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    Opinion  >  Editorial  >  
    Conditional sanctions relief
    The success of the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will depend on how to get Pyongyang to take concrete steps toward denuclearization. However, the two sides have yet to narrow their differences over how to dismantle the North's nuclear arsenal, with less than two weeks left before the summit, scheduled for Feb. 27 and 28 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
    Editorial | 2019-02-15 16:50
    Reviving small businesses
    In a rare meeting with about 160 owner-operators and small business owners at Cheong Wa Dae, Thursday, President Moon Jae-in promised to reflect their opinions in deciding the minimum wage. His promise came in response to growing complaints about soaring labor costs.
    Editorial | 2019-02-15 16:11
    Truth on May uprising
    The Liberty Korea Party (LKP) said Thursday it would expel Rep. Lee Jong-myeong from the party for causing a public uproar for defaming the May 1980 pro-democracy uprising in the southwestern city of Gwangju.
    Editorial | 2019-02-14 17:33
    Unemployment catastrophe
    Korea's job market has frozen since the beginning of the year. According to the January job report released by Statistics Korea Wednesday, the number of jobless people hit 1.22 million, the most since 2000. The unemployment rate also shot to 4.5 percent, the highest in nine years. Only 19,000 new jobs were created on a net basis in the first month of the year, compared with the 334,000 new jobs created in the same month of last year. Positive signs are hard to find in most areas and sectors.
    Editorial | 2019-02-14 16:20
    Do not abuse pardons
    A controversy has arisen over President Moon Jae-in's plan to grant special pardons on the 100th anniversary of the March 1, 1919, Independence Movement. The reason is because he might misuse his amnesty right for political purposes.
    Editorial | 2019-02-13 17:08
    Expanding social security
    The government has announced an ambitious plan to establish an all-embracing social security system through the injection of 332 trillion won ($295.2 billion) in employment, education, income and healthcare spending over the next five years.
    Editorial | 2019-02-13 16:20
    Yang's indictment
    Yang Sung-tae, who served as Supreme Court chief justice from 2011 to 2017, was indicted Monday for allegedly manipulating politically sensitive rulings to help the former ousted President Park Geun-hye in exchange for support in establishing a second supreme court of appeals.
    Editorial | 2019-02-12 17:38
    Unprecedented experiment
    The Moon Jae-in administration gave the go-ahead to regulatory exemption applications from four businesses Monday. The companies are the first to be allowed into the government's “regulatory sandbox” - an initiative to induce more firms to innovate their businesses free from administrative red tape.
    Editorial | 2019-02-12 16:20
    What alliance is for
    A just-concluded defense cost sharing deal between South Korea and the United States calls on Seoul to pay 1.04 trillion won ($923 million) this year for the upkeep of U.S. troops stationed here, up 8.2 percent from last year.
    Editorial | 2019-02-11 17:05
    Improve taxi service
    Seoul taxi fares will rise from Saturday for the first time since October 2013. Effective at 4 a.m., the base rate for the first 2 kilometers will increase to 3,800 won ($3.38) from 3,000 won. The basic fare for deluxe and jumbo taxis will also be hiked to 6,500 won, up 1,500 won.
    Editorial | 2019-02-11 16:20
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