Editorial

ED Is US a reliable ally?

Is the United States a reliable ally? It’s a question that seems to increasingly be on the minds of South Koreans. Even with the creation of the Nuclear Consultative Group, questions linger about whether South Korea should take steps toward developing an independent nuclear capability or continue to depend on the U.S. nuclear umbrella.

ED Korea Inc. in quagmire

ED Judicial chief selection

ED Electricity price hikes

ED Perpetuating division

Athletic competitions between South and North Korea reveal their relationship at a specific moment in time.

ED New sustainability agenda

NEW YORK — Humanity stands at an inflection point of peace or collapse. Complex global crises are taking place on multiple fronts at the same time. We are now facing a perfect storm of existential threats. The specter of nuclear winter is returning. Climate disasters are getting worse and worse. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) are leaping ahead, essentially unchecked by either humans or institutions. Worst of all, global governance is failing when it is most needed.

ED Growing NK nuclear threat

North Korea has recently revised its constitution to expand and boost its nuclear capabilities. Pyongyang's rubber-stamp Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) included a new law into the constitution, indicating the drive to bolster the North's nuclear force is now permanent, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Thursday. The North has refuted any possibility for discussion about its possible denuclearization.

ED Progressive party's path

President Yoon Suk Yeol may be popular in the U.S. and Japan, but he is not favored as much in Korea.

ED Kim Jong-un's lifeline

Over the last few years, North Korea has truly lived up to its reputation as the "hermit country." It closed its borders and shut itself off from the rest of the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. With imports of food and fuel curtailed, pundits predicted that the country might be entering a death spiral as its population starved and froze.

ED Ominous economic signs

The Korean economy faces a number of worrying signs, further darkening the prospects of a prompt recovery. For starters, the U.S. Federal Reserve froze its lending rates at a range of 5.25 percent to 5.5 percent on Wednesday, while sustaining a hawkish stance. Major global economic research institutes forecast the Korean economy will likely experience setbacks this year and display a lower growth rate than other countries.