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Wed, November 29, 2023 | 04:06

Confidence or complacency?

Government's optimism stokes anxietyKorea is the world’s 10th-largest economy, although the ranking varies somewhat depending on the exchange rate.However, Korea Inc. is still small and unduly dependent on external factors. Korea’s GDP remains one-third of Japan’s and one-thirteenth of the U.S.' The nation’s external dependency, or the share of foreign...

2023-10-17 16:40

Korea lags behind in AI

Grand plan needed to catch up with leadersSouth Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) industry lags far behind major countries such as the United States and China. Tortoise Intelligence, a data analysis institute based in the United Kingdom, recently came out with its “Global AI Index,” subjecting 62 countries around the globe to certain key criteria. The survey showed that Ko...

2023-10-16 16:40

Repatriation of refugees

Stop forcibly sending back North Korean defectorsSports enthusiasts might have wished the Asian Games in China had been a little longer.However, no other people might have hoped more earnestly that the quadrennial event would continue than the North Korean defectors detained by the Chinese government. Last Friday, the unification ministry said many North Koreans appeared to ...

2023-10-15 16:40

Lessons from Middle East

Choose peaceful coexistence, not a cycle of retaliationHalf a world away, brutal killing sprees continue as blood cries out for more blood.There have already been thousands of casualties in less than a week, with many more to come. Few can know how long, and horribly, this military conflict, caused by Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel, will go on for.The international community...

2023-10-12 16:40

Is US a reliable ally?

Is US a reliable ally?

Is the United States a reliable ally? It’s a question that seems to increasingly be on the minds of South Koreans. Even with the creation of the Nuclear Consultative Group, questions linger about whether South Korea should take steps toward developing an independent nuclear capability or continue to depend on the U.S. nuclear umbrella.

2023-10-11 16:40

Korea Inc. in quagmire

Failed projections and policy bungles deepen crisisThe Korean economy is falling deeper and deeper into the mire.Throughout this year, government economists said the economy might stay weak in the first six months but rebound in the latter half. With less than a quarter left, however, key indicators are heading even lower.There are few hopeful data or figures. A Statistics Ko...

2023-10-10 16:40

Judicial chief selection

Find better candidate and seek Assembly’s cooperationPresident Yoon Suk Yeol’s appointment has failed ― once again ― to cross the threshold of the National Assembly.If the post had been a cabinet minister, Yoon might have ignored the result of the confirmation hearing, reduced to a perfunctory procedure, especially under his government, and stuck to his nominee.This time arou...

2023-10-09 16:45

Electricity price hikes

Protect the poor and persuade middle classThe price of electricity is unusually cheap in Korea. Power bills in this country are the third lowest among OECD countries. That makes Koreans the fourth-heaviest electricity spenders in the club of mostly rich countries. Workers wear cardigans in their offices in the summer as air conditioners are set on full blast, while children p...

2023-10-09 04:30

Perpetuating division

Athletic competitions between South and North Korea reveal their relationship at a specific moment in time.

2023-10-05 16:20

New sustainability agenda

New sustainability agenda

NEW YORK - Humanity stands at an inflection point of peace or collapse. Complex global crises are taking place on multiple fronts at the same time. We are now facing a perfect storm of existential threats. The specter of nuclear winter is returning. Climate disasters are getting worse and worse. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) are leaping ahead, ess...

2023-10-04 16:45

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