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Tue, October 15, 2019 | 15:45

Abe's election win

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner Komeito won Sunday's Upper House election by getting 71 of 124 seats up for grabs. But his ruling bloc failed to obtain a two-thirds majority, dealing a setback to Abe who has vowed to revise Japan's postwar pacifist Constitution.

Park Yoon-bae2019-07-22 17:21

Prevent conflict of interest

The government has proposed a bill aimed at preventing conflicts of interest involving civil servants and lawmakers. The bill comes six years after a similar bill was aborted in the process of deliberation at the National Assembly.

Park Yoon-bae2019-07-22 17:20

Critical week for Korea

South Korea's ongoing row with Japan over the latter's trade restrictions in apparent retaliation for a court ruling on wartime forced labor is entering a new phase, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would help resolve tensions between Seoul and Tokyo if the countries needed him to do so.

Na Jeong-ju2019-07-21 17:43

Bad deal over extra budget

The political standoff over the government's supplementary budget proposal shows no signs of abating. The 6.7 trillion won ($5.7 billion) proposal was submitted to the National Assembly on April 25 to cope with an economic slowdown as well as air pollution from fine dust. But it is still pending at the Assembly largely due to a political confrontation between liberal and cons...

Na Jeong-ju2019-07-21 17:42

Point of no return

South Korea and Japan appear to be approaching the point of no return in their confrontation over wartime forced labor and the ensuing trade row. Concerns are growing over the developments, which could put both sides on a head-on collision course.

Park Yoon-bae2019-07-19 17:00

Localization drive

Korea's top economic policymaker has expressed determination to localize essential materials, parts and equipment as soon as possible. “To cope with Japan's export restrictions, the government will work out measures to strengthen the competitiveness of key materials, parts and equipment this month, and give speed to their localization,” Minister of Economy and Finance Hong Na...

Park Yoon-bae2019-07-19 16:20

New strategy needed

The Bank of Korea (BOK) lowered its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.5 percent Thursday. The rate cut comes at a time when the economy is continuing to slump due to a prolonged downturn in exports and facility investment.

Park Yoon-bae2019-07-18 17:30

Half-baked reform

The Moon Jae-in administration has come up with a proposal to reform the taxi industry by mediating conflicts between conventional taxi service providers and new mobility platform operators. The plan comes as the result of protracted efforts by bureaucrats, politicians and businesspeople, but has failed to attain its initial goals, yielding to the strong resistance from exist...

Park Yoon-bae2019-07-18 17:29

North Korea's absurd demand

North Korea has hinted that it could boycott the envisioned working-level nuclear talks with the United States if the latter goes ahead with a planned joint military exercise with South Korea. This kind of tactic - using the joint drills as an excuse to justify future actions - is nothing new. But this time it needs to step back and see what the planned drill is about.

Na Jeong-ju2019-07-17 17:20

Prevent workplace bullying

Bullying in the workplace is not something that started just yesterday. The persistent pattern of mistreatment mostly by someone with authority over workers, however, has been left unattended, so far, unlike the typical school bullying.

Park Yoon-bae2019-07-17 17:20

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