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Mon, December 4, 2023 | 05:16

Polluting the Pacific

Japan and Germany have a history of amicable relations and have usually supported each other on international issues. But things were different last Sunday.

2023-04-18 16:45

Declining approval rating

President Yoon Suk Yeol's approval rating has dropped to 27 percent following a series of diplomatic blunders. A Gallup Korea survey, released on Friday, showed Yoon's support rating fell to the 20 percent range in just five months. The president's approval rating had climbed to the 30 percent level in November of last year.

2023-04-17 16:50

Crisis on another level

Not a week passes without more news ramping up tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

2023-04-16 16:50

Repeated diplomatic bungles

Bad things can happen to a country - the important point is, how they are handled.

2023-04-13 16:45

Korea had long been a drug-free country. Occasional violators were limited to some errant celebs and children of chaebol tycoons. Southeast Asian drug rings used this country as a safe stopover.

2023-04-12 16:45

Spying on friends

The recent report that U.S. spy agencies eavesdropped on top South Korean officials is neither new nor totally unexpected.

2023-04-11 16:45

Intensifying Sino-US conflicts

Geopolitical tensions between the United States and China continue to intensify possibly toward a potentially critical point. Infuriated by a series of diplomatic offensives by the U.S., China appears poised to resort to economic retaliation, raising concerns about the potential fallout on the national economy. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen met with U.S. House Speaker Kevi...

2023-04-10 16:48

“What's good for GM is good for America.”

2023-04-09 16:50

More than ready

“Amazing … we were touched and felt like pop stars.”

2023-04-06 14:50

Fixing rice crisis

For thousands of years, Korea has been an agrarian country. “Farmers formed the basis of national existence” until at least the 1960s.

2023-04-05 17:03

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