Editorial: President Lee's NATO attendance decision carries global stakes for South Korea
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung is reportedly deliberating whether to attend the NATO summit set for June. 24–25 in the Netherlands. NATO, composed of 32 member states, stands at the heart of the...
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Editorial: President Lee’s NATO attendance decision carries global stakes for South Korea
Editorial: Ruling party faces early turbulence over ethics allegations
Just days before the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) elects its first floor leader since returning to power, allegations have surfaced against candida...
2025.06.12(Thu)
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Editorial: A second stimulus? First, rein in the borrowing
President Lee Jae-myung has ordered officials to quickly draft a second supplementary budget to support the economy as growth prospects dim. The new s...
2025.06.11(Wed)
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Editorial: Lee opens door to strategic cooperation with Japan
President Lee Jae-myung held his first phone call with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on June. 9, six days after taking office. According to t...
2025.06.10(Tue)
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Editorial: Lee's first step abroad should build trust with allies
President Lee Jae-myung will attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Canada on June 15. This marks his first appearance on the global diplomatic stag...
2025.06.09(Mon)
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Editorial: S. Korea faces new security threats amid China's push, U.S. pullback
China’s new aircraft carrier recently conducted its first fighter jet takeoff and landing drills in the provisional measures zone of the West Sea. Des...
2025.06.08(Sun)
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Editorial: Major judicial reform needs national, not partisan, consensus
Chief Justice Jo Hee-de on June 5 called for public debate and parliamentary cooperation over a controversial bill pushed by the Democratic Party to m...
2025.06.06(Fri)
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Editorial: Democratic Party moves to reshape supreme court ahead of key trials
Democratic Party pushed through a bill on June 4 to expand the number of Supreme Court justices from 14 to 30, prompting criticism that the move could...
2025.06.05(Thu)
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Editorial: South Korea is failing to adapt to new trade order
South Korea’s exports declined 1.3% in May compared to a year earlier, even as semiconductor shipments—the country’s top export item—hit a record high...
2025.06.03(Tue)
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Editorial: As U.S. policy shifts, South Korea must respond with caution
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has issued a stark warning that Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to ...
2025.06.02(Mon)
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Editorial: Construction sector crisis demands immediate policy action
From January to April this year, South Korea’s three key housing supply indicators—construction permits, housing starts, and completions—dropped by 12...
2025.06.01(Sun)
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Editorial: BOK cuts rate, halves growth forecast amid structural slump
The Bank of Korea lowered its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points and sharply downgraded its economic growth forecast for the year from ...
2025.05.30(Fri)
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Editorial: Voluntary rehiring works better than raising retirement age
In South Korea, the number of senior workers rehired after the legal retirement age of 60 hit a record 770,000 last year, rising 5% from the previous ...
2025.05.29(Thu)
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Editorial: China races ahead in manufacturing, Korea stands still
China’s “Made in China 2025” strategy, launched in 2015 to transform the country into a manufacturing powerhouse on par with Germany and Japan, marks ...
2025.05.28(Wed)
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Editorial: DP must withdraw all legislation aimed at overturning Lee Jae-myung's conviction
The Democratic Party (DP) said on May 26 that it would withdraw a set of controversial legislative proposals that sought sweeping changes to the judic...
2025.05.27(Tue)
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Editorial: S. Korea holds the cards in industries Trump wants most
U.S. President Donald Trump has declared, “It’s time for nuclear,” and announced plans to quadruple the number of nuclear power plants over the next 2...
2025.05.26(Mon)
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