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A reform-minded professor will take the helm of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Tuesday, boosting hopes that the regulator will speed up financial reform and innovation.

Editorial | 2018-05-07 16:55

Listen to voice of industry

The self-proclaimed ambitious policy of the Moon Jae-in administration to create jobs, for young people in particular, appears to be ineffective.

Editorial | 2018-05-07 16:10

Moon in driver's seat

President Moon Jae-in's role as a mediator is more crucial to denuclearization and peace on the Korean Peninsula than ever before. Moon needs to make more active diplomatic efforts to help U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un produce successful results in their first summit due late this month or early June.

Editorial | 2018-05-06 16:30

Red-baiting tactics

It is opposition parties' responsibility to check the government and the ruling party. This is a basic element buttressing democratic checks and balances. As part of the legislative, opposition lawmakers are required to fulfill their mandate to oversee the executive branch by reflecting diverse opinions from all walks of life.

Editorial | 2018-05-06 16:20

President's first year

President Moon Jae-in will mark his first year in office next week. He was sworn in as President in a small ceremony at the National Assembly on May 10, 2017, after being elected as successor to the impeached former President Park Geun-hye.

Editorial | 2018-05-04 16:56

US duties on Korean steel

On Monday, the United States formally exempted South Korea from a 25 percent tariff on steel imports. Washington will instead impose an annual export quota equivalent to 70 percent of Korean steelmakers' recent shipment volume.

Editorial | 2018-05-04 16:55

Following the April 27 inter-Korean summit, the term “China passing” has been appearing often in the local media to describe the superpower seemingly being sidelined in the negotiations of the Korean peace process.

Editorial | 2018-05-03 18:04

Unacceptable aid for GM

The state-run Korea Development Bank has decided to provide funds for GM Korea, but the decision is hard to understand in many ways. According to media reports, GM's U.S. headquarters will put in new funds of $3.6 billion (3.9 trillion won), and the KDB will supply $750 million (800 billion won).

Editorial | 2018-05-03 17:09

Aide going too far

A special presidential aide, Moon Chung-in, went too far in making a case for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Korea. He should have been cautious not to send a misleading signal to Washington as well as Pyongyang.

Editorial | 2018-05-02 17:15

Incompetent National Assembly

The geopolitical situation surrounding the Korean Peninsula is changing rapidly in the wake of the historic third inter-Korean summit between Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un in the truce village of Panmunjeom, April 27, and ahead of a tete-a-tete between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump to be held later this month or in early June.

Editorial | 2018-05-02 16:29

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