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Sat, February 4, 2023 | 10:53

Escalating confrontation

Since he took office eight months ago, President Yoon Suk Yeol has maintained a hardline stance against North Korea.

Shim Jae-yun2023-02-02 17:00

Looming healthcare crisis

Medical doctors comprise one of the most complex and elusive groups in Korea.

Shim Jae-yun2023-02-01 17:11

Safer workplaces

Suppose you are a homeroom teacher at an elementary school. Some time ago, you warned your students of tougher punishment for bullying. But the bullying did not stop and even increased. What would you do? Strengthen and specify the rule or call the whole thing off?

2023-01-31 17:00

Immigration agency plan

South Korea has been pressured to find a proper solution to the rapidly decreasing population amid persistent low births and fast aging. It has poured some 280 trillion won ($22.7 billion) into propping up the birth rate over the past 15 years. Yet such efforts largely fell through, with the total fertility rate (the total number of offspring born to the average woman during ...

2023-01-30 16:50

Heating bill bomb

It was unusually cold and snowy this winter in Korea. Cold waves and heavy snow warnings were issued frequently, with temperatures in some cities falling to record lows.

Shim Jae-yun | 2023-01-29 16:50

Two-faced Japan

Long-time watchers of Korean-Japanese relations are feeling deja vu over two things - some that repeat every year and some that come back every five years.

2023-01-26 16:20

Growing China dilemma

During the Lunar New Year holiday, an “incident” spoke much about the current relationship between Korea and China.

2023-01-25 16:20

Lifting of mask mandate

Korea reported 9,277 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total caseload to 30,008,756. The country broke the unwelcome record of 30 million three years and three days after it reported its first confirmed case on Jan. 20, 2020.

2023-01-24 17:00

Presidential gaffes

Teheran-ro in southern Seoul's Gangnam is the only street in Korea named after a foreign city. Likewise, the Iranian capital named one of its boulevards Seoul Street in 1977.

2023-01-19 16:50

Silencing media critical of government

Political commentators often compare President Yoon Suk Yeol to Donald Trump.

2023-01-18 16:00

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