Opinion & Editorials

Seoul Home Prices Rebound Amid Jeonse Crunch as Government Downplays Risk

Seoul apartment prices rose 0.15% and jeonse prices climbed 0.23% in early May, the steepest jeonse gain since 2015, as the government downplays housi...

Outdated System Blocks Korea's Push for Convergence AI Talent

Korea's rigid education system is blocking convergence AI talent development, as the Education Ministry rejected Seoul National University's plan for ...

Will Umbrella Unions Keep Ignoring Samsung Strike Turmoil?

Korea's two umbrella unions, KCTU and FKTU, face criticism for remaining silent on the Samsung Electronics union strike, which has become a broader so...

South America's K-Food Craze Reveals Promise and Pitfalls

A Korean food scholar reflects on his South America trip, observing K-food's growing popularity in Buenos Aires markets while warning against reducing...

Remembering the First Parents' Day 53 Years Ago

Korea entered a super-aged society in 2024, just 7 years after becoming an aged society. Learn why France's elder care model offers lessons while Ital...

Gun Control: Time for a Paradigm Shift

Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle argues for a paradigm shift in U.S. gun control policy: subsidizing long guns over handguns to reduce firearm ...

Korea Must Prepare for All Variables Including Trump's Bill

As speculation grows over an imminent U.S.-Iran agreement to end their conflict, Korea must prepare for all variables, including potential diplomatic,...

Forcing Inclusive Finance on Banks Risks Harmful Side Effects

President Lee Jae-myung ordered regulators to institutionally mandate inclusive finance for low-credit borrowers, but critics warn of moral hazard and...

Korea-US-Japan 'Asian Chip Alliance' Worth Pursuing

Korea, the US and Japan should build a technology alliance modeled on Europe's IMEC to counter China's rapid advances in AI, semiconductors and critic...

Contrasting Responses to Hacking Damage

A comparison of LG Uplus and SK Telecom responses to major data breaches shows how handling secondary damage determines whether a hacked company is se...

Samsung Executives Urge Union to Protect Future Competitiveness

Samsung Electronics co-CEOs Jun Young-hyun and Roh Tae-moon urged the union to protect the company's future competitiveness amid an escalating perform...

Opera and Politics

Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's election to Italy's first parliament in 1861 reflects the intersection of opera and politics, now echoed in controve...

Why Cities Become Laboratories

Singapore's RIE2030 strategy treats cities as laboratories for verifying transformation, using urban data as assets and redefining ESG performance thr...

To See the Ocean, Leave the Shore: Francis Drake and Jeff Bezos

Columnist Huh Doo-young compares the guerrilla leadership of 16th-century pirate Francis Drake with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's strategic vision in bu...

Another ER Merry-Go-Round: What Is Government For?

Korea's ER merry-go-round crisis returns as a pregnant woman's fetus dies after 41 hospitals refused care, exposing the collapse of regional and essen...

Carbon Neutrality Requires Transition Path, Not Green Purity

Korea's 790 trillion won climate finance framework marks a shift from green purity toward verifying transition paths, requiring a new disclosure syste...

KOSPI 7,000 Era: Reforms Needed for Global Market Status

KOSPI surged 6.4% past 7,000 on Thursday, driven by Samsung and SK hynix. Structural reforms in taxation, short-selling and governance are needed to b...

Lee's Defense of Expansionary Spending Ignores Rapid Debt Growth

President Lee Jae-myung defends expansionary fiscal policy, but Korea's national debt is growing at twice the advanced-economy average, raising concer...

Korea's April CPI rose 2.6%, the largest gain in 21 months, as Middle East oil shocks intensify. Finance Minister Koo warns economic damage from prolo...