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Fri, September 18, 2020 | 16:52

Inter-Korean ties in peril

On Wednesday, North Korea all but nullified the 2018 military agreement with the South as part of its series of phased threats. After suddenly demolishing the inter-Korean liaison office in Gaeseong, Tuesday, the (North) Korean People's Army said that it will dispatch troops to the Mount Geumgang and Gaeseong areas, reinstall sentry posts and restart military exercises.

Kim Ji-soo2020-06-17 16:53

Dark cloud over SsangYong

India's Mahindra & Mahindra has indicated that it will give up control of SsangYong Motor, its cash-strapped subsidiary here. “SsangYong needs a new investor. We are working with the company to see if we can secure an investment,” Pawan Goenka, Mahindra's managing director, told Indian reporters Friday.

2020-06-17 16:47

Stop hiding truth

Japan has again raised the ire of South Koreans over its attempt to cover up wartime forced labor. This attempt comes less than a year after Tokyo imposed trade restrictions last July in retaliation to a ruling by Seoul's top court that ordered Japanese firms to pay compensation to surviving Korean victims of such forced labor.

Park Yoon-bae2020-06-16 17:14

Partial refund of tuition

Amid mounting calls from college students to refund their tuition fees to make up for “lowered” educational quality because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Konkuk University has decided to cut fees for the fall semester.

2020-06-16 15:16

A conscript at an Air Force unit in western Seoul is suspected of receiving preferential treatment thanks to what appears to be his father's influence. A man who identified himself as an Air Force noncommissioned officer raised the allegations in a online petition he posted on Cheong Wa Dae's website Thursday.

Kim Ji-soo2020-06-15 17:16

How to defuse tensions

President Moon Jae-in took the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the June 15 Joint Declaration to remind the North that it must not revert to the past era of confrontation by cutting off communication and raising tension.

Kim Ji-soo2020-06-15 17:16

Stop going too far

North Korea has continued to ratchet up tensions with South Korea by threatening military action against the latter. This threat came Saturday after Pyongyang decided to cut off all communication channels with Seoul, June 4.

Park Yoon-bae2020-06-14 17:16

Go beyond partisanship

The ruling and opposition parties have proved again how difficult it is to overcome their partisanship and form a consensus. This explains why the newly elected National Assembly has got off to a rocky start since it was inaugurated May 30.

Park Yoon-bae2020-06-14 17:15

Two years after summit

North Korea's recent verbal offensives unleashed on both South Korea and the United States are a regrettable reminder that the historic 2018 U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore did not achieve much in the way of specifics for N.K.'s denuclearization and Korean peace.

Kim Ji-soo2020-06-12 17:07

Rebounding home prices

Preemptive policy steps needed to block speculative mindsetApartment prices in some unregulated areas of the Seoul metropolitan region have shown signs of a resurgence, prompting the government to vow to take strong anti-speculative measures. Minister of Economy and Finance Hong Nam-ki said Thursday that he would work out appropriate policies at any signs of instability in th...

2020-06-12 17:06

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