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Mon, October 2, 2023 | 07:02

World Scout Jamboree

The 25th World Scout Jamboree kicked off Tuesday for a 12-day run at Saemangeum, a huge area of reclaimed land on the southwest coast of Korea. The Scout Jamboree is the world's largest global youth event. More than an estimated 43,000 youngsters from 158 countries are expected to participate in the festival. Held every four years, it is called the cultural Olympics for young...

2023-08-02 16:40

At least 17 people died from heat-related illnesses last weekend. That occurred only a week after a heavy downpour left 50 dead or missing.

2023-08-01 16:40

Shifting security landscape

The security situation surrounding the Korean Peninsula has shown signs of rapid change. Vividly dramatizing this, North Korea recently hosted an event in Pyongyang on July 27, which it calls “Victory Day,” to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement that halted fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War. It also held a massive military parade displayin...

2023-07-31 16:40

Collapse of classroom

“Don't even step on the shadow of your teacher.” That's what Koreans who attended high school in the 1970s were taught.

2023-07-30 16:40

Recurring human disasters

On Tuesday, the nine-member Constitutional Court unanimously rejected Interior Minister Lee Sang-min's impeachment.

2023-07-27 16:40

Action on climate crisis

Action on climate crisis

“Nothing changes unless we do something.” This quote from a Korean TV series on Netflix, “D.P.,” reminds of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission estimates for 2022 from the Ministry of Environment on July 25.

2023-07-26 16:40

Gen. Milley's war-mongering

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the East Sea late Monday. The North's latest missile launches come as a nuclear-powered U.S. submarine, the USS Annapolis, arrived at a naval base on Jeju Island.

2023-07-25 16:40

Seoul should not offer lethal weapons to Ukraine

Seoul should not offer lethal weapons to Ukraine

Economists use the term “moral hazard” to refer to taking on excessive risk because of assurances that someone else will cover your losses or, if worse comes to worse, will be there to bail you out. It is the same with alliances. Thus, whatever the merits of the Ukraine war, it would be a mistake to allow Kyiv to join NATO in the near term since it would increase the odds of ...

2023-07-24 16:40

Politicized minimum wage

After nearly four months of tug-of-war, next year's minimum wage has been set. As always, however, it satisfied neither employees nor employers while reaffirming problems with how the decision is made every year.

2023-07-23 16:40

A dispute is growing fast following an American soldier's defection to North Korea at the border village of Panmunjeom on Tuesday. The controversy is focused on who should take responsibility for the botched handling of U.S. Army Private 2nd Class Travis King, 23, who carried out a seemingly willful desertion during a tour of the Joint Security Area (JSA).

2023-07-20 16:40

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