#Hot Issues of the Week Concerns Mount Over Emerging Economies 2015-11-15 Concerns are intensifying for the emerging economies as the prospect of a key interest rate hike in the U.S. is looming. If the U.S. raises its key ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week South Korea 6th in OECD in Corporate Tax-to-GDP Ratio 2015-11-15 A new report came out this week suggesting that South Korean companies are shouldering higher tax burdens than their counterparts in many other ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Inter-Korean Exchanges of Personnel, Aid Jump Since Defusing Tension in August 2015-11-15 The number of South Koreans visiting North Korea has skyrocketed since the August 25 South-North agreement. The Ministry of Unification said ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Gov’t Confirms Plan to Publish State-Authored History Textbooks 2015-11-08 The government has issued the final public notice that it will reinstate the use of standardized Korean history textbooks startingin 2017, but ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week S. Korea, US Agree to Incorporate Preemptive Strike 2015-11-08 The defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States have approved plans to preemptively strike North Korean nuclear capabilities in the event ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week President Park Holds Summits with Abe and Li Keqiang 2015-11-08 President Park Geun-hye met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during their first-ever summit in Seoul on Monday and agreed to accelerate ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week World Bank Ranks South Korea as 4th Best Place to Do Business 2015-11-01 South Korea has placed fourth in the World Bank's annual ranking of countries in terms of their ease of doing business. In the World Bank's "Doing ... Listen News