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December 11, 2019 Podcast

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진행자: 윤민식, Kevin Lee Selzer 1. Ultrafine dust chokes Korea, cold spell expected late Wednesday 아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드...

[Editorial] Kim Woo-choong’s legacy

The evaluation of former Daewoo Group Chairman Kim Woo-choong, who died Monday, is mixed, but his entrepreneurship and spirit of challenge are really some big shoes to fill. The iconic driving force...

December 11, 2019
Editorial
[Contribution] Korean food enchants Paris

In August, a Korean food section opened in Paris’ finer-goods department store Bon Marche’s La Grande Epicerie de Paris food corner. Some 40 Korean food products were introduced in the new section, t...

December 11, 2019
Industry
[Doyle McManus] President Trump gets little credit for foreign policy

Last week’s NATO summit in London should have been a nice little success story for President Donald Trump. For once he went to an international meeting without intending to blow it up. Instead, he p...

December 11, 2019
Viewpoints
[Andrew Bacevich] Why US can’t end ‘endless wars’

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has imported into the American military lexicon a new rationale for US military actions in the Middle East. It’s called “mowing the lawn,” but it has nothing to do wit...

December 11, 2019
Viewpoints
[Monitor] No. of corporate executives falls

The number of executives leading operations of 30 major conglomerates in South Korea has been falling amid corporate restructuring carried out to offset deteriorating profits and reflect generation s...

December 11, 2019
Industry
[Pankaj Mishra] India’s problems bigger than Modi

A new narrative about India is suddenly emerging. Until very recently, India appeared to be a great democracy as well as a rising economic power, a potential partner of the West in its policy of cont...

December 10, 2019
Viewpoints
[Editorial] Task ahead

Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki, who marked one year in office Tuesday, recently posted a message on Facebook to stress the importance of psychology in running the economy. The direction of the nationa...

December 10, 2019
Editorial
[Monitor] Owner families’ presence in boardrooms down

Conglomerate owners or family members accounted for 17.8 percent of the board members of affiliates this year, according to the Fair Trade Commission. The number has been falling steadily since it re...

December 10, 2019
Industry
[Contribution] Breakthrough in exports decline needs support of overseas

South Korea’s exports fell in November on-year, keeping its downward trend for the 12th consecutive month. Concerns are growing over the protracted slump in exports, the nation’s key driver for growt...

December 10, 2019
Finance
[Ted Gover] NK's frustrations indicate Trump is holding the line

North Korea’s Nov. 28 test-firing of a “superlarge multiple-rocket launcher” -- accompanied by recent ultimatums and criticism of Washington’s negotiating style -- indicates the Kim Jong-un regime’s ...

December 10, 2019
Viewpoints
[Editorial] Keep innovation alive

The Land Infrastructure and Transport Committee of the National Assembly passed an amendment to the passenger transport service act on Friday. Considering that earlier the related subcommittee had a...

December 9, 2019
Editorial
[Daniel Moss] Former sex slaves shouldn’t become trade weapons

A retirement home nestled in farmland 90 minutes from Seoul isn’t what most people would consider a trade-war frontier. But this is no ordinary assisted-living community. Here, visitors can step into...

December 9, 2019
Viewpoints
[Ivo Daalder] Cracks in NATO alliance significant

There are really only three ways NATO could end: -- The United States, NATO’s most powerful member, could walk away. -- Europe, led by one of the continent’s larger and more ambitious nations, coul...

December 9, 2019
Viewpoints
[Monitor] Half of Korean firms plan to downsize in 2020

The majority of South Korean firms foresee the current economy entering a long-term slump with half of them planning to downsize next year, a survey by the Korea Enterprises Federation led by Chairma...

December 9, 2019
Economy

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