진행자: 김보경, Kevin Lee Selzer 1.   S. Korea to bring back citizens from Wuhan 아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638 [1] South Korean nationals in Wuhan, China, will be flown back to the country on four chartered flights this week as part of Seoul’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. *charter flight: 전세기 *outbreak: 발생 [2] “About 700 Koreans in Wuhan have expressed hop

Reporting on a recent conference in Berlin to discuss the conflict in Libya, one of Germany’s largest newspapers, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, notes that, “the days when America dominated the Middle East are over.” For more than a decade, the United States has been pulling back, forcing Europe to unfurl its own protective umbrella, either through the European Union or through the foreign policies of individual member states. It is now clear that the second option is winnin

South Korea had the largest trade surplus with Hong Kong last year, data from the Korea Customs Service showed. Its trade deficit with Japan remained the largest, although the size was the lowest in 16 years due to Tokyo’s restrictions on exports of high-tech materials and the consequent boycott of Japanese products. While China was the country with Korea’s largest trade surplus for 10 years, Hong Kong topped the list last year. Poland joined the list of 10 countries with which K

Local maritime police took emergency action Wednesday after crude oil spilled from a buoy -- an offshore crude oil loading facility -- installed off the coast of Ulsan, according to police and news reports. Police said oil bands were found at around 8 a.m. about 3.6 kilometers south of Ganjeolgot, Ulju County. A local merchant ship passing through the point reported it to police, saying brown oil was floating on the sea. The oil bands were reportedly distributed hundreds of meters long and 1

McDonald’s Korea announced Wednesday the appointment of Antoni Martinez as the new managing director. He replaces Melanie Joh who resigned last month. Martinez has been market director for the southern region of Australia since January 2016. He joined McDonald’s in Victoria, Australia, in 2000 as a crew member.  “McDonald’s has a strong track record in Korea thanks to the team’s innovative approach over the years.” Martinez said in a statement. &ldquo

Land prices across South Korea surged by 3.92 percent last year from 2018, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The growth in land prices dropped by 0.66 percentage point from 4.58 percent in 2018. In 2019, the price hike in the capital and surrounding region dropped to 4.74 percent from 5.14 percent, and in provinces, to 2.51 percent from 3.65 percent a year ago. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)

The world is at a turning point, with power shifting and dispersing in ways that signal the emergence of a new multipolar era. In the resulting turbulent global environment, opportunities to compete or cooperate are increasing across several domains. In areas such as the economy, technology and the environment, the question is whether parties will seek progress toward common objectives or strategic advantages over competitors. For much of the post-Cold-War era, issues like trade, scientific res

For three days, the House managers serving as prosecutors in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump set out the details of his effort to strong-arm Ukraine into aiding his 2020 reelection, and then argued that those details constitute reason to remove him from office. They made a strong case. Using the power of the presidency to push a foreign power to smear a political opponent is an abuse of that power, a “high crime and misdemeanor” in the constitutional phrase set

Japan was the trade partner with which South Korea posted the largest deficit in 2019, keeping the top spot for the fifth year in a row, according to data by Korea International Trade Association released Sunday. Last year, the trade deficit with Japan stood at $19.16 billion, recording the biggest among other trade partners. However, the figure was a significant improvement from a $28.31 billion deficit in 2017. It also marked the smallest deficit in 16 years due to the decreased trade volum

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won promoted the need to upgrade measurements of social value creation during his speech at the World Economic Forum that is underway in Davos, Switzerland, the firm said Thursday.“It is not an option but an obligation to change the goals and systems of corporate management from the interests of shareholders to those of stakeholders,” he said in a panel session held under the theme of “Stakeholder Capitalism in the Asian Century” at the Davos Co

Discussions about economic development often focus on how to increase income equality. More recently, however, thoughtful observers have begun to regard consumption equality -- the equal use of goods and services -- as a more robust indicator of parity in human wellbeing. After all, it more accurately captures inequality as people experience it when they consume, and consumption can be affected by borrowing and saving, as well as by social safety-net programs.But consumption equality is a double