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As part of its labor reform campaign, the government is set to launch a drive aimed at transforming the wage systems of domestic financial institutions. As a …
![[Kim Ji-hyun] Courtesy makes for a pleasant life](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/20160203001788_01.jpg "[Kim Ji-hyun] Courtesy makes for a pleasant life")
It’s pretty common knowledge that Japanese people are polite. But it’s not just that. Not just the gestures. It’s more about the way people interact. The …
![[Kim Myong-sik] Fragmented Korean partisan politics](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/20160203001776_01.jpg "[Kim Myong-sik] Fragmented Korean partisan politics")
It appears that North Koreans are ready to launch another rocket to demonstrate that they can send a nuclear warhead to any target in the world. American and …
On Tuesday, Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo and his supporters officially launched the People’s Party, a breakaway group from The Minjoo Party of Korea, the main …
It is not rare for our public officials and executives of commercial firms to use their corporate cards for wrong purposes. Yet the case of the former CEO of …
![[Robert J. Fouser] Is learning Korean difficult?](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/20160202001730_01.jpg "[Robert J. Fouser] Is learning Korean difficult?")
Foreigners who show an interest in learning Korean hear conflicting things from well-meaning native speakers. They are told that Hangeul is the easiest writing …
A revelation from the Fair Trade Commission on Lotte Group is embarrassing the public again, following last year’s feud between the group founder’s two …
South Korea is destined to open up its legal services market as mandated by the free trade agreements with the European Union and U.S. — which took …
![[Kim Seong-kon] Korea: a glittering land of literature and the arts](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/20160202001649_01.jpg "[Kim Seong-kon] Korea: a glittering land of literature and the arts")
During the Korean War, and even as recently as the mid-1980s, few people knew where the Korean Peninsula was located. Sadly, Korea was an anonymous land, …
Until very recently, one of the biggest challenges facing mankind was making sure there was enough to eat. From the dawn of agriculture until well into the …