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February 17, 2020 Viewpoints

[James Jay Carafano] The Pentagon’s three headaches

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper doesn’t have much gray hair. Just wait. He has some monumental challenges ahead. Even if Esper has the backing of the president, and Trump gets reelected, the Pentago...

[Keenan Fagan] Time for a temporary travel ban

Recently, President Moon has expressed confidence that South Korea can control the novel coronavirus outbreak with its quarantine system and that its threat to the country will soon subside. However...

February 17, 2020
Viewpoints
[Editorial] Ruling party’s arrogance

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea on Friday dropped charges of election law violations that it had filed against a university professor and the news outlet to which she had contributed a column cr...

February 17, 2020
Editorial
[Ivo Daalder] China’s secrecy has made coronavirus crisis much worse

For eight years, China’s President Xi Jinping has trumpeted his country’s increasingly authoritarian system as a grand model for other developing countries to follow. No doubt, China has seen an extr...

February 17, 2020
Viewpoints
[Monitor] Six out of 10 Korean firms anticipated worsened business from coronavirus

Six out of 10 Korean companies expect their business to worsen due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, a survey released by the Korea Economic Research Institute showed. The survey, conducted by Mono...

February 17, 2020
Industry
[Photo News] Convenience stores enjoy boom

With changing consumption patterns amid the rising number of single-member households and online shopping, the convenience store chains in South Korea reaped their largest margins last year, accordin...

February 17, 2020
Industry
Warning for icy roads Monday morning

Weather authorities have issued warnings for icy roads, as snow blanketed Seoul and other parts of South Korea on Sunday, and icy air is forecast to move in. As of 2 p.m., Seoul received 3.8 centime...

February 16, 2020
Social affairs
[Volker Perthes] Toward new Iran nuclear deal

When Iran announced in January that it would further “reduce” its commitments under the 2015 deal limiting its nuclear activities, it was not responding to the United States’ assassination of Iranian...

February 16, 2020
Viewpoints
[Editorial] Necessary step

The US is increasing pressure on South Korea to cooperate to enhance its advanced missile defense system, which it deployed here in 2018 to cope with rising military threats from North Korea. The mo...

February 16, 2020
Editorial
[Monitor] Car production in Korea declines nearly 30% in January

According to the trade industry, Korea’s demand for and exports of automobiles declined in January on-year. Car production decreased to 251,573 units last month, down 29 percent from the same month ...

February 16, 2020
Industry
[Editorial] Time to explain

Since a newspaper revealed the indictment of 13 figures involved in Cheong Wa Dae’s suspected meddling in the Ulsan mayoral election, calls for a direct explanation from President Moon Jae-in are mou...

February 13, 2020
Editorial
[Monitor] Kakao logs record-high revenue, margin

Korea’s local internet behemoth Kakao scored 3.898 trillion won ($3.3 billion) in sales and 20.66 billion won in operating profit in 2019, both of which mark the highest yearly performance by the fir...

February 13, 2020
Technology
KNF sets up booth at Singapore Airshow 2020

Aluminum supplier Korea Non-Ferrous Metals said Thursday it is participating in the Singapore Airshow 2020 to promote its high-tech metal processing and service of materials. The show held through S...

February 13, 2020
Technology
Drag artists prepare to ‘Werq the World’

All eyes will be on Seoul’s burgeoning underground drag scene when local artists kick off the Asia tour of “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq the World” at Yes24 Live Hall at the end of this month. The Asian...

February 13, 2020
Culture
[Editorial] Proof of democracy

President Moon Jae-in’s administration has been criticized for being less supportive of North Korean defectors here than its conservative predecessors. Since taking office in 2017, it has been preoc...

February 12, 2020
Editorial

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