Debt-ridden companies need to cut debt voluntarily

N.K. warns of merciless action against South

Park’s approval rating falls below 50 percent

HONG KONG ― Before China’s leadership transition earlier this year, experts said that the Chinese Communist Party was intent on preventing a larger-than-life personality from assuming power. The CCP, it was argued, wanted someone more like the bureaucratic outgoing leader, Hu Jintao, rather than a charismatic successor like, say, the former Chongqing provincial governor Bo Xilai.Yet the new president and CCP leader, Xi Jinping, is hardly dull. He began his term by paying homage to Deng Xiaoping

Hwang will have to show managerial acumen

Park needs to talk with opposition leaders

Firms need to reform complicated wage structures

Bipartisan cooperation needed to handle N.K.

Park, Abe share responsibility for enhancing ties

Budget deliberation system needs reform

The key is to dispel distrust among unionists

Efficient measures needed to reduce job mismatch

Seoul needs to keep pledge made in 2010

Political upheaval more likely in the North

Medical sector needs fresh capital for growth