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[Monitor] Fertility rate drops further in South Korea

IndustryNov 27, 2020

South Korea‘s total fertility rate continued at a low number in the third quarter this year, reaching 0.84. The rate, referring to the average number of children a woman bears in her lifetime, had h...
[Trudy Rubin] Biden to put US first alongside allies

ViewpointsNov 27, 2020

Does anyone recall the old Alka-Seltzer commercial that went, “Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, Oh what a relief it is?” That song ricocheted ‘round my head as the Trump administration finally greenlit a tra...
[Editorial] No evidence of misconduct

EditorialNov 27, 2020

The nation’s top prosecutor, Yoon Seok-youl, is being pushed over the cliff in his protracted feud with Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae, who critics say has been abusing her power to block the prosecutio...
[Monitor] Major firms see overseas sales increase despite pandemic

IndustryNov 26, 2020

The top 100 companies in South Korea saw their overseas sales inch up in the third quarter this year despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, data from the Federation of Korean Industries showed Tuesda...
[Lee Kyong-hee] Unsung heroes who saved our nation’s jewels

ViewpointsNov 26, 2020

About this time 70 years ago the Korean War reversed again. Alarmed by UN-South Korean troops rapidly advancing northward, China entered the war to prevent their permanent occupation along its border...
[Editorial] Giving up on catching spies?

EditorialNov 26, 2020

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea unilaterally pushed an amendment to the National Intelligence Service Act through a related subcommittee at the National Assembly on Tuesday. The opposition Peop...
[Correction]

IndustryNov 25, 2020

The Korea Herald on Nov. 25 erroneously published an article “COVID-19 test required for foreign residents flying to France, Netherlands: Air France-KLM.” Those departing South Korea to France and th...
Coupang picked as millennials’ favorite shopping mall

IndustryNov 25, 2020

Coupang was chosen as the most popular online retail platform by millennials in a survey conducted by the UnivTomorrow Research Laboratory for the Twenties, the firm said Tuesday. The survey also sh...
[Monitor] US and Chinese startups dominate global top 10 list

TechnologyNov 25, 2020

China-based artificial intelligence company ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has been selected as the most-valued startup in the world, valued at $140 billion, according to the data collected...
BTS gets Grammy nod in another landmark feat

MusicNov 25, 2020

WASHINGTON/SEOUL -- South Korea's K-pop megastar BTS was nominated for the Grammy Award in best pop duo/group performance, becoming the first South Korean pop artist to be nominated for the US music ...
[Editorial] Widening gap

EditorialNov 25, 2020

Official data released last week showed that income inequality in the country is worsening, suggesting that less privileged households have suffered more from the Moon Jae-in administration’s ill-con...
[팟캐스트] (380) 전문가들, 올 겨울 ‘가장 힘든’ 펜데믹 예고 / 오늘의집, 770억 투자 유치

PodcastNov 24, 2020

진행자: 임현수, Paul Kerry 1. Winter phase of pandemic may be ‘toughest yet,’ experts say [1] Experts dread that the latest surge in novel coronavirus infections in South Korea is likely to grow into the...
[Monitor] Eco-friendly cars make up 3% of all vehicles

IndustryNov 24, 2020

A total of 766,464 eco-friendly vehicles were registered as of October this year in South Korea, according to data released by the Transport Ministry on Sunday. They make up 3.16 percent of all vehic...
[Richard A. Clarke] Terrorist threat to US still lurks

ViewpointsNov 24, 2020

A twisty, narrow way in the cramped heart of Vienna’s oldest quarter, a busy street in an upscale neighborhood of Tehran and remote woods in Nigeria seem unlikely to share a theme or have relevance f...
[Arvind Subramanian] America should rewrite the China trade contract

ViewpointsNov 24, 2020

Once US President-elect Joe Biden’s administration has made the relatively easy decisions to rejoin the Paris climate agreement, remain in the World Health Organization, and attempt to reboot the Wor...