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Thu, November 15, 2018 | 14:01

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Ruling against Park

An appellate court Friday found former President Park Geun-hye guilty of receiving a bribe from Samsung Group unlike in her first trial, while upholding all charges related to her corruption and abuse of power. The court handed down a 25-year prison term to her, one year longer than the lower court sentence. She was also fined 20 billion won ($17.8 million), up from 18 billion won.

Editorial | 2018-08-27 16:20

Pompeo's canceled visit

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to cancel Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's planned visit to North Korea is somewhat disappointing, but not surprising. The cancellation reflects growing skepticism about the North's real intention of denuclearization.

Editorial | 2018-08-26 16:30

New party leader

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) will have a new leader. On Saturday, it elected Lee Hae-chan, a seven-term lawmaker and staunch liberal politician, as its chairman.

Editorial | 2018-08-26 16:20

Restructuring of academia

One of the biggest challenges for Korea's universities is responding to the continual drop in student enrollment due to demographic shift.

Editorial | 2018-08-24 17:09

Ticking debt bomb

It's a relief household debt grew at the slowest pace in three years in the second quarter of this year. That comes as little comfort, however, given the overall family credit is approaching the 1,500 trillion won ($1.34 trillion) threshold.

Editorial | 2018-08-24 11:10

Description of NK

The Moon Jae-in administration is reportedly considering deleting the description of North Korea as our "main enemy" in its defense white paper, to be published later this year.

Editorial | 2018-08-23 17:15

Support for self-employed

The government and the ruling Democratic Party of Korea unveiled a policy package Wednesday aimed at helping struggling small businesses and the self-employed overcome the sluggish economy.

Editorial | 2018-08-23 16:18

Police brutality

A fact-finding mission into cases of human rights violations by police concluded Tuesday that police brutality was the direct cause of the death of an activist farmer. This conclusion came 1,011 days after the 68-year-old farmer, Baek Nam-gi, died after being in a coma for about 10 months.

Editorial | 2018-08-22 16:59

Foreign firms under fire

Creating jobs is definitely the foremost policy goal of the Moon Jae-in administration, which appears to be exerting every effort for this, but to no avail. Not to speak of the rival political parties' conflicting diagnosis of the causes of increasing unemployment, the government is in trouble due to an internal feud over who is responsible.

Editorial | 2018-08-22 16:20

More summit diplomacy

U.S. President Donald Trump has hinted that he may meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un again, raising expectations for a breakthrough in the stalled denuclearization talks between the two countries.

Editorial | 2018-08-21 17:02

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