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Mon, May 10, 2021 | 17:20

Stop escalating tensions

North Korea has escalated tensions on the Korean Peninsula by carrying out military provocations. On Thursday, the North fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea. They flew about 450 kilometers with an altitude of 60 kilometers after being launched from the eastern town of Hamju in South Hamgyong Province, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.

2021-03-25 18:11

Successful satellite launch

A mid-sized next-generation satellite that Korea had independently developed was successfully launched on Monday. According to the Ministry of Science and ICT, the 540-kilogram observation satellite was launched using Russia's Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, made its first contact with the base station 102 minutes after launch. The satellite successfu...

2021-03-25 18:10

Chairman's shamelessness

Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Won-tae is embroiled in controversy over whether raising his salary is fair, at a time when executives and employees are enduring pay cuts amid the coronavirus pandemic.

2021-03-24 17:00

Concerns over rights issue

The U.S. State Department pointed out that the South Korean government's ban on flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea is problematic as it could restrict freedom of expression. The department plans to make this claim in its annual human rights report to be released sometime later this month, according to Voice of America.

2021-03-24 17:00

Worsening youth unemployment

The number of unemployed Koreans totaled 853,000 last month, hitting a record-high level. Approximately 90 percent of these jobseekers were those in their 20s or 30s. Also, the number of 'NEET' people - those not in education, employment, or training - reached 436,000 last year, up 85,000, or 24.2 percent, from 2019. These figures indicate that youth unemployment continues to...

2021-03-23 16:52

Opposition united

Former Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has emerged as the unified candidate for the conservative opposition bloc in the upcoming mayoral by-election in the capital city. This has turned the mayoral race into a two-way battle between Oh of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) and Park Young-sun of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK).

2021-03-23 16:52

Discriminatory testing order

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has withdrawn its administrative order mandating foreign workers to get tested for COVID-19 in the face of a strong backlash decrying it as a human rights violation. Seoul altered the order into “advisory in highly vulnerable workplaces” amid growing criticism from media and foreign embassies. Albeit belatedly, the city's decision is welcome ...

2021-03-22 16:59

Aborted bid to save ex-PM

The prosecution has decided not to seek an indictment in an alleged perjury case involving a witness who testified against former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook who was convicted of taking bribes. The Supreme Prosecutors' Office (SPO) reported its decision to the Ministry of Justice, Sunday.

2021-03-22 16:54

Avoid collateral damage

The high-level meetings between the United States and China in Alaska last week have raised concerns that already tense bilateral relations could get worse. The Sino-U.S. rivalry is likely to become intensified further down the road.

2021-03-21 17:05

Support working women

Korean women's labor force participation rate stood at 60 percent in 2019, ranked 33rd among the 37 member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according to the Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI). The nation's female employment rate was 57.8 percent, ranking 31st in the club of industrialized countries and illustrating the difficu...

2021-03-21 17:00

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