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Thu, June 1, 2023 | 10:38

Chipmakers face winter

Frustrated by a drastic drop in profits, Samsung Electronics' co-CEO has said the company will continue to brace for daunting challenges throughout this year. “Worsening external factors such as sluggish demand paired with rising costs have dealt a severe blow to Samsung,” Samsung's vice chair and co-CEO Han Jong-hee said in a press briefing Friday during the Consumer Electro...

2023-01-09 16:50

Be more prudent

A leader should reassure the people with accuracy and prudence. President Yoon Suk Yeol made South Koreans uncertain of whether he is such a leader on two occasions last week.

2023-01-08 17:00

Presidents usually bless and comfort the nation while calling for growth in the coming year in their New Year's addresses.

2023-01-05 17:00

Blocked subway struggle

It is a citizen's right to use public transportation. Every Seoulite should be able to use the Seoul subway.

2023-01-04 17:00

Dangerous escalation

South Koreans are known for being - or appearing - insensitive to the threat of war. People in other countries are often amazed that people here go about their business as usual despite bellicose rhetoric from North Korea.

2023-01-03 17:00

Stay permits extended

Amid steady rises in incomes and living standards since the 1980s, the nation has been struggling with a shortage of workers mainly in the manufacturing sector. This was because Koreans began to shun so-called 3D jobs (dirty, difficult and dangerous). Given this, the government took steps to bring in migrant workers through programs such as the industrial trainee system in 19...

2023-01-02 17:00

Wishes for 2023

People greet the New Year with hopes, expectations and resolutions, although they know all these aims will probably prove futile a year on.

2023-01-01 17:00

Resurgent COVID-19 fears

On the last day of 2019, China first reported to the World Health Organization that an unknown case of pneumonia had emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

2022-12-29 17:00

N. Korea's drone provocation

South Korea is the world's sixth-strongest military power, according to Global Firepower (GFP), a U.S. rater of defense capability. North Korea is ranked 30th. The two Koreas are still at war, since the 1950-53 Korean War ended with a ceasefire agreement and not a peace treaty.

2022-12-28 17:00

Presidential pardon in dispute

Back in August, the Washington Post carried an article that rebuked the Republican supporters of Donald Trump resisting the investigation of the former U.S. president.

2022-12-27 17:00

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