President Moon Jae-in’s latest trip to the US for the UN General Assembly ended with no results to speak of. His calls for peace with North Korea sounded hollow and naive.His summit with US President Donald Trump, held on the sidelines of the assembly in New York on Monday, was pointless. “Both leaders evaluated North Korea’s will to resume dialogue positively, and reaffirmed that the spirit of the agreements of the US-North Korea Singapore summit is still valid,” Cheong

South Korea’s exports are set to record an on-year decrease for the 10th consecutive month. Customs data released this week showed that outbound shipments fell 21.8 percent from a year earlier to $28.5 billion in the first 20 days of September.The decrease is attributed partly to the reduced number of working days, since the Chuseok holiday fell in the second week of the month. On the basis of the working-day average, Asia’s fourth-largest economy still saw its exports drop 10.3 perc

The prosecution raided the residence of Justice Minister Cho Kuk. It is a shame for the country, citizens and President Moon Jae-in.　As a matter of principle, his home should have been searched at the very beginning. The prosecution is giving the impression that it was considerate to Cho. However, with fresh allegations and new evidence coming to light almost every day, the important thing now is to find out the truth from the bottom. 　The issuance of a search warrant indicates that the court fi

Momentum is building toward the resumption of denuclearization talks between the US and North Korea. At the same time, concerns are rising that US President Donald Trump might be willing to settle for a half-baked deal that could effectively grant the recalcitrant regime the status of a nuclear-armed state.Trump said last week that a “new method would be very good” in breaking the impasse in negotiations with the North. He did not elaborate, but his remarks came as he criticized John

Calls for Justice Minister Cho Kuk’s resignation are growing.More than 3,000 professors have urged President Moon Jae-in to replace him quickly. About 80 members of a group of professors “hoping for social justice” held a press conference in front of Cheong Wa Dae on Thursday.The group released a statement condemning the appointment of Cho as justice minister a week earlier. It also claims to have collected signatures from 3,396 former and current professors from 290 universiti

Retired South Korean generals recently proposed delaying the country’s retaking of wartime operational control of its troops from the US and relocation of the South Korea-US Combined Forces Command’s headquarters until North Korea’s denuclearization is completed.Confirming the proposal had been made to Cheong Wa Dae, a presidential spokesperson said Monday that it was “just one of many opinions.” But the view expressed by nearly all former generals who served as dep