Substantial assistance needed for unpaid workers

Korea should strengthen crackdown on drug traffickers

Homeplus deserves harsh punishment

Increased welfare without tax hikes out of the question

Culture sector hit by threats to diversity

Park should heed Saenuri’s call for changes

Korea’s FTA strategy strays between China, U.S.

Incheon Airport should draw more transit passengers

It’s time to overhaul local government

The World Economic Forum’s annual report on global competitiveness provides a glimpse of each country’s strengths and weaknesses. Korea, which scored 26th among 144 countries surveyed in 2014 in terms of overall competitiveness, usually ranks relatively high in such categories as macroeconomic environment, market size, and business sophistication and innovation. On the contrary, the country lags far behind in the government and public sectors. For instance, Korea ranked 113th in the category of

Former President Lee Myung-bak’s memoir has become a politically contentious issue, further straining the Park Geun-hye administration, which is already floundering on major policy issues.“The President’s Time 2008-2013” reveals details about the controversial Four Rivers project as well as Lee’s “resource diplomacy,” a matter on which the National Assembly is set to launch a special investigation. The massive project aimed at refurbishing the four major rivers is currently under attack for havi

The recent comments made by the Saenuri lawmaker Song Young-keun in relation to a sexual assault case in the military reveal why the country’s military is plagued by sexual crimes and misconducts.Remarking on a case in which a brigade commander sexually assaulted a female NCO, Song, a retired Army Lt. Gen. who served as the commander of the defense security command, said that the brigade commander rarely went off base and suggested that the man, in his mid-40s, could have suffered from sexual fr

Graft entrenched in defense acquisition programs

Lawmakers should not hold concurrent posts

Busan should guarantee BIFF’s independence