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Japan must show ‘sincere, consistent contrition’ toward Koreans: US scholar

An op-ed piece on the trade row between Korea and Japan, published Aug. 11 by the Washington Post, has grabbed the spotlight in both nations. Written by Gregg A. Brazinsky, a professor of history an...

[Editorial] Crumbling alliance

The aftermath of South Korea’s termination of a military information-sharing deal with Japan is worrying. Serious damage to the US-led security cooperation with South Korea and Japan, not to mention...

Today
Editorial
Binggrae offers variations of steady-seller ‘Banana Flavored Milk’

South Korea’s food and beverage giant Binggrae has multiple signature brands under its belt, and the underlying theme of most of them is that the firm stays true to its original brand image. Most pr...

Today
Industry
[Weekender] Vegan bakeries gaining traction in Seoul

Vegan bakeries started to emerge in Seoul just a couple of years ago. Eschewing the usual wheat, butter, yeast, milk and eggs, vegan bakeries create their goods with alternative ingredients such a...

August 23, 2019
Food&Beverage
[Weekender] Korea’s vegan scene, through eyes of an expat

The following is a Korea Herald copy editor’s personal account of her encounters with the local vegan community. The writer, a vegan since the early 1990s, has lived in Korea for more than 15 years. ...

August 23, 2019
Culture
[Editorial] Rising debt

Concerns have been raised that an accelerated increase in household debt will dampen domestic consumption, pushing the country’s already struggling economy further into a downturn. According to rece...

August 22, 2019
Editorial
[Advertorial] Citibank Korea emphasizes social contribution through outreach activities

Citibank Korea said Thursday it has carried out two corporate outreach programs so far this year, participated by its executives and employees. In June, some 2,000 employees and their families parti...

August 22, 2019
Industry
[Editorial] Cho’s impudence

Justice Minister nominee Cho Kuk is in hot water over multiple corruption allegations involving his family. The allegations evoke not only a shameless two-facedness, but also suspicions of rule-bendi...

August 21, 2019
Editorial
[Jeffrey D. Sachs] Europe must oppose Trump

With Donald Trump due to visit Europe again for the G-7 summit later this month, European leaders have run out of options for dealing with the US president. They have tried to charm him, persuade him...

August 21, 2019
Viewpoints
[Editorial] Shameful record

South Korea’s coal consumption increased last year, when most advanced countries were curtailing the use of fossil fuels. It adds to the shame caused by the country’s already messed-up energy policy....

August 20, 2019
Editorial
[Ann McFeatters] History seems to be repeating in Russia, China

It’s beginning to feel like a 1980s news tape showing America’s despotic enemies running amok. In Russia, a mysterious fatal explosion a few days ago in one of the country’s 10 secret cities where n...

August 19, 2019
Viewpoints
[Editorial] Positive turn

Foreign ministers from South Korea, China and Japan will gather together in Beijing for three days from Tuesday for their first trilateral talks in three years. As Seoul’s Foreign Ministry stated la...

August 19, 2019
Editorial
MOU with Think Tank

Herald CEO and Publisher Kwon Chung-won (left) shakes hands with Lim Kang-taeg, president of the Korea Institute for National Unification, after signing a memorandum of understanding for partnership ...

August 19, 2019
Social affairs
[Editorial] Pie in the sky

North Korea has intensified provocations and criticism of South Korea. The North test-fired two missiles and ridiculed the South a day after South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed to establish a “p...

August 18, 2019
Editorial
Thavma thrives on patriotic marketing

Amid the ongoing boycott of Japanese products in the midst of the South Korea-Japan trade row, a Korean brand is gaining recognition for its “Yes. We are a Korean brand” campaign. Thavma, a luxury b...

August 18, 2019
Economy

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