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Why is extramarital affair unforgivable in Korea?
Why is extramarital affair unforgivable in Korea?
Former presidential spokesman Park Soo-hyun, who was running for the South Chungcheong Province governor post, eventually gave up his election bid, Wednesday, after being hit by an allegation that he had an extramarital affair with a female member of his Democratic Party of Korea (DPK). He admitted he had “good feelings” about the woman, but denied that he helped her get nomi...
Choi Ha-young | 2018-03-16 15:18
[Reporter's Notebook] BBQ's sincerity questioned
Reporter's NotebookBBQ's sincerity questioned
Does Genesis BBQ covet the severance pay of dismissed industrial workers in Gunsan? Such doubts have been raised, since the nation's third-largest fried chicken franchise announced earlier this week it will give a certain amount of money to those who open BBQ stores in North Jeolla Province, where people suffer financial difficulties amid shutdowns of GM Korea's factory and H...
Park Jae-hyuk | 2018-03-08 12:50
US fiscal deficit feared to weigh on Korea
US fiscal deficit feared to weigh on Korea
The federal deficit in the United States will probably increase this year (fiscal 2018) and economists say that amount will likely exceed $1 trillion in fiscal 2020 and beyond. The US fiscal year ends in Sept.
Kim Yoo-chul | 2018-02-18 19:13
Bad politics stands in way of sports
Bad politics stands in way of sports
If there is conflict, there is drama. And there is a whole lot of drama going on here in sports related to the PyeongChang Olympics. But it has become a political drama rather than one of sports - not a rivalry among athletes but one among the politics of the liberals, conservatives plus the two Koreas. To a lot of people, sports is entertainment and business. Companies will ...
Park Hyong-ki | 2018-01-29 10:30
Reporter's NotebookIs LG really dumping washers in US?
Questions are rising over the legitimacy of the U.S. safeguard action on washing machines from Korean firms as prices of those washers at popular U.S. distributors are at a similar level as products from U.S. appliance makers. The U.S. announced a safeguard measure on washing machines from Korean firms LG and Samsung, Tuesday. Displaying his protectionist stance, U.S. Preside...
Nam Hyun-woo | 2018-01-23 12:23
  • Korea to take US safeguard tariffs to WTO
Reporter's NotebookShould Korea be hostile to foreign businesses?
The European Union's latest publication of the list of 17 non-cooperative tax jurisdictions must come as a surprise to foreign enterprises that have complained about difficulties doing business in Korea. According to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Wednesday, the EU regarded Korea's tax benefits to foreign businesses investing in free economic zones and foreign investme...
Park Jae-hyuk | 2017-12-06 16:01
  • Seoul protests EU tax haven blacklist
Reporter's NotebookA baseball player and son of tycoon
A hitter strikes out with three strikes in baseball. So, they usually become more careful and focused as the strike count goes up. The lesson of “three strikes and you're out” isn't, however, likely to apply to Kim Dong-seon, the third son of Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn.
Jhoo Dong-chan | 2017-11-22 15:37
[Reporter's Notebook] E-sports changing face of global game show
Reporter's NotebookE-sports changing face of global game show
BUSAN - For those who prepare for an international game show, decreasing presence of computer online games in Korea in recent years came as a major concern. It coincides with the explosive growth of smartphones as a popular gaming platform, Mobile games are easy to access regardless of time and space. But on the other hand, small screens of mobile devices were considered out ...
Yoon Sung-won | 2017-11-19 16:53
[Reporter's Notebook] Why Naver keeps bashing Google?
Reporter's NotebookWhy Naver keeps bashing Google?
The heated dispute between Naver and Google, triggered by a remark by the former’s founder Lee Hae-jin during the parliamentary audit last month, seems to have reached a plateau. For the past five days, Google Korea has not responded to Naver’s urge to open its gains in the Korean market and to jointly receive external verification on the fairness of their respective search e...
Yoon Sung-won | 2017-11-14 17:42
[Reporter's Notebook] Name change won't fix spy agency
Reporter's NotebookName change won't fix spy agency
The internal reform task force of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) Monday announced a set of measures that will restrict the spy agency to collecting intelligence for national security, not politically motivated surveillance. The measures are in line with President Moon Jae-in’s pledge to ban the spy agency from collecting information about domestic affairs - a functio...
Kim Rahn | 2017-11-14 15:49
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