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[Editorial] Helter-skelter response

Last week’s tests on eggs at all 1,239 chicken farms across the country found eggs in 49 farms contaminated with insecticides banned for the human food chain. The government said eggs from unaffecte...

Aug 20, 2017
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[Editorial] Time to show performance

President Moon Jae-in said Thursday he has tried to right wrongs and re-establish the roles of government. “I have tried to carry out the reforms the people demand. They are my biggest power in runn...

Aug 18, 2017
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[Editorial] Tainted eggs

The egg contamination crisis exposes a problem caused by a combination of government laxity and the lack of professional ethics on the part of farmers. A bigger cause for concern is that the egg indu...

Aug 17, 2017
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[Editorial] Show unyielding spirit

President Moon Jae-in vowed to prevent war at all costs in a speech on Tuesday marking the anniversary of the end of Japanese occupation in 1945. He said, “Any military action against North Korea sho...

Aug 16, 2017
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[Editorial] First 100 days

President Moon Jae-in marks his 100th day in office Thursday, with -- like many of his predecessors -- both good and bad grades. Overall, the general public gives a relatively good mark to what the ...

Aug 15, 2017
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[Editorial] Trust scientific basis

Electromagnetic waves and noise near the site where the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense antimissile system is deployed in Seongju, North Gyeongsang Province, have been shown to be harmless to hum...

Aug 14, 2017
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[Editorial] The China factor

The outcome of the escalating tension between the US and North Korea will depend on what their two notoriously erratic leaders -- Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un -- opt to do. But there certainly are m...

Aug 13, 2017
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[Editorial] Dangerously naive

All the latest developments show that the confrontation between the US and North Korea is raising tension to the highest level in recent years. US President Donald Trump and other government leaders...

Aug 11, 2017
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[Editorial] Stop escalating tension

Tension on the Korean Peninsula is escalating sharply, with Washington and Pyongyang getting on each other’s nerves with blunt threats and warnings. The US intelligence community assessed that North...

Aug 10, 2017
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[Editorial] Fair judgment

There are several factors to be considered about the trial of Lee Jae-yong, the de facto leader of Samsung Group, who has been charged with bribery and other suspicions stemming from a corruption sca...

Aug 9, 2017
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[Editorial] Data must be unbiased

The government imposed an emergency power cutback on some companies twice last month, even as it was publicizing that the electricity supply was more than enough. According to a report that Korea Po...

Aug 8, 2017
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[Editorial] No empty warning

North Korea should take the latest series of sanctions as a clear warning the international community will not condone its nuclear and missile provocations. The past week has seen actions taken to i...

Aug 7, 2017
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[Editorial] Adjust recruitment

Students at colleges of education are protesting a government plan to sharply reduce the recruitment of elementary school teachers next year. Last year, the government passed 846 of those who took...

Aug 6, 2017
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[Editorial] Hasty taxation decision

A recently unveiled bill on tax code revision targeting only the rich is hasty and politically expedient. The revenue increase from raising tax rates for the top 93,000 earners and 129 highest earni...

Aug 4, 2017
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[Editorial] Inconvenient review

Historical and territorial disputes between Korea and Japan are never easy to settle. To be fair, it may be impossible for the two countries to reach a compromise on some of the knottiest issues. Th...

Aug 3, 2017
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