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TWICE set for June comeback with ‘More & More’

K-popMay 23, 2020

Popular girl group TWICE will make a comeback with its ninth EP, “More & More,” next month, the first in a series of major K-pop comebacks expected to heat up the early summer chart race. JYP Entertainment‘s nine-piece multinational team will release its new record on June 1. It will be the band’s first collection of songs since the previous EP, “Feel Special,” from September of last year. The title song, which shares the same name as the EP itself, w
[Monitor] Korea’s exports sink 20% in first 20 days of May

IndustryMay 22, 2020

South Korea’s exports dropped 20.3 percent in the first 20 days of May compared to the same period last year, data from the Korea Customs Service showed Thursday. Disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the value of exports reached $20.3 billion, compared to $25.5 billion a year ago. By sector, exports of memory chips increased 13.4 percent, while shipments of automobiles sank 58.6 percent. By country, exports dropped 1.7 percent to China and 27.9 percent to the United States. So far this
[Editorial] Share the pain

EditorialMay 22, 2020

The government, businesses and labor groups kicked off a dialogue Wednesday to seek ways to weather the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Two mainstream labor groups attended the dialogue for the first time in 22 years after a labor-management-government committee was launched in 1998 to overcome the currency crisis that hit the country. At that time, Korea received bailout funds from the International Monetary Fund to escape the crisis. The start of the dialogue shows how se
[Monitor] Involuntary unemployment radically surges

IndustryMay 21, 2020

The number of unemployed during the first four months this year surpassed the 2 million mark for the first time.The number of those who are unemployed involuntarily also soared to 1,044,720, data from Statistics Korea showed. It is also the highest since 2000. The agency has been keeping track of economically active population in the categories of those employed, are economically inactive and those who lost their jobs. Among the jobless, involuntarily unemployed refers to those who lost job
[Editorial] Senseless restraint

EditorialMay 21, 2020

In a speech marking the third anniversary of his inauguration earlier this month, President Moon Jae-in vowed all-out efforts to turn the ongoing COVID-19 crisis into an opportunity to enhance the country’s economic vitality. He set forth a vision for South Korea to take the initiative in the post-pandemic global economy on the basis of its prowess in the sectors of information and communications technology and bio-health. To achieve the ambitious vision, he pledged to push for what he de
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PodcastMay 20, 2020

진행자: 김보경, Paul Kerry 1. Physical reopening of high schools faces confusion in Incheon 아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638 [1] Most high school seniors here returned to school on Wednesday, but some schools were forced to postpone reopening due to virus-related risk factors, related officials said. *returned to school: 개학 *forced to do A: A를 할 수밖에 없게 되다 *postpone: 미루다 [2] Two high school seni
[Daniel Moss] Central banks let the genie out of the bottle

ViewpointsMay 20, 2020

The world’s biggest economies have rolled out a plethora of monetary support measures over the past two months. If there’s one central bank that knows how hard bottling them back up will be, it’s Japan, where special operations have become a permanent fixture. Tokyo’s example suggests that policymakers will have an expansive role for years to come, particularly given the depth of the slump from the coronavirus outbreak. Japan headed into its lockdown hobbled by poor choi
[Editorial] Dubious transaction

EditorialMay 20, 2020

The Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan has come under fresh suspicion following allegations of misappropriating donations. Its predecessor, the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, bought a two-story house in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, in 2013. The House of Peace and Healing was bought for survivors of Japanese military sexual slavery -- commonly known as “the grandmas” in South Korea
[Monitor] Automobile demand in major markets drops

IndustryMay 19, 2020

Although automakers are resuming operations of their plants worldwide since the COVID-19 outbreak from May, full normalization remains uncertain as demand continues to stay low. Market watchers predict demand to bottom out and start to bounce back from the second quarter. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
[Doyle McManus] Welcome back, Barack. What took you so long?

ViewpointsMay 19, 2020

It’s about time. After more than three years of relative self-restraint while President Donald Trump lambasted his character and eviscerated his policies, former President Barack Obama has waded back into politics just in time for the presidential campaign. In a videoconference with some 3,000 former aides last week, Obama slammed Trump’s response to the coronavirus crisis as an unbridled catastrophe, criticism he knew would leak. Obama acknowledged that the pandemic “would
[Editorial] Outmoded regulation

EditorialMay 19, 2020

South Korea, one of the world’s most wired nations, has not yet introduced telemedicine services. Germany, Japan and China allowed doctors to take care of their patients via telephone and internet in 2005, 2015 and 2016, respectively. The US never prohibited such services from the outset. Besides its prowess in information and communications technology, a wide pool of competent doctors and an effective nationwide medical system put Korea in a good position to implement telemedicine, whic
Full text of President Moon's special address for a World Health Assembly session

PoliticsMay 18, 2020

The following is an unofficial translation of President Moon Jae-in's speech for the 73rd World Health Assembly. It was provided by Cheong Wa Dae. "Freedom for all" Honorable Chair and Director-General, Delegates from various nations, I find it greatly meaningful to speak before the World Health Assembly, a gathering convened to overcome COVID-19 and usher in new hope. First of all, I would like to offer my deepest condolences and words of comfort to the victims of COVID-19 all ov
[Monitor] Growing telemedicine market

IndustryMay 18, 2020

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for telemedicine services is on the rise, urging governments to relax related regulations. The market value for the global telemedicine market has been continuously growing from $18.1 billion in 2015 to $30.5 billion as of 2019. The market is forecast to expand to $35.5 billion this year and to $41.2 billion next year, according to data by market researcher Statista. South Korea has been a country that strictly regulates telemedicine, but the gov
[Cartoon] The Pandemic Pals

World NewsMay 18, 2020

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[Byoung-chul Min] How Korea is fighting against COVID-19

ViewpointsMay 18, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic had initially shaken South Korea. In the beginning, as we struggled to contain the virus, the number of infections rose quickly, just as other countries later experienced. However, we were able to quickly cope with this seemingly uncontrollable situation. The two main elements of Korea’s success in overcoming this pandemic are a human-centered philosophy (ideology) and a state-of-the-art disease control system. A human-centered philosophy, where human life and human