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[Editorial] Return to the old days?

Should the government have a monopoly on writing history textbooks? The answer has been a resounding no from historians, history teachers and now even the very …

[Editorial] Insatiable greed

Hyundai Motor’s labor union has voted to strike, as negotiation with the management is making little progress. It set the stage for a walkout for the fourth …

[Editorial] Tax hike not enough

About eight months have passed since the government raised the tobacco tax, which increased the average prices of cigarettes by 80 percent, from 2,500 won …

[Martin Schram] An Iran nuclear idea Washington can unite behind
[Martin Schram] An Iran nuclear idea Washington can unite behind

There is just one lens through which the undecideds, semi-decideds, wavering/quavering-decideds and the 24/7 punditocracy need to be viewing the Iran nuclear …

[Doyle McManus]  Why so few humanitarians?
[Doyle McManus] Why so few humanitarians?

It’s been nothing short of astonishing to watch Germany embrace the role of moral leader in Europe — no, make that the world — on the migration …

[Minghao Zhao] Korea’s middle-power diplomacy

Last week, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, despite the opposition of her country’s closest ally, the United States, stood together with Chinese …

[Editorial] Bad auditors

The National Assembly’s annual inspection of the government is a unique institution in that lawmakers audit almost all major ministries and public offices, …

[Editorial] Future of opposition

Moon Jae-in’s announcement that he will step down as head of the main opposition party if the party does not endorse reform proposals drawn up by an …

Choking skies

The people of Riau, Jambi and elsewhere in Sumatra and Kalimantan would be forgiven for imagining that the government does not exist to serve them, given their …

U.S., China must listen to rest of G20

The global economy has been propelled by large-scale monetary easing by advanced countries and the high growth in China and other emerging economies. But it is …

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