae2020-06-30 17:06

Basic industries' competitiveness

The government has decided to activate special response teams in 11 basic industrial areas to boost the nation's competitiveness in the material, parts and equipment sectors. The move aims to sharpen companies' competitive edge by forming coordination groups in segmented areas and to let them take the lead in research and development. Such was the core content of the governme...

Park Yoon-bae2020-06-30 17:06

Narrow-minded Japan

Japan has reportedly opposed South Korea's joining an expanded G7 summit, citing Seoul's stance was not “in lockstep” with the existing members toward North Korea and China. With myriad contentious issues prevailing between Seoul and Tokyo, it's difficult to grasp how this latest step will in any way improve bilateral ties.

2020-06-29 18:00

Kindergarten food poisoning

A group of parents have sued the director of a kindergarten in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, after their children became ill with food poisoning. As of Sunday evening, 114 out of 202 children and teachers at the kindergarten have been infected with enterohemorrhagic E. coli and 16 of them are being treated for the so-called “hamburger disease” that can cause severe kidney failure...

2020-06-29 17:59

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