Another brutal crime was committed in broad daylight in Seoul last week, resulting in the death of an innocent victim. With a mix of grief and outrage gripping the nation, people are increasingly concerned about the compromised public safety. According to police, the suspect, only identified by his family name Choi, attacked a woman with brass knuckles before raping her in a remote area at a park in Sillim, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, Thursday. She was taken to a hospital for treatment but died from her i

Leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan opened a new era in their partnership through their landmark summit last week. They will hold trilateral summits and meetings between foreign ministers, defense ministers, national security advisers at least annually and also launch annual meetings of commerce and industry ministers. They formed a quasi-alliance in which they agreed to consult one another and act as one in the fields of diplomacy, security, economy and technology. Diplomacy and

The state-run Korea Land and Housing Corp., known as LH, is now in hot water -- again. This time, it is related to a gesture that purportedly aimed to demonstrate LH’s admission to wrongdoings and resolve to take reform measures over the “missing rebar incident.” Last week, LH announced “all executive directors” had handed in letters of resignation to take responsibility over the cover-up of faulty apartments of which it was in charge. It turned out that the company