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Wed, November 29, 2023 | 03:38

An unscrupulous neighbor

Barring an 11th-hour reversal, Japan will begin the release of radioactive wastewater into the ocean as early as next month.

2023-07-06 16:40

Time for 'K-diplomacy'

Time for 'K-diplomacy'

These days, there is plenty of buzz around South Korea's popular culture, sometimes called “K-culture,” which comprises a wide variety of domains such as K-pop, K-movies, K-dramas, K-food, K-beauty and so on.

2023-07-05 16:40

Koreas growing apart

Government ministries often undergo changes in their organizations and even missions when political power shifts.

2023-07-04 17:00

First trade surplus in 16 months

Korea's trade balance swung to a surplus in June after being in the red for 15 straight months. According to data released by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Saturday, Korea's outbound shipments stood at $54.2 billion in June, down 6.0 percent from a year earlier. Imports decreased 11.7 percent to $53.11 billion.

2023-07-03 16:40

Excessive, divisive remarks

The ideological gap between South Korea's major political parties is not wide by Western standards.

2023-07-02 16:40

New way of counting age

It is often said that age is just a number. Not in Korea. In this country with a solid Confucian tradition of prioritizing seniority, age is more than a number.

2023-06-29 16:40

No more new fossil fuels

No more new fossil fuels

Koreans were recently concerned about news that Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min was offered a whopping 100 million pounds from Saudi Arabia akin to the case of Cristiano Ronaldo. Fortunately, Son was not interested in the deal, saying “Money doesn't matter to me.”

2023-06-28 16:40

Irksome hedge funds

To appeal or not to appeal?

2023-06-27 16:40

Toward better partnerships

Prompted by a rapid realignment of global supply chains, the economic map of South Korea is also shifting fast. Such changes are conspicuous in the nation's recent relations with two major trading partners - the United States and China. The central Bank of Korea (BOK) said Thursday that South Korea registered a $7.78 billion deficit in trade with China in 2022, posting a shor...

2023-06-26 16:40

End infanticide

For years now, Korea has lamented the fact that it has the lowest birthrate in the world.

2023-06-25 16:40

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