Editorial

ED War and energy crisis

ED UN's advice

President Yoon Suk Yeol is a champion of freedom.

ED Space agency plan adrift

The National Assembly, already notorious for excessively partisan disputes and incapability, has again come under growing criticism for having failed to deal with seemingly significant agenda, such as the creation of a national space agency for example. The Yoon Suk Yeol administration earlier vowed to establish the new agency by the end of the year. Toward that end, the government formed a task force team, drafting a special bill for the “establishment and management of the space agency” in March.

ED Seoul is full

Koreans compare Seoul to a “black hole” or a “devouring beast.”

ED Bashing big banks

Koreans love to hate banks.

ED High expectations for APEC

Expectations are high for the 30th Asia-Pacific Economic Community (APEC) leaders meeting scheduled to be held in San Francisco about one week from now.

ED Reforming reforms

Reform is difficult because people instinctively dislike change. This is especially true if the change leads to conflicts between different classes and generations. A typical case is pension reform.

ED Busan in final stretch

Combined efforts needed to win World Expo bidWith less than a month left before the selection of the host city for the World Expo 2030, Korea’s Busan, one of the bidding cities, is making its last efforts to win the global event. The host city will be chosen by the member countries of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) during a general meeting to be held on Nov. 28 in Paris. Busan is fiercely competing with Riyadh of Saudi Arabia and distantly chased by Rome of Italy.The Yoon Suk Yeol government has been eager to host the Expo as it will provide precious opportunities to highlight Korea’s stellar modern development and prestige to the world. Furthermore, the event will offer tremendous economic effects with a far-reaching impact on Korea's industrial, cultural and tourism sectors. For this, the nation’s relevant authorities, businesses and citizens have been endeavoring to capture the hosting rights. Now is the time to double down on efforts until the final moment.The Yoon administration has been touting the 2030 Busan Expo as a major state agenda, exert

ED Itaewon disaster, one year on

Let’s restore long overdue justice and common senseA year has passed since a crowd crush in an alley in central Seoul's Itaewon took 159 lives.It was a human disaster that could – and should – have been prevented had the governing mechanism and administrative system in this country worked normally.However, neither the police nor the central and local governments did their job properly. In the aftermath of the catastrophe, officials passed the buck to one another. After the police investigated the police, no responsible officials are now behind bars.At the top of this oversimplified accountability process is President Yoon Suk Yeol. “When it comes to accountability, you must ask those who have it,” Yoon said after the incident. “Recklessly holding anyone responsible is not allowed in a modern society.” So, the government has punished some lower-level officials and let all others get away with it.Can this be viewed as common sense in an advanced modern society?Since 2017, the size of the Halloween crowds in Itaewon has increased. Last year, wor

ED Ruling camp's reform

Since some time ago, a new pattern has emerged in Korea’s party politics.